by Greg | Nov 10, 2022 | stories
Alex started volunteering at Anderson Humane to keep her sanity. It was 2020 and the 5th grade teacher was home all day, teaching her class remotely. She missed the daily interaction with her students and was desperate to get out of her house. A life-long animal...
by Greg | Nov 4, 2022 | stories
Harvey looks pretty different from when Betty first met the hound mix six years ago. And that’s a good thing. When she started fostering Harvey, his head was a raw, reddish-pink and the ends of his ears were missing. They’d burned off. When he was set on fire. No one...
by Greg | Oct 31, 2022 | stories
You see it all the time – that orange mesh used as temporary fencing or ground barrier. For people, it can be quite useful. For snakes, like the one recently brought into Anderson Humane’s Wildlife Center, it can be quite deadly. The garter snake was found at Raceway...
by Greg | Oct 28, 2022 | stories
It was a beautiful sunny day when dozens of families and dogs gathered at Gray Willows Farm for Anderson Humane’s 7th annual Walk4Animals. Among the canine attendees were several of the rescued Envigo beagles adopted through Anderson Humane earlier this year. The walk...
by Greg | Oct 27, 2022 | stories
“She looked pitiful,” Annette said of her first time meeting Snow. Annette was at Anderson Humane’s South Elgin shelter with her grown daughter, Ariadne, looking at adoptable dogs. Snow, a white terrier mix with spotted ears, was cowering in her kennel, wearing a...
by Greg | Oct 25, 2022 | stories
When people first see Nutz, the 90-pound, 5-year-old, mostly Staffordshire bull terrier, they’re usually a bit intimidated. That is, until he soon flops onto his back in a shameless plea for a belly rub. “He’s probably the most social butterfly around,” said Karen,...
