Animal Care League is a nonprofit, no-kill animal shelter and adoption center located in Oak Park. We serve as the stray holding facility for Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Northlake, Elmwood Park, North Riverside, Melrose Park, and River Grove, giving animals found in those areas a safe place to go and be cared for until they are reunited with their families or put through our adoption program.

Animal Care League has been rooted in the community since 1973, when concerned citizens began taking in the stray cats from around the neighborhood. Nearly 50 years later and we are still committed to providing a safe haven to local animals in need. Read our full story here.

Where do our animals come from? The chart below illustrates, in brief, how animals get to our shelter, what happens when they get here, and where they end up!