Welcome to Chicago Alliance for Animals
We believe every animal deserves respect, protection, and freedom from harm — and we work every day to make that a reality, and create lasting change for animals — across Chicagoland and beyond.
Those We Stand For
Wild Animals Belong in the Wild
For decades, an African Tortoise named Spur has lived inside The Animal Store in Lincolnwood.
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Sulcata tortoises are meant to roam across vast landscapes, yet Spur has spent 35+ years confined to a 5x2 ft space.
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Her species is meant to dig and burrow, yet Spur is being inhumanely kept on hard tile ground.
The little bit of hay and feces in her empty bathtub does not provide any type of natural cushion that a wild animal—or any animal, for that matter— deserves.
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A sanctuary in Arizona is ready to take her—but Lincolnwood’s Mayor and Trustees must enforce the law. Wild animals don’t belong in captivity.
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Domesticated Rabbits Dumped Outside. Rescuers Out of Resources
At a Lincolnwood pet store, sick, neglected/aggressive, and even pregnant rabbits are sold to unaware buyers—non-returnable and non-refundable.
Many are maimed by children who do not understand their vulnerability.
Rabbits are a long-term investment that require expensive and time-consuming care. Families are hit with surprise medical bills, pests, surprise litters, or aggression, that's when the dumping happens; however, domesticated rabbits can't survive on their own. They often suffer to death, fall prey to predators, or are hit by cars.
Shelters and rescues are completely full of abandoned/dumped and rescued rabbits in need of adoption— yet more continue to be bred and sold out of Lincolnwood.
Rescuers are exhausted and at a loss as to why this is still being allowed in Cook County. Over-bred is an understatement.
The solution is simple: Lincolnwood can align with home-rule authority to enforce Cook County law which prohibits rabbit sales. People can adopt rabbits and other small animals.
A bunny with her ears snipped by children.
Pacing, alone, in Chicagoland's bitter winters.
Coyotes are pack animals.
Rocky, the lonely coyote, has been confined to a small cage, outside, in Northbrook, IL since 2018 (8 years).
As a puppy, Rocky was mistaken for a dog. Yet this isn't how one would house a dog.
Rocky can be found pacing.
We are calling for Rocky's transfer to a Colorado sanctuary. At the very least, a companion.
Bulls' tails ripped from their bodies
Steer tailing is a rodeo event where a terrified steer's tail is violently ripped from its body, often tearing ligaments, bruising muscles, and causing intense pain, all for spectator entertainment.
Animals have very few rights as it is. it's our responsibility to protect those rights.
