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Contact Us: 815-266-1342   info@crittercamp.biz  824 Church Street, German Valley, IL 61039
Check out our first You
Tube listing- "How Quagmire
the Bearded Dragon got his
name"

Here Quag is doing his
mating dance because he
sees Fiona the female
Beardie nearby. They are
housed separately and not
in each others' view so they
can relax & not be agitated.
Critter Camp
Exotic Pet Sanctuary

The current batch of critters living here include:  
Phoebe the miniature Dachshund, Chi Chi the poochon (poodle & bichon mix); Zeke the border
collie/retriever/whatever mix; Senya, Angel, Tiger, Rascal, Sam, Sabrina and Junecat, Momma
Kitty, Muffin, Mitty, Cheetah, and Tweak & Crazy the cats; Thumper, Lance, Ester, Pat, Bandit,
Meggie, Stephanie, Emily, Jesse, Daphne, Wiggles, Capn Sparrow, Wench Wabbit, Jack
Rabbit, Cutie, Babies, Lilo, Morgan, Chopper, Snicker, Snickers, Cocoa, Bloo, Buster, Heckle &
Jeckle the rabbits; New Stray Orange, New orange, New BEW, Abby, Gussie, Penny, Clover,
Lucy, Coco, Beebo, Fergi, Casper, Snowball (boy), Ruby, Rose-A-Belle, Ginger, Spotty, Coca
Bean, Joey, Millie, Henny Penny, Ruff,  Precious,  Mama, Niblet, Caramel,  Butter, Oscar,
Precious, Friskie, Henry, Punkin,  Sam, Whiskey, Curly, Moe & Larry the guinea pigs; Buster &
William, 3 new boys, Blue, Oreo, Smidgen, 3  female & 2 male  ratties need names, Edward,
Jacob, Sweeney Todd, Totoro, Bravo, Slam, Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Kia, Feme, Junior,
Ruby, Midnight, Spooky, Cocoa,  Cow, Heifer, Beagle, Mike, Bob, Willie, Sean , Phil, Gus,
Cheddar, Dove, Oreo,  Honey, Princess & Luna, & Pepper the rats; Cheddar, 5 new boy
mousies, 13 new mousies, 8 baby mousie pups born to momma that came in pregnant: Dr.
Zoidberg, Floyd C. Hush, ;  Logan, Remy, 12 new white mousies from the Global Exotics raid
and the 30 pups, Peanut, Michelle, Sam, Cutie,  Lily,& Queenie  the mice;Popcorn  the degu ;  
Jordan, Indega, Sativa, Pebbles & Bam bam, Pip, Lone Ranger & Tonto, Uma, Hemi, Big Al,
Snickers, Felix, Moonie, Stormy, Mellow, Curly, Buffy, & Storm the ferrets; Joy & Lavendar,
Boots, new girl & 2 boys, Hornswoggle Euhtington, Angel, Cream Puff, Ruby, Twinkle,  
Major,Tom, Conga, Fiona, Baby Harry,  Barney,  Henry, Thing 2,  &  Doc,  Sneezy, Sleepy,
Bashful, & Grumpy the Gerbils, Gaston, Fuzzlebutt, the hamsters;  28  Roborovski hamsters
from the Global Exotics raid and their 12 babies, Long Body the ball python;  Phoenix, Zeddicus
and Blonde D the bearded dragons; Ricky , Lucy, Bucky, Aries, PJ,  the hedgehogs;  Alberta,
Abby, Irma and Millie the box turtles, Zeus the Golden Greek tortoise, Scream the iguana, Germ
the fire belly toad; Hair the tarantula; Peter the Quaker Parrot,   Parro the parakeet; Shadow
the Arctic Marble Fox, Guinness and Meeko the Kinkajous, Jackson the Green Wing Macaw,
Verde the Yellow Naped Amazon,  Momma, Papa & Junior the white doves, Bart Junior and
Chirpy Boy the basilisks,  Spinner, Belle, Sam & Skyler the Cockatiels, Jelly Bean& Dolce the
chinchillas,Fella, Stubbs, Fred & Ethel, Bert, Punch & Judy, Speedie, & Baby Junior the sugar
gliders,    9Texas spotted Ground Squirrels from the Global Exotics raid, and Zoey & Quiggly  
the fennec foxes.
Animal statistics 2007:
113 taken in
52 animals left us - 43 Died & 9 Found New Homes

Adoptions arranged: 7 ferrets, 1 iguana, 2 gliders, 1 beardie
These animals never came in here, we arranged adoptions between pet owners needing to re-home their pet and
prospective owners.
About Us
We did not set out to create a shelter or
sanctuary in the beginning.
Our Director,
Beth, is a single mom who was
homeschooling her two gifted daughters
and her son with special needs while
incorporating their pets into the lessons.
They had the usual pets, a dog, cats,
hamsters, & gerbils. However they decided
to add ferrets and ended up taking in a
rescued ferret and his cousin. Then came
the hedgehog, another gerbil and parakeet.
Before long word got out & people were
bringing them their unwanted animals. They
used these opportunities to learn about the
new animals in all subject areas - reading,
writing, math, geography, science, etc.
When they had nearly 30 animals they
decided they had to either stop accepting
the homeless critters or make it a full time
endeavor and become a licensed shelter.
We have grown to care for over 300
animals of 30 different species, utilizing
about 20 regular  and hundreds of one-time
volunteers, and becoming a registered
501c3 non-profit organization.
Volunteers from miles away come to help
us at Critter Camp. They help clean cages,
build enclosures, exercise, feed and play
with the animals.

We believe that:
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.


"Beth at Critter Camp runs the best
most responsible animal sanctuary that
I personally know of. She is so caring
and honest with her facility and her
funding, and that is something that I
can honestly say is hard to come by.
Beth is the sweetest most personable
person that I know. She would do her
best to help you with your animal or
help your animal or animals in need, and
that is what really and truly brought
me to know her. Beth is the most
honest and caring and trust worthy
person in the "sanctuary" business that
I know. I can truthfully say that Beth
and her facility is what it is, A "true"
sanctuary. It is my pleasure to know
Beth, and to call her a friend of mine.
So please donate, anything that you can
to help her, and all the babies that
are located at her facility. Anything
rather is be big or small anything would
help her greatly and I know Beth would
be more than grateful to you. Please
take the time to read about her and
you will see what I see. A wonderful
woman with a heart of gold!"
Sincerely,
Capuchin-monkey-mom