Pet Owner Support Services

Finding Temporary Foster Care  The need to find temporary care for our loved pets has not diminished and we want to help. Seeking temporary foster care placement through your social networks, friends, family, and neighbors can often provide an immediate solution for pet owners. We encourage pet…

Pet Owner Resources and Surrendering Your Pet

Resources and Surrendering Your Pet At Anti-Cruelty, we are committed to keeping pets with people when possible. Our Animal Resource & Admissions staff can help you explore the pet owner support services we offer to determine if keeping your animal is a possibility.  We understand that it may…

Pet Loss Support

Pet Loss Support Group meetings are virtual. Sign up for an upcoming session here.   It is normal to feel grief and mourn the loss of your beloved pet. To most pet owners, the pet is considered a member of the family. There are several stages of grief (denial, anger or guilt, bargaining,…

Pet Library

Does your dog think the sofa is a really big chew toy? Has your kitten started to avoid the litter box like the plague? Maybe you have a fabulous pet and want to get her a pal, but you aren’t sure what kind of cat or dog will be the best match. We have the info to help you! The Pet Library offers…

Pet Food Pantries

Food Pantries The Chicago animal welfare community is committed to helping the pets of people in need. Anti-Cruelty hosts Pop-up Pet Food Pantry programs on a monthly basis in Chicago neighborhoods such as Roseland and Pullman. Check here for the latest information.  The following organizations…

Our Impact

Impact of Anti-Cruelty Anti-Cruelty serves more than 40,000 pets and their humans each year through sheltering, spay/neuter services, training, behavior hotline, classes, and programs. As an Open-Door shelter, we care for any animal for any reason, and we are dedicated to providing compassionate…

Other Ways to Give

Support Our Community of Caring Looking for creative ways to bring comfort to animals in need? There are many options available to help support our community of caring from hosting your own fundraiser to participating in other third-party opportunities. Your help in any way goes a long way to help…

Other Adult Opportunities

So Many Ways to Volunteer!  Additional volunteering opportunities that take place on-site at 510 N. LaSalle St. can be found below. You must be a trained Level One volunteer to participate in these opportunities.   Busy Fingers This is a monthly sewing circle where attendees handcraft bedding…

Operation: Santa Paws

  You can help make a difference this holiday season for Chicago area homeless, lost, and abused pets. Sherman & Tingle's Operation Santa Paws is back, and bigger than ever! During this year's broadcast on…

Operation: Santa Paws

Help local homeless, lost, and abused pets by donating to Sherman & Tingle's 8th Annual Operation Santa Paws. Anti-Cruelty has teamed up with The Drive's Sherman & Tingle to help furry friends in need.

October Is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month!

October is National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month-a month dedicated to recognize all the wonderful dogs in shelters across the country awaiting their forever homes. 

November Senior Pet Adoption Promotion

Please note: This is NOT a walk-in event. Appointments after adoption confirmation are necessary. 

NFTs to Support Pets in Need

Seven-year-old Leo loves to create art and wants to give back to help our animals. He's digitally crafted several NFTs, non-fungible tokens, of his adopted pup Naiya that are now available for bidding until Feb. 5.  

NFTs by Leo to Help Animals in Need

NFTs to Support Pets in Need Seven-year-old Leo loves to create art and wants to give back to help our animals. He's digitally crafted several NFTs, non-fungible tokens, of his adopted pup Naiya that are now available for bidding. Leo will donate 50% of the NFTs' proceeds to support Anti-Cruelty…

New Animal-Related Laws in 2020

Illinois passed over 250 new laws that take effect on January 1, 2020. There are several new laws related to animals and animal care.

New Animal-Related Laws in 2019

Read about the new laws that took effect in 2019. Here is the complete list:  Police-Service Dog Protection Act. This requires a vehicle transporting a police dog to be equipped with a heat sensor that remotely alerts law enforcement if the vehicle reaches 85 degrees and a safety mechanism to lower…

Neonate Virtual Training Training

The Neonatal Kitten training is a virtual class for Anti-Cruelty fosters who are interested in learning more about neonatal kittens. Neonatal kittens, also known as "bottle babies", need around the clock care. They'll need help staying warm, eating, and even going to the bathroom! Feel free to…

Neonate Virtual Training Training

The Neonatal Kitten training is a virtual class for Anti-Cruelty fosters who are interested in learning more about neonatal kittens. Neonatal kittens, also known as "bottle babies", need around the clock care. They'll need help staying warm, eating, and even going to the bathroom! Feel free to…

Neonate Kitten Foster Program

Neonate (Bottle Babies) Kitten Foster Program    Who doesn’t love kittens!? In Chicago, as well as other areas that experience the four seasons, we have a kitten season. Kitten season typically starts in the spring and lasts through the fall. Evolutionarily female cats’ reproductive systems take…

Neonatal Kitten Training

The Neonatal Kitten training is a virtual class for Anti-Cruelty fosters who are interested in learning more about neonatal kittens. Neonatal kittens, also known as "bottle babies", need around the clock care. They'll need help staying warm, eating, and even going to the bathroom! Feel free to…

Neonatal Kitten Care Virtual Training

The Neonatal Kitten training is a virtual class for Anti-Cruelty fosters who are interested in learning more about neonatal kittens. Neonatal kittens, also known as "bottle babies", need around the clock care. They'll need help staying warm, eating, and even going to the bathroom! Feel free to…

National Volunteer Appreciation Week

Help us celebrate our volunteers! April 18-24, 2021   We extend our deep gratitude to all of our volunteers for their heartfelt contributions in the last year. During this special week, we will honor volunteers from programs across the organization, including on-site volunteers, foster parents…

National Volunteer Appreciation Week

Anti-Cruelty is proud to celebrate the dedication and hard work of our volunteers and fosters during National Volunteer Appreciation Week.

National Pet First Aid Month

Learning pet first aid can help in many emergency situations related to your cat or dog. Since animals cannot verbally tell us when something is wrong, reading their body language in an emergency is vitally important. Here are some of the…

National Lost Pet Prevention Month

National Lost Pet Prevention Month began to help educate pet owners on how to help increase the likelihood of a pet being reunited with their family should it get loose. Follow these tips to help increase the number of pets…