Adopting A Friend
To adopt any animal from Rescue Tails we require a completed and verified adoption application. Once we can review the application, we can set up a meet and greet. We ask that all members of the household including pets are available for us and prospective pet to meet. Providing that goes well, we will set an appointment with you for a home visit. If all goes well we can proceed to the final step of finalizing the adoption.
Who We Are
Rescue Tails Animal Welfare is dedicated to rehoming pets from high kill shelters. We choose an animal one at a time and evaluate what issues caused the animal to end up in the shelter and address those issues. Most often we find behavioral issues and/or medical issues . We deal with whatever it is to the best of our ability and then place the pet up for adoption to a responsible pet guardian. It is our goal to prevent the pet from returning to the system again. We work with the pets and carefully match them to their forever homes.
The majority of animals we work to rescue are from Chicago Care and Animal Control, CACC, the Pound in Chicago. This is why and why we need your help:
REALITY CHECK THE POUND, CHICAGO CARE & ANIMAL CONTROL STATS - CACC (CACC Stats 2013):
Animals that entered CACC doors - 22,576
Animals Adopted out of CACC - 1,314 (only 5%)
Animals Returned to Owners - 1,440 (only 6% - cat returns is only 1%)
Animals who never made it out the door - 8,290 (approx. 23 animals per day)
Help us make a difference. DO SOMETHING - share, educate, spay/neuter, volunteer, donate, foster, ADOPT.
All of dogs and cats are urgent simply by being at Chicago Animal Care & Control (CACC). They do not have set time limits, but can be euthanized at ANY time without notice after their stray holds are up and at any time if they are owner surrenders.
