Animal Shelters & Rescues near Waukegan, IL

At Chewy, we share your passion for pets. You can help us make an even greater impact by donating items to your local shelter or rescue through their Wish List or opening up your heart and home by adopting. Together, we can make a bigger difference.

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Blackdog All Breed Dog Rescue

Waukegan, IL (2 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Blackdog All Breed Dog Rescue is a licensed, not for profit organization dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of abandoned dogs from high kill shelters. Working with committed volunteers, foster homes, local veterinarians and trainers we are ab... Learn More

23 Wish List Items

4 People Favorited

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Patriotic Canine

1415 Grove Ave, North Chicago, IL 60064 (3 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Patriotic Canine is a 501c(3) non-for-profit organization whose goal is to provide professionally-trained service dogs to disabled American veterans at no cost. Learn More

6 Wish List Items

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International Street Dog Foundation

3002 N Maple Tree Ln, Wadsworth, IL 60083-9208 (3 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Founded by Dawn Trimmel and David Reese in 2011, ISDF’s main mission is to raise awareness of issues facing dogs around the world. We believe that change begins with awareness. There is no more effective method of getting governments who allow inhuma... Learn More

12 Wish List Items

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Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue

5375 Brompton Ln, Gurnee, IL 60031-1069 (4 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue (MSIR) is a non-profit, all-volunteer corporation. MSIR seeks out, fosters, and places homeless Shiba Inu dogs into carefully screened, lifelong, and nurturing homes. In addition to rescue, MSIR volunteers provide medical car... Learn More

13 Wish List Items

8 People Favorited

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Fat Cat Rescue Inc

Zion, IL (6 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Our vision is a community where every animal is cared for. When cats come to us they may be sick and skinny, but by the time we've loved them up they have become Fat Cats with healthy bodies, higher self esteem, greater trust in humans and a joy of ... Learn More

18 Wish List Items

18 People Favorited

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Placing Paws

Libertyville, IL (8 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Placing Paws of Illinois was established in 2008 in Lake County Illinois with the goal of saving animals from high risk situations. Placing Paws has adopted nearly 2000 animals since it began. Learn More

2 Wish List Items

4 People Favorited

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Strawberry Fields Animal Rescue Illinois

Winthrop Harbor, IL (8 mi from Waukegan, IL)

We are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) senior animal rescue, serving the Chicagoland area. We are 100% foster based. Learn More

$250.00 - $350.00 Adoption Fee

11 Wish List Items

2 People Favorited

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High Tails Animal Rescue, NFP

Vernon Hills, IL (9 mi from Waukegan, IL)

High Tails Animal Rescue, NFP is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit animal rescue and welfare organization. We are both volunteer-run and foster-based serving the Greater Chicagoland area and Northern Suburbs of Illinois. Our organization focuses on rescuing... Learn More

$175.00 - $425.00 Adoption Fee

18 Wish List Items

3 People Favorited

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Save A Vet

Lake Villa, IL (9 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Save-A-Vet take un-adoptable Military & Law Enforcement K9's, places them on secured facilities owned by the organization and than hires disabled Military & Law Enforcement Veterans to live with and care for them. Mutual healing between veterans. Learn More

4 Wish List Items

1 Person Favorited

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Two Furs Rescue Inc

Lindenhurst, IL (9 mi from Waukegan, IL)

At Two Furs, our mission is to provide a safe haven for orphaned and abandoned kittens in Lake County, Illinois. We foster these vulnerable lives with love and compassion, matching them with forever families through responsible adoption. Additionally... Learn More

23 Wish List Items

1 Person Favorited

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Spay and Stay

Grayslake, IL (9 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Spay and Stay helps residents of Lake County, IL. Trap, Neuter and Return the feral cats they're seeing and/or feeding, while also helping to educate on the benefits of TNR and providing mentorship, support and resources for fostering "found friendly... Learn More

18 Wish List Items

2 People Favorited

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Adoptable Friends, NFP

Mundelein, IL (10 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Adoptable Friends NFP is committed to the humane care and placement of the animals in our care while remaining a steward of our environment. Our goal is to establish protocols and procedures that not only save stray, unwanted animals from an uncertai... Learn More

43 Wish List Items

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Bombshell Bullies

Vernon Hills, IL (11 mi from Waukegan, IL)

We are a volunteer rescue organization, breed specific to Pit Bulls. Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home dogs identified primarily as American Pit Bull Terriers and American Staffordshire Terriers. Our goal is to place these adoptab... Learn More

25 Wish List Items

4 People Favorited

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Reach Rescue Inc

372 Townline Rd, Mundelein, IL 60060 (11 mi from Waukegan, IL)

REACH Rescue Inc. rescues dogs that are stray, abandoned, relinquished, abused, neglected, ​or have run out of time at public shelters and are scheduled to be euthanized as a result of overpopulation. REACH attempts at all times to bring animals and ... Learn More

1 Dog to Adopt

114 Wish List Items

26 People Favorited

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Rocky's Rescue

Round Lake, IL (11 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Our organization is committed to keeping pets safe, happy and healthy while they wait to be placed in a forever home. Learn More

5 Wish List Items

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Chicagoland Labrador Retriever Rescue

1954 1st St, Highland Park, IL 60035 (13 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Chicagoland Lab Rescue is an organization staffed entirely by volunteers seeking to give unwanted Labs a second chance. Learn More

2 Wish List Items

1 Person Favorited

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Save-A-Pet Inc

31664 N Fairfield Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030 (13 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Save-A-Pet is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and one of the largest no-kill cat and dog rescues in Lake County, IL that operates a full-time adoption center. We provide a safe haven for abused, neglected, injured, lost, or animals that have escaped... Learn More

$10.00 - $450.00 Adoption Fee

33 Wish List Items

23 People Favorited

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Adopt A Husky Inc

Lake Villa, IL (13 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Adopt A Husky, Inc. was founded in 1998 by a small group of volunteers, including Lois Leonard, who were dedicated to finding loving homes for homeless Siberian Huskies. AAHI is now led by a six-member Board of Directors who strive to ensure that Lo... Learn More

$195.00 - $400.00 Adoption Fee

17 Wish List Items

9 People Favorited

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Canines 4 Comfort

Antioch, IL (13 mi from Waukegan, IL)

Canines 4 Comfort is a 501(c)3 providing trained dogs to support mental health treatment and wellness. Our work is designed to facilitate healing in people and even helps build a better community. We train and place psychiatric service dogs with ind... Learn More

16 Wish List Items

1 Person Favorited

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Lincolnshire Riverwoods Fire Protection District

115 Schelter Rd, Lincolnshire, IL 60069-3603 (13 mi from Waukegan, IL)

We are a fire department that supports Firefighter Vitale and K9 Irie of the Illinois Urban Search and Rescue Task Force - 1. Together they form a Canine Search Team who locate missing or lost people, and trapped victims in collapsed buildings or ho... Learn More

5 Wish List Items

1 Person Favorited

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