Providing a safe, healthy, happy
forever home to unwanted exotic and
unusual pets
Sometimes we have young, friendly, healthy pets that are available for adoption, too.
Critter Camp is the
ONLY sanctuary in the U.S.
actually caring for the large
variety of different animals that
we do:
Over 300 animals of 30 different
species!
At a certain point re-homing pets, particularly the unusual and exotic
ones, at all costs often serves only to make the people involved feel
better about themselves, regardless of the stability and continuity of
care the elderly, abused or ill animal, actually needs. Euthanizing such
animals brings the rescuer down to the universally despised level of
“puppy-mills” in that if an animal is no longer useful to humans it
must be killed. This is incredibly heartbreaking. Again, people bred every
one of these pet animals for human enjoyment and/or profit, therefore
we as humans have an obligation to provide quality care for these
animals for their entire lives whether or not they are “pet quality.”
824 Church Street
German Valley, IL 61039
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