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Chicagoland Rescue Intervention and Support Program (“CRISP”) provides free services to help Chicago pet owners keep their pets rather than surrendering them.

Chicagoland Rescue Intervention and Support Program (“CRISP”) provides low or no-cost services to help Chicago pet owners keep their pets rather than surrendering them to the city shelter. Whether you’re moving, your landlord doesn’t allow pets, or the cost of pet maintenance is too high, taking your pet to the Chicago municipal shelter (Chicago Animal Care and Control or “CACC”) isn’t your only option. And if we can’t help you find a way to keep your pet, our network of Chicago dog and cat lovers will help you place them immediately with a rescue group or no-kill shelter to bypass the city shelter completely.

11/02/2026

The City of Chicago budget hearings are underway this week, with Chicago Animal Care and Control coming up this Thursday.

The Mayor's proposed budget is attached. City Council is accepting comments via email at: [email protected]

We encourage Chicago residents to email the above AND your Alderperson with the following:

1. While the increase in budget from $8.2 million to $9.5 million is appreciated, it is not nearly enough. CACC must be properly funded or we will continue needlessly killing animals.

2. The shelter desperately needs accountability. For example, they had the most cat deaths in September in over a decade due to an unregulated disease outbreak. The City must stop ignoring the shelter and find a way to provide accountability in leadership and best practices.

Animal rescue is NOT a spectator sport - make your voices heard!

10/23/2026

**Help Needed!**

Stormi was adopted from Chicago Animal Care and Control last year with a skin condition. Her adopter finished all her recommended treatments, but when that was over Stormi's skin got even worse.

She's now red, raw, and scratching herself until she bleeds. Stormi needs immediate intervention to provide relief and get her back to the healthy dog she was.

Skin conditions can be complex, require specialist treatment, and multiple visits. We want to support Stormi's road to recovery - but need help with donations!

All donations will go right towards Stormi's treatment. Anything over will help the next CACC pet in need. Thank you!!

10/21/2026

On Saturday a sweet cat named Spirit came to Chicago Animal Care and Control with her family looking for help. She has a large, open, mammary abscess after giving birth to kittens.

The diversion program on site at the shelter did not have any appointments available for 10 days. Thankfully we were connected with the family and were able to send Spirit and her surviving kitten in sooner to address the emergency and ensure the kitten can thrive without nursing.

Spirit's surgery and spay is tomorrow, please wish her luck!

10/11/2026

"Your assistance has made a tremendous difference in our lives, and I truly appreciate your kindness in helping Yuki receive the care she needed."

We were able to take on another bladder stone surgery last week. Sweet Yuki was rescued by her mom several years ago and she needed help paying surgery.

Thank you CRISP supporters for helping us save another life!

10/09/2026

Thank you for all the love yesterday for Luke, the doodle we saved with bladder stone surgery!

We also saved Camilla this week, a sweet bulldog who suffered from pyometra. Our friends at Bond Vet worked with us and the client to ensure we could get Camilla all taken care of. She's now healing up at home where she belongs!

Thank you to everyone who offered to make a donation to help our CRISP pets, we rely on our community to keep this program going!

Donate here---> crispchicago.com/donate

10/08/2026

This is Luke. His dad brought him to Chicago Animal Care and Control looking for help after he spent all his savings at the emergency vet when Luke was struggling with bladder stones.

Unfortunately the current diversion program at CACC does not have available emergency appointments and they were unable to help Luke stay with his dad.

Fortunately, someone from CACC got wind of this and called us. We said yes, Luke went to our partner vet Countryside Veterinary Center and had surgery to remove the bladder stones. Luke is now back home where he belongs.

Our hope is that someday every pet owner who enters a shelter gets the help they deserve. Until then, thank you CRISP supporters for making sure Luke was helped.

09/29/2026

We were able to save Thor and his littermates from the shelter by working with Countryside Veterinary Center and their family to find a treatament plan that worked. We were able to hospitalize Thor, who was the sickest, and send at home treatment for the littermates. We're so happy to share that all three survived!

It's especially important to keep parvo pups in their homes because parvo is incredibly hard to clean, and any new puppies or unvaccinated dogs that enter are at high risk of contracting the disease as well.

Next up: neutering!

Thank you CRISP supporters for recognizing how important it is to keep pets and people together!

09/04/2026

Thank you to Evanston Animal Shelter for referring another case our way!

Panther was severely matted and his family didn't really know where to go to get him shaved safely. They just needed some counseling in where to go and how to get Panther back on track with grooming. They were able to contribute financially to his care which meant Panther was groomed, vaccinated, and neutered!

09/02/2026

"You dont know how much this mean to us. We truly appreciate that there is help out there when u most need it… we are home now and resting."

Thank you all for being helpers with us. Mocha is resting at home after her surgery.

09/01/2026

Thank you to our friends at Animal Care League for referring Mocha's dad to us.

After spending over $1,000 at the emergency vet, Mocha's family couldn't afford her pyometra surgery. They put a deposit down at their local vet and started looking for help. Thankfully they found ACL who sent him to us.

We paid the remainder of Mocha's veterinary bill thanks to KodiakCare who helps us sponsor pups outside of Chicago facing life threatening illness.

Please keep Mocha in your thoughts - we're hoping for a smooth recovery so she can go home where she belongs!

Address

2741 S Western Avenue
Chicago, IL
60608

Website

https://www.crispchicago.com/

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