Animal Ordinances in Illinois (2026)

Illinois flatly bars owners from letting livestock run at large. Under 510 ILCS 55/1 you must provide restraints to…

Arlington Heights, Illinois bans chickens, geese, ducks, and every farm animal, including pigs, cattle, horses, goats…

Aurora, Illinois bans keeping any farm animal, including fowl like chickens, ducks and geese, or bees anywhere within…

Bolingbrook bans keeping chickens, goats, pigeons, geese, turkeys, mules, donkeys, sheep, cattle, swine or other farm…

Chicago bars owning or keeping any animal for food or slaughter at home; only eggs and milk are exempt.

Cicero bans keeping any mule, ox, cow, goat, pig, chicken, turkey, duck, goose or similar fowl under Sec. 18-1(b)…

Oak Lawn bans keeping livestock village-wide and makes it unlawful to raise poultry, including backyard chickens, for…

Sec. 4-4 prohibits keeping farm animals citywide, naming swine, sheep, cattle, goats, horses, poultry and rabbits…

Schaumburg bans keeping horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits, or other fowl anywhere in the village…

Village of Skokie ordinance bans keeping cattle, goats, horses, swine, poultry, meaning backyard chickens too, or any…

Waukegan Code § 4-2 flatly bars keeping cattle, sheep, goats, horses, mules, swine, chickens, or any other fowl or…

Champaign allows up to six licensed hens per single-family or two-family property under City Code § 7-19, but bans…

Elgin allows backyard chickens only under a city license and building permit, capped at four hens per property (no…

Evanston bans horses, swine, sheep, goats, cattle and poultry generally, but allows a licensed coop of 2 to 6 hens…

Joliet bans keeping chickens and other farm animals citywide unless the property qualifies as a 'farm' under the zoning…

Unincorporated Madison County limits backyard poultry to hens only, roosters are banned, and County Code § 93.100(B)…

Oak Park bans keeping pigs, swine, sheep, cattle, horses, goats and similar farm animals inside the Village outright…

Tinley Park allows up to four female hens per licensed property under Village Code § 91.43, but bans roosters outright…

Winnebago County caps backyard chickens at six birds in the R-A district and three in R-E, bans roosters, and requires…

Both Champaign and Urbana allow up to six backyard hens, no roosters, with a $25 coop license. Rural, unincorporated…

In unincorporated Cook County, chickens and other fowl need only an adequate enclosure, but livestock like goats or…

Horses are allowed on unincorporated DuPage County residential lots only inside a fenced pasture, corral, or paddock…

Keeping cattle, horses, goats, swine, or other livestock in Kane County is a zoning matter, not an animal-control one…

In unincorporated Kankakee County, raising farm animals and poultry is part of everyday agriculture in the A1 and A2…

In R-1 unincorporated Kendall County, lots under an acre keep no farm-type animals except chickens; up to 6 chickens…

Unincorporated Lake County allows hens on residential lots of 10,000+ sq ft, with headcount tied to lot size and…

In unincorporated Macon County, keeping chickens or livestock is legal, but the county's nuisance code controls how you…

Unincorporated McHenry County lets residents keep chickens, fowl and other farm animals in Estate Areas, but only if…

McLean County lets residential lots keep hens as an accessory use, but only on a quarter acre or more inside a…

Naperville allows livestock citywide under its zoning code, but requires enclosures or secure tethering confined to the…

In the SE-1 Suburban Estates Low Density District of unincorporated Rock Island County, livestock must be kept at least…

Rockford caps backyard pigeon keeping at 100 birds in an 800-cubic-foot coop set back at least 50 feet from any…

Springfield permits backyard chickens in residential zones subject to zoning approval, with hens kept in the rear yard…

Livestock is a zoning matter in unincorporated St. Clair County. The 'A' Agricultural Industry and RR Rural Residential…

Tazewell County allows up to six hens on a quarter-acre to two-acre lot in the R-1 and R-2 residential districts, but…

In unincorporated Will County, R-1 and R-2 lots may keep up to two goats or one neutered hog by right if fenced…

Sangamon County zoning exempts agricultural uses, including keeping, raising, and feeding livestock or poultry, from…

Illinois law requires owners to keep dogs under restraint or control off their property and imposes strict liability…

Chicago requires every pet owner to keep an animal under restraint at all times, leashed whenever it is off the owner's…

