Vets and Pets

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2026 Vets and Pets Clinics

The Cook County Department of Veterans Affairs (CCVA), in partnership with the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control (ARC), hosts Vets and Pets clinics to provide free or low-cost rabies vaccines and microchips to the pets of veterans, service members, military spouses and dependents.

The following clinics are scheduled for 2026: 

  • May 30, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Kedzie Armory, 1551 N. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, IL 60651
  • July 18, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Leyden Township Westdale Park, 3045 Sandra Ave., Melrose Park, IL 60164
  • Aug. 29, 8 a.m. – noon, Bethel Church, 3500 Glenwood Lansing Road, Lansing, IL 60438 

Vets and Pets clinics are available to the first 100 dogs on a first-come, first-served basis. Military and veteran pet owners are asked to bring a copy of their military, veteran or dependent ID or military discharge paperwork. 

See the full list of ARC's Partners in Prevention rabies vaccines and microchips clinics.

2025 Vets and Pets Clinics 

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In 2025, CCVA and ARC partnered with Chicago Animal Care and Control, South Suburban Humane Society and the Illinois Department of Military Affairs to host three Vets and Pets clinics throughout the summer.

At these events, veterans, service members and their families received free microchipping, rabies vaccinations and distemper vaccines for their pets, ensuring their animals stayed healthy, protected and properly identified.

Across the three clinics, more than 300 dogs and cats received essential preventive care.

 

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