Excellent medical care and enriching activities help ready animals for adoption.

Enrichment, Education and Medical Equipment Funding

DuPage Animal Friends helps fund innovative initiatives at the shelter that is beyond the normal operating budget of DuPage County Animal Care & Control.

ENRICHMENT

DCACC provides activities that help keep the animals' bodies and minds busy. Enrichment is critical for the animals' health and well-being and promotes successful transitions to new families. Thanks to donors like you, the animals received dog park equipment.

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

​Generous donors made it possible for the shelter to receive four pieces of medical equipment for on-site veterinary services. The equipment provides safer surgeries and saves time implementing important treatments.

EDUCATION

Educational programs at DCACC teach specific subjects in animal welfare. Thanks to donors of DuPage Animal Friends, children use new microscopes and other materials to learn about animals and how the can they can help pets in their community. 

S.T.A.R. Training Program Funding

​​Many times animals come into the shelter never having been exposed to any basic obedience training or may need a refresher.

DuPage Animal Friends' donors fund a program called S.T.A.R. (Structured Training and Reinforcement) where dogs work with trained handlers to encourage and reinforce positive behavior.

S.T.A.R. training increases a dog's potential for adoption and decreases the likelihood of a returned adoption, thus setting the tone for a positive dog/owner relationship. It also provides much needed mental stimulus from kennel life.

Thanks to donors like you, DuPage Animal Friends bridges the gap between DCACC's budget limitations and the most compassionate care of animals.

When you donate to the general fund, you help give animals what they need to find their forever home.

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DuPage County Animal Care & Control provides the community with a valuable service in caring for abandoned and unwanted pets.

Your gift is crucial in providing progressive care for the homeless animals in the community so that they may find their second chance at a happy and healthy life.

Thanks to supporters like you, DuPage Animal Friends raised funds needed to purchase dog park equipment for the shelter.