Waukegan Code § 4-41 requires owners to keep dogs and cats under restraint at all times, barring them from crossing the…

Arlington Heights, Illinois, requires every dog to be "securely on a leash" whenever it is on a public street, alley…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) bans letting any domestic animal, dogs included, run at large citywide; a loose animal…

Bolingbrook requires owners to keep dogs and cats from running at large at all times. A pet found loose on a street…

Champaign Code § 7-12 forbids any dog from running at large on public right-of-way or property other than the owner's…

Countywide, every dog and cat over four months must be vaccinated against rabies and registered with Champaign County…

Cicero dogs may not run loose on any street, alley, public place or shared building hallway, and owners must keep dogs…

Cook County bans letting a dog run uncontrolled or off leash anywhere in the County, with narrow exceptions for…

DuPage County defines a dog as under "control" only when it is on a leash, confined to its owner's premises, or shut in…

Elgin makes it unlawful for a dog to be off its owner's property without a leash capable of physically controlling it…

Evanston requires every animal except cats to be kept under restraint at all times under City Code Section 9-4-7(A)…

Joliet bars owners from letting a dog run at large anywhere in the city; any dog found on a public street, sidewalk…

Any dog not under the immediate control of its owner and found straying or running at large anywhere in Kane County is…

Kankakee County requires every dog to stay on its owner's or custodian's property, or on a leash or other restraint if…

Lake County requires owners to keep dogs, cats and other animals under control by leash, confinement on the owner's…

In unincorporated Macon County, every animal owner must confine the animal to their own property or keep it under…

In unincorporated Madison County it is a public nuisance under Code § 50.205(A) for an owner to let a dog run at large…

McHenry County's Public Health Ordinance requires every dog to be restrained or controlled so it cannot run at large…

McLean County bans letting a dog run at large in any unincorporated, subdivided residential area of the county. Animal…

Naperville requires dogs and cats to be held securely on a leash in any street, alley, sidewalk, or public place…

Oak Lawn dogs off their owner's property must be on a leash, tether, chain, or rope no more than five feet long and…

Oak Park requires every dog owner to keep their animal under restraint at all times, and bans unleashed dogs from…

Sec. 4-2 bars owners from letting any dog, cat or other animal run loose off their own property; the animal must be…

Countywide, every dog and cat over four months must be vaccinated against rabies and registered with Peoria County…

Rock Island County bans letting any dog, cat, or other animal run at large anywhere in the unincorporated county…

Rockford dogs must be leashed on public property or securely confined at home: an unleashed dog off its own property is…

Sangamon County impounds any dog or cat found running at large in the unincorporated county, with redemption requiring…

Any dog or other animal off its owner's property must be on a leash no longer than six feet, held by someone able to…

Skokie Village Code Section 18-37 requires every dog on a Village street, sidewalk, parkway or other public area to be…

Springfield requires every dog to be under restraint at all times, meaning leashed, confined to a fenced yard, or…

In unincorporated St. Clair County a dog off its owner's property must be under control by leash or other recognized…

Unincorporated Tazewell County requires every dog and other animal to stay confined or under restraint whenever it…

Tinley Park requires every dog or animal off its owner's own property to be under control by leash or another…

Unincorporated Will County bars owners from letting a domestic or companion animal run uncontrolled at any time. Animal…

Winnebago County law makes it unlawful for a dog owner to let their dog run at large anywhere in the unincorporated…

Illinois prohibits municipalities from declaring dogs dangerous or vicious solely based on breed under the Animal…

Arlington Heights, Illinois, does not restrict dog ownership by breed; instead, Municipal Code Section 16-501(b)…

Elgin does not ban any dog breed by name. Instead, a dog is designated dangerous or vicious only after a hearing…

Bolingbrook does not ban dogs by breed; section 8-62 expressly bars classifying a vicious dog by breed. Instead, a dog…

Champaign does not regulate dogs by breed. Instead, City Code § 7-6 governs individually declared 'dangerous' dogs…

Cicero doesn't ban or single out any dog breed by name. Instead, the animal control warden can declare any dog…

Evanston does not restrict dogs by breed: City Code Section 9-4-3-1 requires a license be issued to any dog owner…

Joliet has no breed ban; instead it runs a behavior-based dangerous and vicious dog declaration process after any dog…

Illinois law bars breed-specific ordinances, so Lake County Health Department declares dogs dangerous, vicious, or…

