The West Suburban Humane Society (WSHS) is a volunteer-based, no-kill animal rescue that was founded in 1972 in the western suburbs of Chicago. WSHS now finds homes for more than 500 dogs and cats each year!
WSHS is 100% funded by individual, corporate, and private foundations donations, and has over 450 active volunteers! WSHS is caring for about 200 animals at any given time. We adopt to the following counties in IL: DuPage, Cook, Lake, McHenry, Will, Kane & Kendall. If you are a pet owner, check out the Resources tab on our website!
Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.
1901 Ogden Ave.
DOWNERS GROVE, IL 60515
Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.
Cook County, IL
Dupage County, IL
Lake County, IL
Will County, IL
Kane County, IL
Kendall County, IL
McHenry County, IL
Additional adoption info
See our full adoption process here: https://wshs-dg.org/adopt
Adoption application
975 Rand Road,
Des Plaines,
IL
60016
Downers Grove, IL 60516
Aurora, IL 60506
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