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Animal Care League

Animal shelter in Oak Pak, IL

The Animal Care League was founded in 1973 as the Village Humane Society to help homeless animals in the Oak Park community. After a few years of operations, the Humane Society realized the need for help extended beyond the Oak Park borders and changed its name to the Animal Care League to better communicate our purpose.

At the beginning, the ACL did not have a physical shelter to house animals. Instead, supporters cared for animals in their homes until a permanent home could be found. This personal touch was very nice, however, it greatly limited the number of animals that could be helped and made the adoption process very slow. In the late 1970’s, the Animal Care League rented its first shelter, relocating to a new building a few years later. For many years the shelter worked out of this small facility, but in 1998 we moved again to our current location. We have the capacity to house up to thirty-three dogs, more than 120 cats and many other little critters such as birds, rabbits, mice, snakes and even chickens.

From the very beginning, the ACL has had a policy of keeping adoptable animals until we could find them a home and this is still in practice today. This means that no matter how long it takes, we keep an adoptable animal with us until we find that right loving home. Even though the number of animals coming through our doors for help each year has increased by 100 percent in the last several years alone, we firmly believe in this policy and will continue to give every animal the best opportunity possible to find a new home. We have accomplished this by taking proactive approaches to animal care and adoption as well as preventative measures to help reduce the number of homeless animals in our communities.

The Animal Care League works very hard to keep our animals healthy, reduce the number and severity of behavior problems and to act proactively in finding new homes for our pets.

Contact
Address
1011 Garfield
Oak Pak, IL 60304
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1011 Garfield

Oak Pak, IL 60304

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Adoptable pets at Animal Care League

We'll also keep you updated on Daisy's adoption status with email updates.
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Daisy

Domestic Shorthair

Female, 1 yr 2 mos
Oak Pak, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Joe's adoption status with email updates.
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Joe

Domestic Shorthair

Male, 3 mos
Oak Pak, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Nadia's adoption status with email updates.
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Nadia

Domestic Shorthair

Female, 4 mos
Oak Pak, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Maple's adoption status with email updates.
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Maple

Cane Corso

Female, 2 yrs 1 mo
Oak Pak, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Buckley's adoption status with email updates.
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Buckley

German Shepherd Dog

Male, 2 yrs 4 mos
Oak Pak, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Jager's adoption status with email updates.
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Jager

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 1 yr 2 mos
Oak Pak, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Smoke's adoption status with email updates.
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Smoke

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 1 yr 2 mos
Oak Pak, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Baxter's adoption status with email updates.
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Baxter

Mixed Breed (Medium)

Male, 1 yr
Oak Pak, IL

Shelter FAQs

We serve the following cities, towns and/or counties:
Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Lyons, Riverside, North Riverside, LaGrange Park, Cicero, Berwyn and more.

  • 1. Submit Application
  • 2. Interview
  • 3. Meet the Pet
  • 4. Sign Adoption Contract
  • 5. Take the Pet Home

Additional adoption info

See website for adoption fees and requirements.

Adoption application

http://www.animalcareleague.org

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We'll also keep you updated on Cantaloupe's adoption status with email updates.
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Cantaloupe

Husky/American Staffordshire Terrier

Female, Puppy
Huntley, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Peepers's adoption status with email updates.
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Peepers

Bengal

Female, Adult
Lyons, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Boyoh (with Dillow)'s adoption status with email updates.
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Boyoh (with Dillow)

Domestic Shorthair

Male, Young
Wheaton, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Bianca's adoption status with email updates.
Special Needs
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Bianca

Domestic Shorthair

Female, Adult
Crown Point, IN
We'll also keep you updated on Herbie's adoption status with email updates.
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Herbie

Pit Bull Terrier

Male, Adult
Chicago, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Sugar's adoption status with email updates.
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Sugar

American Pit Bull Terrier/American Staffordshire Terrier

Female, Young
Plainfield, IL

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