Animal Education and Rescue, NFP is an Illinois not for profit 501(c)(3) organization. The purpose of the foundation is to help countless numbers of animals and people. - Read more

A.D.O.P.T. was founded on October 31, 1989 and is based on a No-Kill Philosophy. A.D.O.P.T.'s mission is to improve the quality of life of animals and to place them into loving and permanent homes through resccue, extraordinary and compassionate care, and education. - Read more

The Anti-Cruelty Society is Chicago’s comprehensive, open-door humane society helping some 50,000 animals and humans each year through our life-saving programs. Our doors remain open 365 days a year to any animal in need. We continue to work with CASA (Chicago Animal Shelter Alliance) to find a home for every adoptable dog and cat in Chicago. - Read more

Since 1995, the mission of Greyhounds Only is to place retired racing and at risk greyhounds into responsible loving homes, to educate the public about the greyhound breed, to provide access to high quality medical care and to collaborate with others that share our common goals. Our group’s commitment to the breed allows us to impact the lives of many greyhounds. We rescue greyhounds from tracks all over the country including Wisconsin, Iowa, and Florida. We serve the Chicago Metro area. - Read more

Guardian Angel Basset Rescue, Inc., located in Dwight, Illinois, which raises money for abused and abandoned basset hounds, providing them with excellent medical care, and places them in their forever homes. We are the largest single breed dog rescue in the United States. These dogs were either abused, dumped, or otherwise became unwanted, but they all have the same basic need, a good home with love and attention. Our organization is committed to giving them a second chance. - Read more

We are a small non for profit organization that takes in beagles and coonhounds from high kill shelters, that have been abandoned or abused, or by families that can no longer keep their dogs. We have them fully vetted and placed in foster homes until they find a new forever home - Read more

Homeward Bound Pet Shelter, a division of Macon Resources, Inc. is a non-profit limited access no-kill shelter providing care to dogs and cats until they can be permanently adopted into loving homes. - Read more

Illinois Birddog Rescue, Inc. is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to saving, transporting, vetting, fostering, and adopting homeless American Field-bred English Pointers and English Setters - a group of canines commonly known as BIRDDOGS. In an effort to find the dogs homes, we also hope to educate the public on dog health and training. We also work to dispel such myths as “a neutered dog won’t hunt” and “you ruin a hunting dog by letting him live in the house.” - Read more

Illinois Doberman Rescue operates as a not-for-profit organization based in Northern Illinois. The goal of Doberman Rescue is to rescue Dobermans in need, to place them into responsible homes, and to educate the public about the Doberman breed. Our Rescue Dobermans come from animal control organizations, humane societies, and owner give-up situations within Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana. - Read more

Dog rescue in Deer Park, IL for small, medium and senior dogs. We rehabilitate dogs who have special needs, teach them manners and make sure that they get their forever home. We take dogs from Southern Illinois kill shelters and make sure that they have a fresh start. - Read more

Breed specific rescue for GSDs in need. Housed with foster homes in families of volunteers in Iowa and IL, we are licensed in both states and a 501c3 Public Charity. - Read more

All breed not for profit animal rescue organization. - Read more

PAWS Chicago is the city’s largest No Kill humane organization, focused on implementing solutions to end the killing of homeless pets. Since PAWS Chicago’s founding in 1997, the number of homeless dogs and cats killed annually has dropped more than 50 percent: from more than 42,000 homeless pets killed in 1997 to under 20,000 killed in 2006. PAWS Chicago is working to build a No Kill Chicago—a city where pets are no longer destroyed just because they are homeless. - Read more

The objective of PGI is to train service dogs to assist people with a variety of different disabilities while providing support to encourage independence. PGI educates the public to the benefits of Service Dogs and encourages animal rescue by obtaining our animals from shelters and rescue groups. - Read more

Non profit animal rescue group serviing Central Illinois. Also on petfinder.com, enter Easton, Il as your search location. - Read more

Rescuing beagles and coonhounds for the past 14 years. - Read more

Rover Rescue is an all-breed dog rescue group located 40 miles west of Chicago in Aurora, IL. The dogs/puppies in our organization have been rescued from high-kill animal shelters located in Illinois and Indiana. All of our animals are in private foster homes living with a family until a permanent home can be found. If you would like to be a foster home for Rover Rescue, please call Teri at 630-897-7454. - Read more

No-kill, foster home based rescue in Lake County, IL. We specialize in helping the elderly and infirmed in rehoming their beloved pets, and also rescue dogs and cats from deathrow for local placement. - Read more

The Buddy Foundation is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer dog and cat rescue organization with a shelter in Arlington Heights, IL. Its primary mission is to provide safety and care for stray, abused, and abandoned animals by providing them with a secure, no-kill environment with love and one-on-one attention until they are placed in their "forever homes". The Buddy Foundation's purpose is to "light the way home" for these animals. - Read more

A non-profit organization for the Wheaten Terrier breed. - Read more