Our Recent Stories
Honoring Renee with the Joy of Animals
On a recent sunny Saturday, Heritage Woods of Batavia, an assisted living facility for seniors, had some unusual visitors – Pearl, a 1-year-old Bernadoodle and Willow, a 4-year-old Shepherd-mix. The...
Volunteering at Her Happy Place
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...
The Dog Who Was Set on Fire
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...
Rescuing a Snagged Snake
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...
A Beautiful Day to Walk4Animals
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...
The Unexpected Rescue
“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...













