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    Christina S.

    Thank you Rescue Warriors for helping us find the most wonderful dog. The process was easy and paperwork was complete with as much medical info as they were provided. They answered questions afterwards. We couldn't be happier with this wonderful group of volenteers.

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    Odranre B.

    wonderful organization...all staff are volunteers...choose adoption and give a dog or cat a "forever home"

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    I love Rescue Warriors! Thank you for being so great and saving so many dogs! All of the volunteers have hearts of gold!

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    Hoof Woof and Meow Animal Rescue

    Hoof Woof and Meow Animal Rescue

    (16 reviews)

    My wife and I became aware of HWMAR when we saw the puppy "Woodstock" in the news in the spring of…read more2016, and decided to adopt. We attended the rescue's PuppyPalooza in May, and adopted not one, but two gorgeous pups. Josie and Jackson came from different litters, but they are the same age and were cared for in the same loving foster home. They're as close as two dogs can be. A few months later, in November 2016, we learned that Josie's birth mother, who had never been socialized, was still waiting for adoption. Juno, too, had been cared for in the same foster home as our puppies, and so Jackson knew and loved her as well. Two weeks later we brought her into our family. We couldn't be happier! All three pups adore each other, and are a constant source of joy in our house. If not for Hoof, Woof, and Meow Animal Rescue, our pups night not even be alive. Juno and Josie -- along with the remainder of Josie's littermates -- were discovered in a kill shelter by a HWMAR volunteer. She leapt into action and ended up fostering not only Juno and her tiny babies, but Jackson and his nine brothers and sisters, as well. We can't thank HWMAR enough for all that they do for animals in need. They are 100% foster-based, so every dog is in a loving home while they're waiting for their forever family. They are the best rescue out there!

    We adopted our girl in 2019, our experience was great! I feel they strike a good balance of vetting…read morepotential adopters, while really trying to get their animals in permanent homes so they can help the next batch of homeless animals. The adoption fees are fair and include the basic vaccinations and of course the spay/neuter if needed. My son and his wife also adopted a pup in 2021 and they are so happy with him. I don't know the past history, my experience with the rescue has been nothing but positive, with people who really care about the welfare of the animals in their care.

    Almost Home Foundation

    Almost Home Foundation

    (100 reviews)

    We adopted a dane/lab mix from Almost Home last year. I really appreciated the foster-to-adopt…read moresystem they have to give you a clearer idea of what the specific animal is all about. I've had dogs my whole life and when I filled out their paperwork I was of the opinion the only reason I might return a dog would be aggression or if my personal financial situation changed dramatically. The fostering system gave me a much better idea of what I was committing to in this case. My wife, kiddo, and I all came to meet the dog we thought we wanted and after that went well we took her home. It became immediately clear that this girl had not been indoors or socialized very much, if ever. I was very surprised to have essentially a 70lb puppy on my hands. This was more work than I expected, and it was more work than my family expected, but knowing we had time to work with her as a foster in our home environment provided a lot of confidence in seeing how it went. Almost Home was in regular contact to check in with us and provided us with enrichment toys, advice, and resources for taking her to training classes. There was never pressure to keep her, and it was always clear everybody was only interested in what was best for the animal. After a few weeks she was improving, but still more work than I expected, and Almost Home was happy to let us continue to foster until everybody was sure this would be a good fit. Our girl kept improving and we committed to the adoption. Eventually we were able to return our home to normal, and do so free of concerns things would be destroyed. The time and space that was provided to be sure this would all work out resulted in one of the best bonds I've ever had with a dog. We're inseparable these days, and we owe it to the support Almost Home and their volunteers offered throughout the process.

    This place is more like a business rather than a non profit. Appears they purchase their puppies…read more Overpriced, PIF $900 but where did all the money go? Donations and volunteers, where did the money go. Especially when the dog is sick and they claim the pet wasn't sick when it left their facilities. Just my opinion. Please note the 5 stars reviews, make sure it's not the ONLY review.

    Anderson Humane

    Anderson Humane

    (78 reviews)

    I've volunteered and they definitely take the health of the animals very seriously. I highly…read morerecommend this shelter!

    I really hope the people who run Anderson Humane read this review because I want to plead with them…read moreto give up this insane philosophy of keeping every animal alive no matter what. We adopted our cat 11 years ago from Andersons. She had been born in the shelter and was never adopted (until we took her home). She has extreme anxiety and never socialized in all those 4 years with other cats, nor do I believe humans very much. When we saw here there, sleeping with her chin on her LITTER BOX (which of course cats do not like, to sleep next to their own waste), acting very afraid and skittish. My husband went to pick her up to put her in the carrier and they quickly hustled her away from him, I'm sure because they didn't want us to see her feral behavior. I know you think you're doing a good thing not euthanizing any animals, but let me tell you from what I've observed: there are many things in life worse than death, and living in torment for 4 years is one of them. In addition to this woefully inadequate first 4 years, our cat has developed lifelong Chronic Rhinitis from a virus she picked up in her institutional life. She is 15 now and for about 3 or 4 years she has not played at all from fatigue--I've had older cats that play until they're way older than that, so its not just age. Because of her early institutional life, she is semi-feral--she has NEVER sat on our laps, she is impossible to give medication to, she struggles so severely if she is held, I'm afraid she'll dislocate something. Because of this, the only treatment she can get for her Chronic Rhinitis is antibiotic shots, and they have stopped working. I wish you could hear her struggle to breathe every night through her stuffed up airways. I fear she is in a constant state of agitation and anxiety caused by her breathing difficulty. At the very least she is definitely not living her best life: she should be playing, sitting outside under her favorite bush to watch the birds, and visiting us while we watch a movie at night- none of which she does anymore. This all comes down to your decision that keeping all animals alive at all costs is the best decision. A painless and humane euthanasia is a millions times less cruel and barbaric than insisting that your religious and/or philosophical ideology trumps all other considerations. This cat has suffered a lot because of *you*. If you work at this place, please reconsider your outlook and ideology. Making an animal without a voice suffer for years is sadistic and weird, especially when euthanasia causes no pain or distress. Are you really doing this because its what's best for the animal?