Unincorporated Madison County does not ban dogs by breed. Under Code § 50.081, the County Health Administrator declares…

McLean County doesn't restrict dogs by breed, but it does regulate individual dogs once Animal Control declares them…

Naperville has no breed ban; instead any dog individually declared dangerous after an investigation must be confined…

Oak Park has no breed-specific dog ban; instead the Village Manager can declare any individual dog or animal dangerous…

Rock Island County has no breed ban: Sec. 91.051 expressly bars classifying vicious dogs by breed. Instead, dogs are…

Schaumburg does not regulate dogs by breed. Instead, Village Code § 92.07 lets the chief of police or a designee…

Tazewell County does not ban or single out any dog breed; instead, County Code § 90.35 lets the Administrator or…

Tinley Park does not ban dog breeds by name. Instead, § 91.05 lets the Hearing Officer or a court declare an individual…

Waukegan does not ban dogs by breed; instead Sec. 4-101 lets the chief of police declare an individual dog 'dangerous'…

Winnebago County declares dogs "vicious" through a court hearing based on behavior, not breed, then imposes…

Cook County can declare a dog "dangerous" or "vicious" and order confinement after an attack, but Code Sec. 10-78(g)(5)…

Neither Kane County nor Illinois bans any dog breed. State law (510 ILCS 5/24) bars any local regulation, policy, or…

Neither McHenry County nor Illinois bans dogs by breed. Under 510 ILCS 5/15, a dog is regulated by its individual…

Peoria County does not single out any dog breed for restriction: the code says vicious dogs cannot be classified by…

St. Clair County does not ban any dog breed. Regulation is behavior-based: a dog is a 'dangerous dog' by its conduct…

No city in Champaign County may ban or restrict dogs by breed. Illinois law (510 ILCS 5/24) preempts breed-specific…

Chicago's Municipal Code defines a dangerous or vicious animal by what it does, biting, attacking, fighting, or…

Oak Lawn's vicious and dangerous dog ordinance classifies dogs by behavior, not breed: the Village Code expressly bars…

Sangamon County does not classify dangerous or vicious dogs by breed; the code expressly bars breed-specific…

Springfield has no breed-specific dog ban, and it could not lawfully adopt one. The Illinois Animal Control Act…

The Illinois Bees and Apiaries Act requires registration of all colonies with the Department of Agriculture and…

Joliet prohibits keeping bee apiaries on residential property under Section 6-10(c), which bans all farm animals…

Peoria's Code of Ordinances Chapter 5 (Animals) does not include an express beekeeping ordinance permitting urban…

Skokie does not have specific provisions permitting beekeeping in residential districts. Honeybee hives are generally…

Elgin permits home beekeeping only with a city permit and state registration, capping hives at two per lot under a…

Backyard beekeeping in unincorporated Kendall County's R-1 district is a conditional use: a permit is required, lots…

Keeping honeybees in a residential district in unincorporated Madison County requires a special use permit under County…

Village Code § 154.72 lets Schaumburg residents keep honey bees as an accessory hobby use, but caps it at five colonies…

Winnebago County allows apiaries only as an accessory use on R-A Subdistrict lots, capped at one hive per 25,000 square…

Arlington Heights permits beekeeping on residential property subject to conditions. The Village amended its ordinance…

Aurora regulates beekeeping under City Code Section 14-15. Hives must be registered and maintained according to setback…

Chicago allows residential beekeeping as an accessory use but caps every property at five honeybee colonies.

In unincorporated Cook County, up to four registered bee colonies are allowed on lots under half an acre, with setback…

No specific Des Plaines beekeeping ordinance identified. Illinois Bees and Apiaries Act (510 ILCS 20) requires state…

Beekeeping in DuPage County is governed primarily by the Illinois Bees and Apiaries Act. Every person keeping one or…

Evanston permits residential beekeeping under Title 9 (Animals) of the City Code with registration and setback…

Backyard beekeeping is legal in unincorporated Kane County under Code Sec. 15-2D6, but hives can't sit in the front…

Unincorporated Lake County allows backyard beekeeping as an accessory use, with hive limits by lot size and mandatory…

Keeping bees on residential and agricultural parcels in unincorporated McHenry County requires state registration and a…

Naperville allows beekeeping in most zoning districts but restricts it in R2 through R5 residential zones. All bee…

No specific Oak Lawn beekeeping ordinance identified. Illinois Bees and Apiaries Act (510 ILCS 20) requires state…

