Established 37 years ago, the Animal Care League is an Oak Park-based not-for-profit animal shelter that provides lost and homeless pets with temporary medical attention and care.
All of the animals kept at the shelter are available for adoption. Those looking to adopt a furry new friend—the shelter is often populated with dogs, cats and rabbits—must meet a set of criteria, including age and residency requirements.
The Animal Care League also facilitates off-site adoptions, provides an affordable spay/neuter clinic, hosts obedience classes and supports a variety of pet-friendly local causes.
For more than 110 years, the Seattle Humane Society, located in Bellevue, has been of service to dogs, cats and other domestic animals. The independent nonprofit is a no-kill shelter that focuses on finding homes for animals that are rescued or surrendered. Some of the animals are brought in by owners who can no longer take care of them, others are collected from local municipal animal services. Employees screen potential families and match them with appropriate pets.
The Seattle Humane Society also has a variety of other programs that aim to prevent animals from becoming abandoned. The organization operates a pet food bank for owners who can no longer afford to buy food for pets. The group also holds spay and neutering events that provide free or low-cost sterilization services.
The group also provides pet ownership classes and kenneling services for dogs, which help defray the shelter's costs. The rest of its costs are covered with grants and donations.
The Seattle Humane Society recently had a renovation which upgraded the dog kennels and created small living rooms for cats, complete with couches, chairs and shelving. The renovation aimed to lessen the stress on an animal who is brought to the shelter, staff members say.
Two adoptable animals from the Seattle Humane Society will be featured on Bellevue Patch.
The Humane Society of Fairfax County (HSFC) is made up of over 100 volunteers who take in and take care of animals in need, host fundraisers, work at the society's thrift stores (one in Fairfax, one in Falls Church), educate the public on animal care, foster adoptable pets and more.
The society owns two buildings in Fairfax City, one holds offices and a small animal adoption center, the other is rented out to help fund the group. HSFC also owns a 13-acre farm in Centreville that is home to horses, dogs and other larger animals.
Click here for a list of animals waiting for their new homes.
Since 1937, the Lake Humane Society has operated as a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the welfare of animals in the local and surrounding metropolitan areas. The society provides a caring haven for homeless, abandoned and injured animals.Through donations, the Lake Humane Society is able to offer adoptions, a spray and neutering program, cuelty investigations and pet therapy. Visitors are welcome to stop in and adopt an animal, shop at the pet supply store or drop of donations.
Founded in 1957, the Humane Society of Cobb County is a non-profit animal welfare charity and no-kill shelter serving the county and the surrounding area.
The Humane Society's mission is to promote the humane welfare and responsible guardianship of animals through education, community outreach, spay/neuter programs and the shelter.
Services and programs include pet crisis and grief counseling, assistance for pet owners in-need, home-to-home placement and pet-assisted therapy.
