Maria just wanted to water her daffodils. She grabbed her trusty watering can, but it felt different. Heavier. When she looked closer, she saw two little eyes peering back out at her. A squirrel had...

Donors and friends of Anderson Humane recently attended our annual gala to celebrate our work, learn about our future plans, and financially support this vision. The theme was Better Together, to...

You’re out for an evening stroll when you hear a strange little sound coming from the ground. You – or your dog – decide to check it out, and you realize it’s a nest of baby bunnies. But where’s...

Every weekend, a van full of dogs arrives at Anderson Humane’s South Elgin shelter following a more than 12-hour drive from one of our source shelters in Oklahoma. The dogs are tired, hungry, and...

Gary was being overrun. He had a couple squirrels in his attic, who were chewing the fascia of the roof and making noise at all hours of the day and night. There was also a skunk tunneling under his...

In April of 2021, Justin Potts retired after working 34 years in IT. “I realized real fast I had to have something to do,” he said. So the very next month he started volunteering with Anderson...