Oak Park requires a $75 Village beekeeping permit for any honeybee apiary, caps colonies at two per property, and sets…

Orland Park does not have a specific beekeeping ordinance. State law requires registration with the Illinois Department…

Springfield allows backyard beekeeping, but Sec. 91.26 caps colonies at four hives on lots under 10,000 square feet…

Will County allows backyard beehives by right in most unincorporated residential districts, capping density at two…

Waukegan doesn't require a permit to keep bees, but it lets police order hives removed within five days once a neighbor…

Illinois prohibits private possession of dangerous animals including big cats, bears, wolves, and primates under the…

Aurora, Illinois bans owning, keeping or harboring any 'dangerous animal' as a pet, a defined list running from bears…

Bolingbrook outlaws keeping any predatory mammal or bird, any dangerous animal such as a big cat, bear, wolf or…

Champaign bans keeping lions, tigers, wolves, bears, poisonous reptiles and other wild animals within city limits under…

Cicero outlaws possessing dangerous or carnivorous wild animals under Sec. 18-3, naming primates, big cats, bears…

Cook County bars keeping or publicly exhibiting any wild animal not already allowed under federal or state permit…

DuPage County bans keeping lions, tigers, bears, wolves, crocodilians, and poisonous reptiles as pets unless the owner…

Elgin bans keeping lions, tigers, bears, monkeys, venomous snakes, wolves, coyotes and other wild or dangerous animals…

Evanston bans keeping any wild or vicious animal on residential premises outright under City Code Section 9-4-16, with…

Joliet outright bans owning or keeping any dangerous animal or primate as defined by state law, plus a detailed list of…

Oak Lawn bans keeping wild, poisonous, or dangerous animals in the village, from constrictor snakes to lions, tigers…

Oak Park bans keeping any naturally wild animal as a pet within Village limits. The only exceptions are institutional…

Sec. 4-3 bans keeping any wild animal in Peoria outright, limiting ownership to licensed zoos, veterinary hospitals…

Peoria County bans private ownership of wild animals outright. Only federally or state-licensed zoos, veterinary…

The Village of Skokie bans keeping any species that can endanger people or property, reaching beyond farm animals to…

Tinley Park bans keeping live snakes, large cats, swine, cattle, goats and most fowl anywhere in the village under §…

Waukegan Code § 4-2 makes it unlawful to keep any wild animal anywhere in the city, and Sec. 4-1 defines a wild animal…

Unincorporated Will County bars keeping exotic, crossbred, or hybrid wild animals as pets outside licensed zoos…

Arlington Heights, Illinois does not ban dangerous or wild animals outright, but Section 16-105 of the Municipal Code…

Chicago requires anyone keeping a wild or nondomesticated animal to prove compliance with state and federal permit…

Raising exotic animals such as fox, mink, and chinchilla in unincorporated Kankakee County is not a by-right use…

Naperville bans keeping any wild animal native to Illinois as a pet or for display without a State of Illinois permit…

Schaumburg treats keeping a wild animal as a village code violation whenever doing so already breaks federal, state or…

Kane County bars keeping lions, tigers, bears, wolves, coyotes, wolf/coyote hybrids, foxes, crocodilians, and poisonous…

Illinois' Dangerous Animals Act (720 ILCS 585) bars private residents in McHenry County from keeping big cats, bears…

St. Clair County flatly prohibits keeping big cats, bears, wolves, coyotes, hyenas and poisonous reptiles outside…

Illinois Wildlife Code prohibits feeding deer and similar wildlife in many counties to prevent chronic wasting disease…

Tinley Park bans ground feeding of wild animals and birds, including deer, geese, raccoons, opossums, skunks and stray…

Waukegan bans any direct or indirect feeding of birds, gulls or other wild animals at the Waukegan Municipal Beach. The…

Aurora, Illinois bans feeding any mammal, hand-fed or left out, attended or not, the moment the feeding creates or…

Bolingbrook prohibits ground feeding wildlife such as geese, deer, raccoons and coyotes, or scattering table scraps and…

Schaumburg bars putting out table scraps, seed, or other food that attracts raccoons, coyotes, skunks, deer, foxes…

Cicero makes it unlawful to intentionally feed stray animals, including birds, under Sec. 18-13, and separately…

Evanston bans loose feed scattered on the ground for wild or feral mammals and birds: Section 8-3-8-2 requires all feed…

