Learn About Slate-Pet
Slate-Pet is a volunteer based, not for profit organization in the Fox Valley, IL area. Slate-Pet. strives to provide medical care and a safe, happy, and comfortable living environment for as many cats and dogs possible while maintaining a high standard of care for these animals and making a best effort to ensure these animals are adopted into quality adoptive homes. Slate-Pet. is committed to educating the community on improving the lives of pets, and reducing the stray and abandoned domestic animal population as well as to promote spay/neuter programs.
Slate-Pet. obtains veterinary care, food and shelter for stray and abandoned cats and dogs until they are adopted into loving homes. Slate-Pet. does not have a facility. The animals live in our volunteers' homes. We feel that foster care benefits the animal and the potential adopter, as it allows us to work on health or behavioral issues while providing a safe, healthy, happy environment until a cat or dog is adopted.
In addition, fostering enables us to get to know an animal so we can better match the cat or dog to their person or family.
Homeless pets are referred by police departments, veterinarians, other shelters and people in the community. Each animal is thoroughly examined by a veterinarian, is vaccinated, dewormed, receives the necessary blood tests, and is eventually spayed or neutered. They are then taken to a foster home for recovery from surgery, if necessary, socialization and evaluation.
Slate-Pet. is essentially a no-kill organization. We are proud to take in animals that other organizations would not otherwise help. We do not have time limits on the animals in our care and we do not euthanize animals with health issues or non-terminal illness. However, we will not prolong the suffering of an animal with a personality that would make living in a home with people a miserable experience. Furthermore, we do not keep animals in foster care whose temperament poses a danger to people or other animals.
We are a 501(c)3 charity that relies on donations and volunteers from the community as well as fundraisers to support the organization. We receive no money from federal, state, or local government.
Let's make a better community together.
We are an advocate for animals, supporting the connection between people and pets to save more lives and keep families together.
We fight big to end the suffering of all animals. Together with millions of supporters, we are on a mission to combat puppy mills, factory farming, the fur trade, trophy hunting, animal cosmetic testing, and other cruel industries. Through our rescue, response, and sanctuary work, as well as our other animal welfare services, we help thousands of animals each year. We fight all forms of animal cruelty to achieve our vision.
We work to:
- End the cruelest practices toward all animals.
- Care for animals in crisis.
- Build a stronger animal protection movement.
Our rescue and direct care work responds to today’s cruelties; our education, legislative and policy work prevents tomorrow’s.
Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding!
We strive to fulfill the dream of helping animals.
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- Ending the cruelest practices
- Caring for animals in crisis
- Building a stronger animal protection movement
We work to:
- End the cruelest practices toward all animals.
- Care for animals in crisis.
- Build a stronger animal protection movement.
Our rescue and direct care work responds to today’s cruelties; our education, legislative and policy work prevents tomorrow’s.
We respond to large-scale cruelty cases and disasters around the world, providing rescue, hands-on care, logistics and expertise when animals are caught in crises. Our care centers heal and provide lifelong sanctuary to abused, abandoned, exploited, vulnerable and neglected animals.
Through partnerships, trainings, support, collaboration and more, we’re building a more humane world by empowering and expanding the capacity of animal welfare advocates and organizations in the United States and across the globe. Together, we’ll bring about faster change for animals.