Animal Shelters

Meet Miss Laika, a resilient dog who has been a resident at a local animal shelter in Rockford four different times and is now looking for her furever home.

Do you recognize her? A woman abandoned two turtles in a bucket outside a Rockford animal shelter and now they're working to identify her.

After 50+ dogs were abandoned at Hammertime Dog Park in Belvidere, the Boone County Animal Services found rescues for all of them. Here's how you can donate!

A dog at a Rockford animal shelter got adopted after 94 days and her "going home" photo is the most precious thing you'll see all week.

There is a lot of responsibility when it comes to owning a pet. It's not a short-term adventure, it's a lifelong commitment to another living thing.

The cages at Winnebago County Animals Services in Rockford, Illinois are at 'maximum critical capacity" and the shelter has issued a desperate plea for adopters.

Not only is abandoning animals outside of shelters reprehensible; it's complete cruelty to leave them defenseless with no shelter, food, or water.

A local animal shelter in Rockford, Illinois is waiving the adoption fees on tons of their furry residents and it's happening for two days only.

Animal shelters always need foster families. What they don't need is for foster families to steal the dogs they're caring for.

Today's a perfect day to find your new best friend.