Joliet bans feeding wild animals or waterfowl, including ducks, geese, and gulls, on public or private property when it…

Kane County makes it unlawful to feed any cat or wildlife (except birds), including hand-feeding or leaving out food…

Rockford makes it unlawful to feed any wild mammal, by hand or by leaving out food, when doing so creates a hazard to…

Village of Skokie ordinance caps how residents and businesses may feed wild or feral animals: ground feeding is banned…

St. Clair County makes it unlawful to place or distribute animal feed on public property, public easements, or on…

Illinois defines and criminalizes companion animal hoarding under the Humane Care for Animals Act, applying uniformly…

Winnebago County sets no cap on personal pet ownership, but boarding or fostering more than four animals for someone…

Arlington Heights, Illinois limits any household to four animals over four months old under Section 16-104 of the…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) caps households at four domestic animals, no more than two of any one species, though…

Bolingbrook caps residential households at three dogs or three cats, or any combination adding up to three, under…

Champaign County's Zoning Ordinance caps household pet-keeping at five dogs or five cats before the parcel is…

The Town of Cicero caps most homes at three licensed dogs or cats over three months old. A residence or business with…

In unincorporated Cook County, the zoning ordinance caps residential lots at three adult pets per unit and requires…

Unincorporated DuPage County caps household pets at four per dwelling. Zoning Ordinance Sec. 37-700.8(E) states there…

Elgin caps household dog ownership under Sec. 7.04.240(F): no more than three dogs at a single-family residence, and no…

Evanston caps any premises at three dogs under City Code Section 9-4-3-2(A), and dogs under four months old don't count…

Kane County has no ordinance section titled "hoarding," but hoarding is enforced through its humane-care and cruelty…

Kankakee County does not cap how many dogs or cats a household may keep, but once a resident owns three or more…

Lake County caps unincorporated households at four dogs and four cats over six months old, whether a single-family home…

In unincorporated Macon County, owning more than seven dogs, cats, or a combination on one property or dwelling…

Animal hoarding in McHenry County is prosecuted under the Illinois Humane Care for Animals Act (510 ILCS 70). A…

Naperville, Illinois caps households at 3 dogs and 3 cats each, though a litter can stay for up to four months after…

Oak Lawn limits most residences to three four-legged animals age three months or older, exempting licensed pet shops…

Oak Park caps the animals a household can keep by residence type: up to three dogs in a single-family home, four cats…

Peoria sets no hard cap on dogs or cats, but City Code Sec. 4-1 defines a "multiple-pet owner" as anyone harboring more…

Rockford makes it unlawful to keep animals in numbers or conditions that create unsanitary, dangerous, or offensive…

No Schaumburg household may keep more than four dogs, four cats, or a combination of the two over six months old, under…

Skokie Village Code Section 18-39 caps household pets at 3 dogs and 4 cats in a single-family home, building or lot…

St. Clair County sets no numeric cap on the number of dogs or cats you may own, but every dog and cat four months or…

Tinley Park caps most households at three dogs and three cats at a time under § 91.15, with licensed kennels exempt…

Waukegan Code § 4-5 limits any household to a combined total of three dogs or cats of licensing age at one time, unless…

Unincorporated Will County allows up to five adult companion animals per household as a zoning accessory use; keeping…

No Springfield-specific ordinance sets a fixed maximum number of dogs or cats per household; the city's Chapter 91…

Declawing a cat anywhere in Evanston is illegal unless a licensed veterinarian certifies the procedure is medically…

Waukegan lets residents manage feral cat colonies but only through a registered trap-neuter-return program. Sec. 4-49…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) requires every cat four months or older to be registered with the city within 30 days of…

Champaign has no cat licensing scheme, but City Code requires every cat owner to keep the cat currently vaccinated…

Chicago does not require a cat license, only dogs need one, but owners must still vaccinate cats against rabies every…

The Town of Cicero requires every cat owner to register with the town collector by November 30 each year and buy a…

Cook County permits feral cat colonies countywide, but caretakers must register with a Department-approved Sponsor and…

DuPage County bars cats from schools, public playgrounds and swimming pools without written permission from the…

Every cat four months or older in Kane County must be inoculated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian and…

Kankakee County's animal code exempts feral cat caretakers from being treated as an "owner" when they take part in a…

Lake County requires every cat over four months to be rabies-vaccinated and registered with the Health Department, kept…

