Vicky Pasenko News Today

There’s never been a better time to be a rescued cat in Evanston.  Saturday, May 13 is opening day for the first dedicated cat adoption center

Surrounded by photographs of cats, dogs and people, Vicky Pasenko gushed about Salty, the Evanston Animal Shelter’s black and white office cat. “In the afternoon, when nobody else is around except one of us office people, we just let him go, and he runs everywhere,” Pasenko said. “He loves it here.” Pasenko is the executive...

City Council voted 8-1 Monday to approve a $6.85 million contract with CCC Holdings, Inc. to construct a new facility for the Evanston Animal Shelter. The Oakton Street shelter processes an average of over 480 animals each year, according to a city memo. The shelter also provides pet food and other resources to residents housing...

The city approved plans for renovating Evanston Animal Shelter in November, with the new building on track to be operational by the end of this year.  The Evanston Animal Shelter Association, Cook County and the City of Evanston are working together on the estimated $6.3 million community project that saved the shelter — located on...

City Council is set to vote on an estimated $6.3 million renovation of the Evanston Animal Shelter on Nov. 14. The proposal calls for the construction of an entirely new facility. Not all of the funding will come from the city –– two million dollars will be provided by a Cook County grant agreement, and Evanston...

Animal shelters across the Chicagoland are facing a good problem a year into the COVID-19 pandemic: As the pandemic keeps more people at home, animal adoptions are still surging.