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Chicago Animal Control and Care (CACC) is severely underfunded and understaffed. What does this mean? It means that CACC is unable to properly serve the citizens of Chicago and that animals suffer and die needlessly behind closed doors. Some animals are not examined within 24hrs, decline, and are later found dead in cages, have injuries that are not properly cared for or become sick from contagious diseases which were likely preventable in the first place.
CACC even runs out of basic supplies due to not paying contractors or simply not having the $ - whether for sterile gloves, food, or medical supplies. This is incredible considering they have a brand-new veterinary clinic on site which doesn't seem to be used very often. Although it may be easier to gripe at particular staff members or Directors, considering the number of animals which come into CACC and the abysmally low budget, this is a systemic, ongoing problem that spans decades. No matter how hard staff at CACC try, there is bound to be a substandard quality of care due to a lack of resources.
For a quick comparison, the current budget of LA Animal Control and Care is currently $31.1m (plus an additional proposed $4.75m) out of their $13 billion budget City budget for FY2023-24.
In Austin, their total proposed budget for animal services is $20,167,207 for 2023-2024 ($5.5 billion City budget)
Chicago Animal Control & Care? $7.16 million as of 2022, which is the most it has ever been. We are the second lowest funded metropolitan animal control, yet the 3rd largest city in the U.S.
As of 2023, the City of Chicago’s budget is $16.4 BILLION.
In Chicago’s 2023 Budget Proposal, CACC was one of only five departments to see an overall budget cut. The other departments which saw a budget cut? The Board of Ethics, Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, Office of the Inspector General, and Office of Budget and Management.
Some may point to the live outcome rates of CACC as evidence that this budget and amount of staff is acceptable. The only reason CACC has a remotely decent live outcome rate is because of their partnerships with 100% volunteer-run 501c3 organizations called rescues that try to save animals from CACC and other regional shelters. The vast majority of rescues are 100% foster home based. Cats are only rescued when someone like you decides to open their heart and home to a cat & foster through a licensed rescue. The same goes for dogs.
Small rescues solely survive on public donations and not grants, often taking the more difficult & expensive cases that are left behind. Any adoption fees from adopting an animal from a rescue go straight into paying for veterinary bills (which the rescues cover so their fosters don’t have to).
CACC disproportionately relies on these rescues and charities due to inadequate funding. CACC needs a bigger budget to house and properly care for animal intake so that rescues and charities can continue to do their part. These rescues are all at their breaking point and are closing intake due to a lack of fosters and funding.
Furthermore, those who are trying to drop off a stray animal in need of shelter have noticed a recurring pattern. They are more often than not turned away despite CACC being an open-intake shelter, even when the shelter had room, and they met the criteria for surrendering a stray animal in need of safe harbor. Policies are haphazardly enforced at the front desk and are unclear to the public. CACC is an open-intake animal control funded by your tax dollars and it is legally required to take stray animals in need of shelter.
As of August 7th, CACC has even less room for cats due to the remodeling of their Adopts room.
All over the country, animal controls are completely inundated with record numbers of animals. Many are small shelters in poor rural areas that are so underfunded they have no choice but to euthanize immediately on intake. The exact same rescues which Chicago relies on are oftentimes the only hope for these animals located there as well.
The difference?
Chicago HAS the ability to properly fund and run CACC instead of being an embarrassment for a “world-class” city. There is no reason for Chicago Animal Control and Care to be running out of essential supplies, turning away animals in need, or lacking the staff and resources to properly care for animals.
Our treatment of animals reflects on us.
If there is to be any change at all, we need your voice to be heard and your actions to speak louder than words.
How can you help? GET INVOLVED
SAVE A LIFE BY FOSTERING A CAT & reach out to www.felinesofchicago.org/foster. Felines of Chicago is a volunteer-run 501c3 organization partnered with most of the licensed rescues in IL. They will make sure you are matched to a rescue that will suit your needs and time frame. These rescues are unable to save any cats without new foster homes. 100% of veterinary care is covered. (Adult cats are very low maintenance and almost anyone can foster one! They don’t need a lot of space, just food + water, and some love). WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP!!! Most rescues have to close intake due to a lack of foster homes, meaning more cats and kittens are euthanized.
Consider donating your time to CACC or items such as sterile gloves, clean towels/blankets, or canned cat/dog food.
Volunteering information can be found here:
Please note that volunteers at Chicago Animal Control and Care must sign an NDA agreement, meaning that you cannot say anything to the media about what you see or do while volunteering inside CACC.
Write to your alderman that City Council needs to increase the budget for Chicago Animal Control, collaborate more with community organizations, become more transparent, and get their act together at the front desk since as the only taxpayer-funded, public intake shelter in Chicago. You can find out who your alderman is at the link below:
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/provdrs/your_ward_and_alderman/svcs/find_my_alderman.html
MAKE YOUR PRESENCE AND CONCERNS KNOWN AT CACC BOARD MEETINGS - They are open to the public to attend and virtual.
The only way anything changes in Chicago is by public pressure.
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cacc/supp_info/public_notice.html
Consider adopting a forever friend from the licensed rescues which pull animals from Chicago Animal Control and Care. These animals have been fully vetted, their personalities are known, and it opens the foster home to take in another cat or dog which otherwise would have been euthanized.
tl;dr: Chicago Animal Control and Care needs more funding, staff, and better leadership. Please foster or adopt to save lives, see the steps above on how to make your voice heard to aldermen and the Board of CACC during virtual public meetings. The only way shit changes is through public /collective pressure and individual action.
If you would like to see some of the animals that are currently in need of being rescued, check out:
CACC Cats (IG&FB) Cats and kittens only - some are on urgent euthanasia deadlines. CACC releases ONLY these cats to a licensed rescue due to their age and/or medical needs.
First, you sign up with a licensed rescue that is partnered with CACC. Once you are approved with the rescue, you'll be able to foster. If you are interested in fostering cats, please head over to www.felinesofchicago.org/foster and they'll answer any questions or concerns you have & get you started with the process.
For dogs in need of being rescued and fostered: CACC Dog Transfer Team (FB)/CACC Transfer Team on IG
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Over on the ZBB I had a post (https://www.verduria.org/viewtopic.php?t=426) for deriving animal names without using another animal, and I recently saw a post here asking about coining animal names, so I thought I would emulate the game here :D
The way the game works is that someone posts a comment with an animal (eg bat). Then under that post, someone replies with a derivation for that animal without referencing another animal (eg night-flyer or screeches-at-dusk or cave-hanger) and proposes another animal. The next person replies with a derivation, and a proposal for another animal, and so on and so on.
It would look something like this:
Bat
Bat: night-flyer. Cow
Cow: gives-milk. Hedgehog.
I'll make a few example posts below to get the ball rolling!
P.S. The more common and ordinary the animal, the better.
P.P.S. Looking at the old ZBB thread, one person had tapir as inquisitive nose, which I just love!
[EDIT] You can start your own comment threads too! Don't feel restricted to my starters of COCKEREL, BAT, and HEDGEHOG :)
[EDIT2] You can use onomatopoeias for the animal names, but these are very language-phonology-dependent, so not super ideal, but you can still do so :)
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