Unincorporated Macon County requires every cat four months or older to be registered like a dog, with a $15 fee if…

In unincorporated Madison County it is a public nuisance under Code § 50.205(C) for an owner to let a cat six months or…

In McHenry County cats are covered by the same animal-control ordinance as dogs: they must be restrained so they do not…

McLean County requires every cat owner countywide to register their cat with the County of McLean and keep a current…

Naperville, Illinois requires every cat kept in the city to carry a City license on its collar, with new residents…

Oak Lawn requires every cat of licensing age to be registered annually for $5, tagged, and rabies-vaccinated, and…

Cats allowed outdoors in Oak Park must be licensed, and the Village will only issue that license with a veterinarian's…

Peoria has no separate cat license, but Sec. 4-63 requires owners to confine a female cat (or dog) in heat inside a…

Cats four months or older in unincorporated Rock Island County must be vaccinated against rabies and registered…

Sangamon County requires every feral cat colony caretaker to be sponsored by a licensed animal shelter, register with…

Cats four months and older must carry current rabies protection to stay in Schaumburg. Village Code § 92.20 requires…

Every cat housed in the Village of Skokie past four months old must carry a Village license, renewed annually, under…

Springfield does not license cats or cap how many you can own, but every cat must wear a collar or harness with an ID…

St. Clair County requires every cat four months or older to be registered annually and rabies-vaccinated. There is no…

Unincorporated Tazewell County lets residents keep unowned barn cats and feral colonies legally only through a…

Will County's animal-control ordinance bars letting any domestic or companion animal run uncontrolled countywide, but §…

Elgin does not license or leash cats the way it does dogs, but its animal code recognizes feral cat colonies and…

Chicago won't return an impounded dog or cat to its owner without first microchipping, rabies-vaccinating, and, if the…

Evanston has no citywide spay-or-neuter law, but City Code Section 9-4-17(H) makes spaying or neutering mandatory for…

A McLean County dog caught running at large for a second time must be spayed or neutered within 30 days of being…

Rock Island County does not require spay/neuter for pets generally, but a dog declared dangerous must be spayed or…

Sangamon County requires any dog or cat that bites someone to be examined, spayed or neutered, and microchipped once…

A dog caught running at large a third time in unincorporated St. Clair County must be spayed or neutered within 30 days…

Will County requires dogs deemed potentially dangerous to be spayed or neutered and microchipped within 14 days of…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) requires pet shops, kennels, dealers, and other licensed animal businesses to spay or…

Cicero doesn't require spaying or neutering pets generally, but any dog or cat impounded and redeemed must be neutered…

Cook County orders any dog administratively found dangerous to be spayed or neutered and microchipped within ten days…

Kane County's animal shelter cannot release an unredeemed dog or cat to a new owner unless the animal has been spayed…

Madison County does not require pet owners generally to spay or neuter their animals, but Code § 50.045 bars the Animal…

McHenry County orders spay or neuter surgery in two situations: a dog, cat or other animal caught running at large a…

Any dog or cat adopted out of Oak Park's animal control center must be licensed, rabies vaccinated and spayed or…

Springfield has no general spay/neuter mandate for pet dogs and cats, but City Code Sec. 91.19(g) forces the issue once…

Unincorporated Tazewell County does not require every pet to be sterilized, but County Code § 90.02(C) forces it on…

Waukegan does not order every pet fixed, but City Code Sec. 4-41 makes it mandatory the second time a dog or cat is…

Winnebago County requires every dog and cat adopted from the county animal shelter to be spayed or neutered before…

Bolingbrook does not require spay or neuter for pets generally, but an owner whose dog is declared vicious must prove…

Macon County does not require pet owners to spay or neuter dogs or cats. Instead, Code § 96.17 sets a lower annual…

Skokie's Administrative Law Officer or a Cook County judge can order any dog or cat designated a Menacing, Dangerous or…

Every animal Aurora, Illinois's Animal Care & Control Division impounds must be microchipped before it's released back…

Any dog or cat impounded by Chicago Animal Care and Control must be microchipped before it's returned to its owner…

Cicero requires a microchip before an impounded dog or cat is redeemed, or a signed pledge to install one, and…

DuPage County does not require every pet to carry a microchip, but any dog or cat placed under the county's ten-day…

Elgin does not require every pet to carry a microchip, but its animal code makes microchipping mandatory in specific…

Joliet will not release an impounded dog back to its owner until the dog is microchipped at the owner's expense, on top…

