Planes, Trains & Automobiles!
Whatever it takes of generous volunteers to get the URGENT animals on
'The Fast Track Home'! *


(*Fueling URGENT animal transport to Rescue)

The below animals are being pulled straight from Randolph county and being flown by plane Friday (May 9th) in URGENT hopes of rescue or adoption through Illinois Animal Rescue!
We believe they deserve a CHANCE!

   

               

The following have been pulled from Perry and Randolph counties and transported by automobile this week and last with the same hopes! They are in temporary  foster homes!

  

URGENT!

These pets are desperatly seeking adoption or rescue!
If you are interested in adopting one of these beautiful pets, please fill out an adoption application online!

Please come meet and greet with IAR & the URGENT adoptable pets at:

Page's Healthy paws' (Thomas Tails Page Too) Grand opening
249 N Rand Road
Lake Zurich, IL 60047
May 10th from 11am-4pm

OR

Illinois Animal Rescue's
Spring Cleaning
Adopt and Rescue Event

Come get your muddy paws cleaned while you help us clean out the pounds!

Visit with urgent dogs and cats (May 17th & 18th 11am-4pm) available for adoption and rescue while you bring your dogs for a bath!

All proceeds to support IAR's fight to save the urgent adoptable animals from euthanasia in high kill facilities!

Dog wash and event sponsored by Muddy Paws of Deer Park!

For more information visit the Adopt & Rescue Events Page!

http://www.illinoisanimalrescue.org/Adopt___Rescue_Events.php

If you are considering fostering, these and many others that deserve a chance at life, urgently need your help! Please see the foster & Rescue page!

For more information on transport or adoption of the urgent animals, please contact us at info@illinoisanimalrescue.org
(transports are weather permitting!)

They all have a name...
 They all have a story...
But they cant tell us.


With your help...

County by county...

Illinois can be the first NO-KILL state!

RESCUE.

Illinois Animal Rescue, Inc is made up of individuals,  rescuers, transporters, humane investigators, a coalition of humane societies, and many others. Just  regular people, scattered throughout the state of Illinois and beyond dedicated and working together to save these precious lives..

 IAR strives to rescue, transport and offer humane care to the animals in our communities throughout the state of Illinois and the surrounding states. 

We are Rescue…



Over the years, we have all saved thousands upon thousands of animals; in 2007 over 6,000 precious lives where saved from abandonment, neglect, abuse and unnecessary euthanasia. This was all accomplished through generous donations of volunteers. Costs are increasing, so we need to reach out to YOU, the community to help us fulfill our mission - the saving of the innocent lives. Illinois Animal Rescue, Inc. is a licensed,      501(c)(3), non profit and no kill rescue organization. 

Our goals are to ensure that every animal is treated with the respect that they deserve and to educate our communities on the importance of spaying or neutering their pets to solve the pet overpopulation problem; the humane treatment and care of all animals; to rescue the many animals that are serving life sentences in no-kill facilities, do to the lack of education about rescue; and the rescue and transportation of the many animals that are being put to death in our communities every day, due to no fault of their own. Through the efforts of the coalition of rescuers, over 6,000 lives were saved in 2007.

The dogs and cats are so very appreciative of your support. Together we can save these forsaken loving 'innocents' who are condemned to death.
 

Number of cats and dogs in 2007 that their lives were saved through Illinois Animal Rescue's Coalition: Over 6,000! 
We are so very appreciative of your support, and will continue to grow our network bigger and better in 2008. In the coming year, we
will continue our goal of giving every single animal in Illinois the opportunity to get to rescue, gain exposure for the pounds in need and develop good relationships with only the best rescues that meet our criteria.

Learn more> 

I Am An Animal Rescuer



My job is to assist God's creatures
I was born with the drive to fulfill their needs

I take in helpless, unwanted, homeless
creatures without planning or selection                                  

I have bought dog food with my last dime
I have patted a mangy head with a bare hand
I have hugged someone vicious and afraid

I have fallen in love a thousand times
And I have cried into the fur of a lifeless body too many times to count


I have animal friends and friends who have animal friends
I don't often use the word "pet"

I notice those lost at the road side

And my heart aches       

I will hand raise a field mouse

                   

And make friends with a vulture
I know of no creature unworthy of my time   

I want to live forever if there aren't any animals in Heaven

But I believe there are          
Why would God make something so perfect and leave it behind

Some may think we are master of the animals
But the animals have mastered themselves

Something people still haven't learned 
War and abuse make me hurt for the world

But a rescue that makes the news gives me hope for mankind



We are a quiet but determined army

And we are making   a difference every day

There is nothing more necessary than warming an orphan
Nothing more rewarding than saving a life
No higher recognition than watching them thrive

There is no greater joy than seeing a baby play
Who only days ago, was too weak to eat

By the love of those who I've been privileged to rescue
I have been rescued

I know what true unconditional love really is
For I've seen it shining in the eyes of so many
Grateful for so little

I am an Animal Rescuer
My work is never done
My home is never quiet
My wallet is always empty
But my heart is always full

- Author Unknown -

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RESCUE OF THE WEEK!

Rhett
RESCUED by THORR

Meet Rhett!  The pictures of Rhett are graphic proof of yet another
tragic case of abuse and neglect.  On April 1st, this boy was picked up
as a stray in Cutler, Illinois and brought to Perry County Animal
Control.  No one knows what happened to him or how long he had been
wandering the streets with this injury. THORR  (True Hearts of Rottweiler Rescue) made a commitment to help give him a second chance. Rhett was pulled from animal control so he could be seen by a vet and transported up north.
He will need special care and a lot of medical treatment.  He was named Rhett (after Rhett Butler) for his tenacity and determination despite the pain and abuse he has suffered.

Beautiful Rhett