As the COVID-19 pandemic loomed, local residents continued to provide new homes for animals that had been sheltered at South Suburban Humane Society.
SSHS adoptions continued even after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued his stay-at-home order, which went into effect March 21.
In the 11 days leading up to the order, 90 pets were adopted and 99 were fostered. Since then, 88 additional animals have been placed as foster pets and there have been 166…