    PACT Humane Society

    PACT Humane Society

    (2 reviews)

    To preface this review, I HIGHLY encourage people to adopt from an animal shelter. Over a million…read moredogs and cats are euthanized each year in the US. Many of the adoptable animals are puppies and kittens, and both mixed breeds and purebred animals can be found. There are a ton of rescue groups in the Chicago area that foster animals, so you should be able to find out how the dog/cat interacts in a house, if it is housetrained, good with kids/other dogs/other cats, etc. Petfinder or Petango make it extremely easy to search for animals, and most rescue groups will keep an eye out for you if you prefer a certain breed/type of animal. There shouldn't be any excuses! Please adopt. Obviously I appreciate the work that PACT does. However, I think the organization is very poorly run. Is it because no one is really in charge? Or there are too many volunteers and they are poorly trained? Considering the amount of volunteers they claim to have (over 100, per their website), it seems that the animals are neglected. I adopted my Coonhound from PACT. PACT had pulled her from a kill shelter in southern Illinois and placed her in one of their foster homes. I guess the foster home was unwilling to work with her, and after a month or two she was subsequently returned to live at the Petco. She lived at the Petco for a couple months before I adopted her. She's a difficult dog. I get why someone wouldn't want her. What I DON'T understand is that I saw her intake photos, as well as other photos on the website, and she was sick the entire time. Miserable, actually. I can tell because I know how she is. I understand that it's easy to pass around illnesses in shelters. I'm not blaming them for that. Most of the animals I've adopted in the past have been sick. It's something that, as a potential adopter, you should expect. HOWEVER, I also expect that if the dog regularly sneezes, coughs, and has watery eyes, that someone at the rescue organization should have recognized that the dog is sick. And that at some point over two months, or five months, a veterinarian should take a look at her. OR... perhaps... when I was adopting her, and she wouldn't stop sneezing and coughing, that one of the five volunteers would admit that she MIGHT be sick. I asked them several times, and they said "she's fine." Well, I took her to a vet the next day, and he stressed that she was very obviously sick and that her illness should have been addressed. After lots of love and antibiotics, she was fine. But I would have appreciated if they would have taken care of her to begin with. Maybe she wouldn't have had to go through all that suffering. Not surprisingly, PACT is a much more relaxed rescue organization. They don't do house visits. They may have called one of the references I put on my adoption application. But other than that, I paid my money, filled out an application, and took my dog home in about an hour. I talked to about five volunteers that day. One man, who appeared to be in charge, felt it was necessary to tell me about 8 times not to adopt my dog. He told me that no one at PACT really liked her, and tried to convince me to adopt another dog. I informed him that I've always had hounds, some that were severely abused with extensive behavioral problems, and he still told me not to adopt the dog. He also felt it was necessary to give me a Dogs 101 class before leaving. Yes, I get it. I've already have a dog. But if he felt it was necessary to do this with everyone, he could have talked TO me, not THROUGH me. Also, if I'm prepared to work with the dog, a breed that I'm familiar with, and I've had a ton of experience dealing with behavioral issues, why try to convince me to adopt another dog? It was very frustrating. After taking my dog home, I received a follow up call a couple days later from someone from PACT. I informed them that the dog was severely ill and should have been attended to earlier. I also noted that the dog had significant behavioral issues and asked if PACT or the foster home had been doing anything that had worked. She had (and still does) a great deal of anxiety and paced constantly. It took months to housetrain her. I would walk her in the morning, my husband would take her for a 5 mile run at lunch, we would go to dog park for two hours at night, and then maybe for another 3 mile walk at night. And she would still pace. She also paces after we go 15 miles. PACT called back with no suggestions, again just asking how she was. I was honest, saying she had a lot to work on, and asked again if they could speak with the foster home to see if they knew of anything that had worked with her. Again, they called back with no suggestions. Whoever called me knew nothing about dogs, unfortunately. Ultimately, I ended up with a wonderful dog. She's gone through a ton of training (obedience, and scent, which she loves) and still has a few issues. But I absolutely love her.

    PACT humane society doesn't really have a good location, in my honest opinion. It was located in…read morethe areas local Petco. And in that area there isn't much space so when I went there where about three large dogs at the time I met.

    Rescue Warriors - petservices - Updated May 2026

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