The Hearts of Rescue

Some people say that everything happens for a reason.  I didn’t believe that until I got involved in rescue.  The week before Easter Sunday I traveled to Marion, IL with my son’s high school baseball team to watch them play in a tournament.  One afternoon I checked my...

On January 31st 2010, Placing Paws rescued a bunch of dogs from two different puppy mills in Missouri. A puppy mill is a commercial breeding facility where puppies are mass produced for profit without regard for the health or well being of the puppies or the breeder...

Sandy, a beautiful orange tabby who Placing Paws rescued at 10 weeks old, suffered a severe eye infection in both eyes. He was treated at Eye Care for Animals specialty clinic in Wheeling. He required approximately 3 months of eye medication and re-checks at the...

JJ was saved from horrible conditions by an Illinois Licensed Humane Investigator on October 30th. While the investigator was looking for another dog in the area she saw JJ's pen across a backyard. When she found him he was in a chicken wire enclosure in a wooded area...

Otto’s story begins in a rural Indiana shelter. The shelter was moving to a new building and the decision was made that no animals from the old shelter would transfer to the new. This meant that all animals at the old building had to be found homes or faced...