Gift Card
Fundraiser!
Do you have gift
cards stashed in a
drawer, did you
receive a gift card
to a store that isn't
located in your area,
have some that are
only partially used,
or do you just plain
not like to use them?
  Send them to us!
Join the Critter
Camp Mailing List!
Get the latest scoop on happenings
here at the sanctuary- new animals,
events, etc. It's FREE!
Simply send your email address to

info@crittercamp.biz
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Support Critter Camp
while shopping online!
Critter Camp is a 100%
no-kill shelter &
sanctuary operated by
volunteers for over 200
exotic pets, supported by
donations and the
hands-on, educational,
entertaining tours we
provide for all ages

There is no government or public
funding for our sanctuary. We rely on
the kindness of animal lovers all across
the country to help us care for these
"forgotten" pets!

Critter Camp is a registered
Not-for-Profit, Charitable 501c3
Tax Exempt Organization

USDA, Illinois Department of
Agriculture & IL-DNR Licensed
So many easy &
fun ways for
you to
help support
Critter
Camp
!!!

Become a
Critter Camp
Sponsor

Donate through
PayPal or
check, cash or
money order!



Use
GoodSearch
and designate
Critter Camp
your cause!

Check out our  
Fund-Raisers!

Send us your
unused or
partially used
Gift Cards!

Register with
iGive.com !

Buy stuff at
Cafe Press with
our critters'
pictures on it!

Send us your
used printer
ink cartridges!

Bring supplies
from our
wish
list to us here!

Book a tour!
Ferrets love to snuggle &
snooze!
Huge Thank you's go out to PETCO
distribution center in Joliet, IL for the
fantastic donation of supplies!
And to the Rockford, IL PetLand store for
their recent donation of supplies too.
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See our NEW Links Page!!And our new NEWS
page too!
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Check out the new Pet Rabbit Networking
Website
BunSpace ! It's really fun and easy to use!
We've listed all 29 of our Bunnies! See their
profiles and be their friends!
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We were sad to hear that Ferrets Magazine will no
longer be available in the print form, however it
will be online, for free! See their site
www.ferretsmagazine.com

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Check out our
Our brand new Critter Camp Exotic Pet
Sanctuary photo books!
Critter Camp  & Critter Camp Counts to Ten!






Photographs of the animals were taken by Critter Camp staff and by
Kathleen's Photography All proceeds from the sale of this book will go
to care for the rescued animals at Critter Camp.

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Want to donate but uncomfortable doing so online, want an
instant tax receipt, or want more information about
who you are donating to? Visit
www.Guidestar.org
Search the Organizations for Critter Camp & donate safely
and easily!
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See all of our Critter videos on YouTube!
And our Photos on
Flickr!
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Ask about our Private Tours!
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Our fundraising ebay auctions have started!!
Click here for the current auctions
Get great stuff & help us feed & care for the critters!
Recently Sold/listed:
Authentic Autographed items from:
DEAN KOONTZ!!,Charlie Sheen, Judi Dench, Kate
Bosworth, Samuel L. Jackson,  Gary Haun,  Jack
Hanna & Christy Turlingto
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Become a
Critter Camp Sponsor!
It's Easy!!!!
We are also recruiting Corporate/Foundation
Sponsors
for ongoing support Learn more here!

Critter Camp
Exotic Pet
Sanctuary
Providing a safe, healthy, happy
forever home to unwanted exotic and
unusual pets

Critter Camp is the
ONLY sanctuary in the U.S.
actually caring for the large
variety of different animals that
we do:
Over 200 animals of 29 different
species!

*Critter Camp does not take in wildlife, we accept pets only.*
Contact Us
info@crittercamp.biz                Phone: 815-266-1342
Check out the
awesome
professional
photos of some of
Critter Camp's
animals taken by
Kathleen of
Kathleen's
Photography
on our new
Photos Page

New
Photos will
be coming
soon!!!
Get NEW
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor Magazine
eNews for FREE!
Check out:
Razzle's Hog Blog  and the incredibly
touching
tribute to Razzle, a deeply loved and
very lucky hedgie!
Check out the Alley
Cat Allies Feral
Trap-Neuter-Return
Program!
Unique and effective way
to deal with the stray cat
population!
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Web This Site
Critter Camp is now
taking
used printer ink
and copier toner
cartridges
to be
recycled - for each one
we send in we receive
$1.00-$10.00 !!
Another easy way to
help Critter Camp and
Mother Earth!
If you
work in an office or
other setting where
you can collect several
please let us know and
we can get you a
collection box.
Otherwise please send
them to Critter Camp,
824 Church Street,
German Valley, IL
61039
Help us Welcome the Pocket Pets Rescues to
Critter Camp brought here by the
Champaign
County Humane Society !   See the news reports:
WIFR TV
WREX TV
and our  YouTube video  of them too!
What Critter Camp did over Spring Break:
* Gave a lot of tours!
* Opened the BUILDING FUND for the new sanctuary building at US
Bank!!  Donations may be made at any US Bank location!
Click for
details about the account, donations and the Sanctuary Plans!

