For more than 117 years, the Society has been building a community of caring by helping pets and educating people.

The Anti-Cruelty Society is a 501(c)(3) private non-profit humane society. Since its inception in 1899, we have helped hundreds-of-thousands of animals through initiatives such as adoption placement, veterinary care, cruelty and abuse investigations, and humane education. The Anti-Cruelty Society is proudly the oldest and largest private, open-admission animal welfare organization in Chicago. Annually, we assist more than 50,000 animals and people through our comprehensive services.

 

Our Mission:

 

Building a community of caring by helping pets and educating people.

The Anti-Cruelty Society shall-

• Provide compassionate care for any animal in need

• Attempt to find a home for every healthy or rehabilitatable dog and cat
  that comes to us

• Intervene to prevent cruelty to animals

• Partner with the community to educate on animal issues and inspire
  compassion and respect

• Provide low or no cost spaying or neutering

 

Our Values:

 

We will provide the best quality animal care through-

• Collaboration—only through partnerships and relationships can we achieve our mission

• Excellence—we will strive to have a best practice model in all that we do

• Professionalism—we will act with integrity and in an ethical manner

• Leadership—we will plan for the next generation of issues that will impact our organization, our community and pets

• Communication—we will fearlessly outline and communicate our commitment to being advocates for animals

• Transparency—we support the Asilomar Accords and proudly and publicly report our statistics

 

Our Philosophy:

 

At The Anti-Cruelty Society we believe-

• In an open door policy—we will not turn away any animal in need

• There are no time limits placed on any animal in our care

• That no healthy or rehabilitatable pet should be euthanized

• The key to pet overpopulation is sterilization

• That education can prevent cruelty, abuse and neglect and promote responsible pet ownership

• If an animal’s quality of life is severely compromised, euthanasia is the humane alternative

 

For more information, visit www.anticruelty.org or call (312) 644-8338.