by Greg | Jul 20, 2022 | stories
On a sunny Sunday afternoon in North Aurora, a line of people holding purple Anderson Humane folders quickly formed outside the Pet Supplies Plus store. There were families and couples and people from as far away as Lake in the Hills all chatting patiently while they...
by Greg | Jul 18, 2022 | stories
On a recent Saturday, you could see 11 people digging in the grounds outside Anderson Humane’s South Elgin facility. They were building a sensory garden for the dogs currently living at the shelter. While many of these people had never met each other before that day,...
by Greg | Jul 13, 2022 | stories
In a shady spot on the grounds of Gray Willows Farm, a couple dozen kids – all part of Anderson Humane’s Critter Camps – stood transfixed by a trio of birds. Three adults faced the crowd of kids, each one holding one of the raptors – a red-tailed hawk, a barn owl, and...
by Greg | Jul 11, 2022 | stories
The day before Valentine’s Day in 2017, a new partnership was forged that has so far facilitated more than 4,500 loving relationships. That’s the day when Anderson Humane opened the doors of their first-ever satellite adoption center at the Pet Supplies Plus in North...
by Greg | Jul 8, 2022 | stories
It was love at first one-eyed sight. When the Cotero family attended Anderson Humane’s The Road Home Mega Adoption Event at Brilliance Subaru of Elgin last month, they weren’t quite sure what they wanted. “We were thinking maybe a cat or small dog. We were pretty...
by Greg | Jul 1, 2022 | stories
The cats were supposed to help fill the void. After Michelle and her husband, Kyle, lost their beloved 14-year-old Maine Coon, Boo, this past February, they rescued two cats, Coffee and Cocoa. And while Michelle calls them, “fun-loving, precious, and sweet,” she also...
