Safe Harbor Rescue is the heart’s work of local veterinarian and Glendale Animal Hospital practice owner Lori Civello, DVM. Dr. Civello’s passion for helping primarily cats and kittens find homes led her to realize she had a hospital full of homeless pets - and in 2007 she decided to create a non-profit rescue dedicated to finding homes for these animals. Mixing her passion for sailing and her care for pets she named this new organization Safe Harbor Rescue. Today Safe Harbor has a wonderful home inside the hospital in Glendale Heights, IL. With its own dedicated space and staff, Safe Harbor has now adopted hundreds of cats and dogs into loving homes in the past 12 years. Safe Harbor is supported by generous donations from people like you and is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, so all donations are tax-deductible. We hope you’ll consider contributing what you can to this small local rescue that makes such a big difference in the lives of our community’s homeless pets.
You must agree to a background check of other animals you own to determine their vaccination status. This means we will call your current vet (if we are not your current vet) to get that information. This may take several days depending on the response time. We reserve the right to decline an adoption if resident animals are not current on their vaccinations. If you are interested in adoption on the of the Safe Harbor pets, you may place a hold deposit which is half of the total adoption fee. This must be submitted by either cash or check. Submitting a holding fee DOES NOT guarantee that you will be approved for adoption. A hold simply ensures that another adopter cannot adopt the pet you are interested in while you are completing the adoption process and background check. If your adoption does not go through, your hold deposit will be refunded. An Adoption fee, plus a spay/neuter deposit of $100, is required by either cash or check in order to adopt an animal from Safe Harbor Rescue. If you choose to have your adopted pet spayed or neutered at another veterinary facility, you are still required to pay the $100 spay/neuter deposit until you are able to provide proof of the animal’s surgery. At which time, your $100 spay/neuter deposit will be refunded.