Kankakee County requires every dog and cat to be microchipped for identification at the time of its rabies vaccination…

After a dog or cat bites someone and is released from confinement, Lake County requires the owner to have it…

Madison County does not require microchips for pets generally, but Code § 50.084 makes it mandatory for any dog or…

McHenry County Animal Control scans every impounded dog, cat and other animal for a microchip at intake, and no…

McLean County Animal Control will not release an adopted dog or cat until it has been spayed or neutered, vaccinated…

Naperville requires every cat and dog adopted from a shelter, rescue, or pet store to be microchipped before the new…

Oak Park requires every impounded dog or cat to be microchipped before its owner can redeem it from the Village animal…

Tinley Park does not require every pet to be microchipped at adoption, but § 91.07(B) makes it mandatory the first time…

Waukegan doesn't require every owner to microchip a pet, but Code § 4-16(b) requires any dog or cat impounded for…

Will County requires any dog or cat placed under bite-observation quarantine to be microchipped at the first veterinary…

Cook County runs an annual microchipping clinic for residents' companion animals at the county animal control facility…

Kane County Animal Control scans every dog, cat, or other animal it impounds for a microchip. If the chip identifies an…

Peoria doesn't require owners to microchip pets in advance, but Sec. 4-56(b) makes the animal shelter scan every…

Rock Island County does not require every pet to be microchipped, but it charges a $15 microchip fee at impoundment…

Tazewell County does not microchip every pet, but County Code § 90.26(C) makes it mandatory after a bite investigation…

Chicago Animal Care and Control runs a coyote program built on public education and humane hazing; lethal force is…

Joliet's Code defines coyotes, deer, foxes, raccoons, and other non-domesticated animals as 'wild animals' and bans…

Feeding coyotes, deer or other wild animals in Schaumburg is illegal under Village Code Section 92.30(O). Ground…

Chicago pet shops cannot sell dogs, cats, or rabbits at all: only adoption space for shelters and rescues is allowed.

DuPage County bans pet shops from selling dogs or cats at all: retail sale is a public nuisance under Sec. 26-9, with…

Pet stores in Evanston cannot sell, barter, or give away cats, dogs, or rabbits: they can only host adoption events for…

Kankakee County bars any pet store from selling, bartering, auctioning or giving away a dog or cat. Section 10-15(b)…

Springfield bans retail pet stores from selling cats and dogs outright under Sec. 91.27, adopted in 2019. Stores may…

Waukegan pet stores cannot sell a dog or cat for anything beyond nominal consideration. Sec. 4-68 bans retail 'pet…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) limits pet shops to selling dogs and cats sourced from animal control facilities or…

Cook County pet shops cannot sell commercially bred dogs, cats or rabbits: stock must come from shelters, rescues, or…

Joliet outlaws operating or participating in a puppy mill and bans operating as an unlicensed dog breeder under City…

Naperville pet shops may sell only dogs and cats obtained from a nonprofit humane society or an animal rescue…

Pet shops in Arlington Heights may sell or offer for adoption dogs, cats and other common pets, but only under a Pet…

Rock Island County does not ban retail pet sales, but it does force pet shop operators, dog dealers, kennels…

Elgin's zoning code prohibits grooming, treating, boarding, or propagating animals, poultry, or livestock as a home…

In unincorporated Madison County, kennels, pet grooming and pet training operations are a special use in the…

Oak Park requires anyone who grooms, buys, sells, trains, or deals in household pets to hold both a State of Illinois…

Schaumburg zones pet grooming as an "Animal Services" use, and the village's summary of permitted and special uses…

Will County classifies pet grooming shops, dog bathing and clipping salons, and pet stores as an "animal…

Chicago requires anyone operating a dog or cat grooming business to hold a City animal care license and follow…

Any pet shop or pet grooming business operating in Cicero must pay an annual town license tax, priced by the size of…

Pet grooming shops are a permitted, by-right use in unincorporated DuPage County's B-1 Local Business District, so…

Any Village of Skokie establishment that grooms pets and animals for profit or hire is regulated as a pet and animal…

Waukegan classifies pet groomers under 'Personal Services Establishment,' the same zoning category as barbershops and…

Pet grooming and animal training businesses are a permitted use by right in Springfield's S-2 Community Shopping and…

Animal hospitals need a conditional-use permit to open in unincorporated DuPage County: they are not on the…

