Anti-Cruelty Society
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The Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago
exists to prevent cruelty to animals
and to advance humane education. Their mission is building a community of caring by helping pets and educating people.
The Anti-Cruelty Society (SPCA of Illinois
) is a private, not-for-profit
humane society
that does not receive government assistance. It is one of the largest such organizations in the United States. It was founded in 1899 and has been in the River North
neighborhood of Chicago for many years.
In the 2009 fiscal year, The Anti-Cruelty Society's spay/neuter clinic—one of the highest volume spay/neuter clinics in the country—performed over 12,000 surgeries. The Society also found new homes for nearly 6,000 animals.
In autumn of 2008, Dr. Robyn Barbiers, formerly the Vice President for Collections at The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, became The Society's new President.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
exists to prevent cruelty to animals
Cruelty to animals
Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse or animal neglect, is the infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals, for purposes other than self-defense. More narrowly, it can be harm for specific gain, such as killing animals for food or for their fur, although opinions differ with...
and to advance humane education. Their mission is building a community of caring by helping pets and educating people.
The Anti-Cruelty Society (SPCA of Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
) is a private, not-for-profit
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
humane society
Humane Society
A humane society may be a group that aims to stop human or animal suffering due to cruelty or other reasons, although in many countries, it is now used mostly for societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals...
that does not receive government assistance. It is one of the largest such organizations in the United States. It was founded in 1899 and has been in the River North
River North Gallery District, Near North Side, Chicago
The River North Gallery District, in Chicago, is in the Near North Side, Chicago. It hosts the largest concentration of art galleries in the United States, outside of Manhattan. A common definition puts the District in the area north of the Merchandise Mart, south of Chicago Avenue, east of...
neighborhood of Chicago for many years.
In the 2009 fiscal year, The Anti-Cruelty Society's spay/neuter clinic—one of the highest volume spay/neuter clinics in the country—performed over 12,000 surgeries. The Society also found new homes for nearly 6,000 animals.
In autumn of 2008, Dr. Robyn Barbiers, formerly the Vice President for Collections at The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, became The Society's new President.