I really enjoy being near animals. (maybe it's the asperger's?)

In the Chicagoland area:

• VOLUNTEER AT A WILDLIFE REHAB CENTER
  • Willowbrook Wildlife Center [2] (35-50 minute drive)
  • Flint Creek Wildlife Rehab (45-60 minute drive)
  • Big Run Wolf Ranch
  • more here
  • wildlife trappers [1] [2]
• volunteer at a pet shelter
  • Anti-Cruelty Society
  • TreeHouse Humane Society
  • lotttssss more
• petting zoos
  • Lincoln Park's "Farm-in-the-Zoo"
  • Lamb's Farm — sometimes I pass this on my way to Wisconsin
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• dog-friendly bars
• off-leash dog parks