* And took in 14 new animals!! See them all on our What's New Page. A
dozen came from
DuPage County Animal Control, including a white mouse
found at a forest preserve and a hedgehog (now named BraveHog)
found in a dumpster!
UPDATE 4-25-08
We welcome 11 more animals from DuPage County as well as a few
others too! See them on the
What's New Page!
Tues. April 2 Critter Camp
was featured on the
Adopt A Ferret A Month
website! Check it out!
Use GoodSearch where  Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary
was the  FEATURED CHARITY OF THE DAY
on Saturday April 26, 2008
Critter Camp recently received a grant from the
D.A.S. Charitable Fund
which helps in the care of
animals from Lake County Illinois. Critter Camp
has accepted homeless pets from Lake County,
most recently Jax and Verde the parrots and
Speedie the blind sugar glider.
We greatly appreciate the assistance we have
received from the Fund!
Thank you!!!
Our Belief:
At a certain point re-homing pets, particularly the unusual and exotic
ones, at all costs often serves only to make the people involved feel
better about themselves, irregardless of the stability and continuity of
care the elderly, abused or ill animal, actually needs. Euthanizing such
animals brings the rescuer down to the universally despised level of
“puppy-mills” in that if an animal is no longer useful to humans it
must be killed. This is incredibly heartbreaking. Again, people bred every
one of these pet animals for human enjoyment and/or profit, therefore
we as humans have an obligation to provide quality care for these
animals for their entire lives whether or not they are “pet quality.”
Forgotten Tails
*Forgotten Tails has stories and
articles from the people who dedicate
their time to help those poor animals
that have fallen through the cracks.
Mounds Pet Food
Warehouse
Great Deals on Pet Supplies!
Check out the May Warm &
Fuzzy Salute featuring our very
own volunteer Cassandra
Randall!
Thank you's to
Sam's Club and IHOP for their
recent donations!


To see some of our animals
and our free range
enclosures visit our
YouTube channel




or mail to Critter Camp, 824
Church Street, German
Valley, IL 61039.
Remember, we give private
hands-on tours for a donation
too- so if you are going to be
in the northern IL area be
sure to schedule a tour here
to meet the critters!
Welcome
to all of you coming from the Animal Help website
and the
One Dollar One Shelter One Month
Campaign!
Please help spread the word too!
ANIMAL PLANET
is developing a new show around the theme
“My House is a Zoo,” and…..
a producer called us here at Critter Camp Exotic Pet
Sanctuary to see if we would be interested!!!!!
How incredibly exciting is that!!??!!!
Anyway, we are definitely in the running to be featured on
ANIMAL PLANET!!!!

This very nice, animal loving producer is also looking for other families
that have a lot of animals at their home to consider as well. Here is her
press release:
CASTING CALL:
Is your life literally going to the dogs...and cats...and
bunnies...and lizards? Do you have ducks in the bathtub and
spiders in the chandelier? Do you mix up your kids' names
with your pets?   Are your kids actually goats?  Animal
Planet is developing a new series about families where the
pets outnumber the humans, where the daily business of
raising a family includes dealing with the whole animal
kingdom.   If your house is one where any species would
feel at home, we'd like to know more.  Please send a short
introductory email about your family to
MyHouseIsaZoo.
too@gmail.com .  Include a link to your website if you can.
Emails with attachments will not be opened.
Please contact her if you have any other nominations for such a series,
and especially to tell her that you would love to see Critter Camp Exotic Pet
Sanctuary on Animal Planet!!! If you have been here or had us come to your
place, brought us an animal, or taken one in, or just know us from the
internet PLEASE help us get on Animal Planet! We would certainly be able
to build our sanctuary building with that kind of publicity!! Think of the
hundreds of critters that would have a safe home!
Having us or another home based rescue can serve a dual purpose by
helping care for unwanted animals rather than just spotlight a family that
has lots of pets, or maybe they can do two shows! Maybe they can do a
contest type show where viewers can vote on who they want to be profiled
or they can highlight lots of families, who knows!
Send her your suggestions, comments and/or endorsements now!