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Serving the pets and people in Northern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin.
Orphans of the Storm's adoption process
1.
Visit the Facility and Find a Pet
2.
Submit Application
3.
Meet the Pet
4.
Sign Adoption Contract
5.
Pay Fee
Additional adoption info
We invite you to come to the shelter and find a dog or a cat that will become your lifelong friend and companion. When you come to visit make sure to bring:
* Current driver's license with your correct address or a state ID with a photo.
* As many members of your family as possible to help make sure the new member is a good fit.
We invite you to come to the shelter and find a dog or a cat that will become your lifelong friend and companion. When you come to visit make sure to bring:
* Current driver's license with your correct address or a state ID with a photo.
* As many members of your family as possible to help make sure the new member is a good fit.
We serve the pets and people in Northern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin. Our mission is clear: To take responsibility for each and every orphaned, abandoned, abused or neglected dog and cat which reaches our doors; to take them in and shelter them; to provide the best medical and physical care possible for them; to nurture them back to health if need be; and finally to place them into warm, loving, adoptive homes where they can enjoy the lives they deserve.
We serve the pets and people in Northern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin. Our mission is clear: To take responsibility for each and every orphaned, abandoned, abused or neglected dog and cat which reaches our doors; to take them in and shelter them; to provide the best medical and physical care possible for them; to nurture them back to health if need be; and finally to place them into warm, loving, adoptive homes where they can enjoy the lives they deserve.
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Support adoption and rescue. Why go to a dog breeder, cat breeder or pet store to buy a dog or buy a cat when you can adopt?
Why should you adopt?
Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.
What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?
When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.
So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.