Animal hospitals need special use approval in Evanston's B1 business district, going through public hearing review…

Unincorporated Madison County will not let a veterinary clinic or hospital operate as a home occupation. Section…

Unincorporated McHenry County splits veterinary uses into two zoning categories. A clinic treating small and large…

Veterinary clinics, kennels and stables cannot operate as a home occupation in unincorporated McLean County. Section…

A veterinary clinic or animal hospital in unincorporated Rock Island County's AG-2 General Agricultural District needs…

Schaumburg requires a village license before anyone opens an animal hospital, and section 92.65 confines that use, like…

In unincorporated Will County, veterinary clinics and animal care/boarding facilities in agricultural and estate…

Animal hospitals and kennels may operate in Aurora only within the B-B Business-Boulevard District, and only when the…

Champaign lets animal clinics operate outright in the CG and I1 industrial/commercial districts, but in the CO…

Champaign County lets a veterinary hospital open by right in the unincorporated county only if it is fully enclosed…

Veterinary clinics are barred from Chicago's B1 and B2 shopping districts but permitted by-right in B3, C1, C2, C3 and…

Animal hospitals are a permitted use only in the C2 general commercial district in unincorporated Kankakee County, and…

Veterinary clinics are a by-right permitted use in unincorporated Kendall County's B-2 General Business District (and…

In unincorporated Lake County, veterinary clinics are a permitted use by right in the Agricultural, Recreational…

In unincorporated Macon County, a veterinarian, animal hospital, kennel, or riding academy is a permitted use in the B2…

Naperville treats veterinary offices and pet care establishments as distinct zoning uses, each bound by noise, leash…

Oak Lawn allows animal hospitals and clinics as a permitted use in the C-2 general service district, but only if they…

Peoria's Unified Development Code lists animal hospitals, veterinary clinics and pet clinics as a permitted use in the…

Waukegan zones animal boarding facilities and shelters, including the boarding side of veterinary operations, as a…

Unincorporated Cook County's residential animal-keeping limits, the three-pet cap, livestock acreage rule and enclosure…

Animal hospitals, including boarding or breeding, are a permitted use in Springfield's B-2 General Business Service…

Cicero makes it unlawful to kill or wound, or attempt to kill or wound, any bird within Town limits using a firearm…

Killing, wounding, or trying to kill or wound any game or song bird within Evanston, or taking its eggs or young, is an…

Unincorporated Kane County makes it illegal to injure, kill, or attempt to injure or kill any bird or other animal…

McLean County makes it unlawful to trap, catch, kill, wound or cruelly treat any bird, take a bird egg, or rob a nest…

The Village of Oak Park makes it unlawful to kill, wound, or attempt to kill or wound any squirrel or bird, or to take…

Village Code Sec. 70-152 makes it unlawful to kill, wound or attempt to kill or wound most wild birds within Skokie…

On the Lake Springfield watershed, § 96.034 makes it unlawful to trap, catch, kill, wound, or molest any bird…

Chicago prohibits hunting or killing game birds anywhere in the city except three narrow lakefront districts, where…

DuPage County's animal ordinance bars anyone from killing, wounding or taking the nest, eggs or young of a bird…

Rock Island County's Forest Preserve District bans hunting, trapping, molesting, poisoning, wounding, or killing any…

Joliet makes it illegal to catch, detain, kill or molest a banded or marked pigeon, whether the bird is a homing…

Unincorporated Lake County requires new non-residential buildings to use bird-friendly glass on most of their exterior…

In Naperville's Riverwalk Park it is unlawful to hunt, trap, poison, wound or kill any bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian…

Schaumburg's animal code protects wild birds directly: § 92.90(L) bars taking the nest, eggs, or young of any federally…

Tinley Park's Village Code makes it a violation to ground feed animals or birds, covering everything from squirrels and…

Cook County requires new construction and major renovation of County-owned buildings to incorporate bird-safe building…

Waukegan's bird-friendly design ordinance requires at least 80 percent of exterior glass, from ground level to 100…

A wildlife rehabilitation facility in unincorporated Lake County cannot open on a zoning certificate alone. County Code…

Madison County does not issue its own wildlife-rescue permits. Code § 50.048 instead regulates nuisance wildlife…

Unincorporated Will County requires a special use permit before running an exotic or wildlife rehabilitation facility…

Removing nuisance wildlife from your Sangamon County property requires an Illinois DNR license or a licensed…