Amid excessive overtime and a lack of recruitment by the Chicago Police Department, new data show that CPD police officers have been bogged down with answering animal-related calls for service despite ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- PAWS Chicago, in collaboration with Chicago Animal Care and Control and other local rescue groups, will host Rescue Together, a large-scale citywide adoption event. A series of events ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Animal shelters across the country and here in Chicago are dealing with a serious situation right now, overcrowding. Too many animals coming in, too few moving to forever homes.

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The Office of Chicago Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd Ward) announced on Friday a partnership with the Chicago Bird Alliance, the Lincoln Park Zoo, and others on a pilot program that aims to reduce the ...

CHICAGO — Animal Care & Control was under emergency operations during Tuesday’s dangerously cold weather, declining owner-surrendered animals and focusing only on picking up strays. Spokesman Armanda ...

A week ahead of a vote to determine the leadership of Chicago Animal Care and Control, officials and advocates are tangled in a heated battle over the current nominee. Susan Cappello was the acting ...

Dragging the weighted black bait box out from the brush with his boots, Ryan Campbell wiped a few beads of sweat from his forehead. The 30-year-old service technician for Rose Pest Solutions was about ...

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

When video footage showing an officer working to get an animal out of a shelving unit at an Aldi store in Chicago's Humboldt Park began, no one could have predicted what would eventually come out.