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  2. Cosley Zoo - Wikipedia

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    Cosley Zoo is an AZA-accredited zoo located in Wheaton, Illinois.It is a facility of the Wheaton Park District and open year-round. The zoo, which is situated on 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land, is built on the site of a historic train station and consists of domestic animals, as well as wildlife that is native to North America.

  3. Pet adoption - Wikipedia

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    Some organizations give adopters ownership of the pet, while others use a guardianship model wherein the organization retains some control over the animal's future use or care. Online pet adoption sites have databases, searchable by the public, of pets being housed by thousands of animal shelters and rescue groups. A black cat waiting to be ...

  4. No Kill Advocacy Center - Wikipedia

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    Denise Jones of Shelby County Animal Control for helping to create Kentucky's first no kill community in Shelby County, and ensuring it stayed no kill later when the status was at risk; [44] [45] Karl Bailey of Seagoville Animal Control in Seagoville, Texas, for ending the use of the gas chamber and shelter killing; [46]

  5. Pinky the Cat - Wikipedia

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    The video footage was taped by Placer County Animal Control sometime in the early 1990s. The recording was intended as a promotional video for the county's "Pet of the Week" pet adoption program. Sometime before 1992, then-police chief Willie Weatherford distributed copies of the tape—which he named "Pinky the Cat"—to the media and his friends.

  6. Animal rescue group - Wikipedia

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    A no-kill shelter is a usually private organization whose policies include the specification that no healthy, pet-worthy animal be euthanized; Not-for-profit rescue organizations typically operate through a network of volunteer foster homes. [4] These rescue organizations are also committed to a no-kill policy.

  7. List of nature centers in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    website, operated by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, 235 acres, exhibits on the natural and cultural history of the Calumet region, native animals, reproduction early 19th century log cabins Severson Dells Nature Center: Rockford: Winnebago: Northern: website, operated by the County, 369-acre county forest preserve Springbrook ...

  8. Steve Hindi - Wikipedia

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    In 1992, Hindi served as the president of the Fox Valley Animal Protectors in DuPage County, Illinois. Hindi noticed that live pigeon shoots were happening in the field behind Carpy's Cove, a tavern and restaurant in Will County, Illinois. About four times a year, a dozen to two dozen shooters would pay $100 to shoot 25 pigeons each.

  9. Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - Wikipedia

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    The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is a governmental agency headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois, United States.Its mission is to acquire and hold lands containing forests, prairies, wetlands, and associated plant communities or lands capable of being restored to such natural conditions for the purpose of protecting and preserving the flora, fauna and scenic beauty for the education ...