Animal Rescue To Stay As Alsip Nursery Shifts Pet Offerings

FRANKFORT, IL — After an initial announcement on Wednesday that it had to vacate the building, Cache Creek Rescue updated on its Facebook page that it would be allowed to stay operating within Alsip Home & Nursery.

Cache Creek Rescue has been operating within Alsip Home & Nursery for the past nine years.

An original announcement from both businesses on Wednesday shared that the animal rescue would vacate the nursery building. In the original post, Cache Creek said it was "truly heartbroken" by the decision and called the news "devastating."

The Facebook post on Alsip Home & Nursery's page received 200 comments, with a majority expressing disappointment over the business' decision to have the animal rescue vacate the building.

Within a few hours, both businesses had posted that the animal rescue would be allowed to stay.

"We have decided to let Cache Creek Animal Rescue stay and will be negotiating a lease renewal with them in the very near future," Alsip Nursery said.

"While we were very disappointed at the prospect of moving we do want to note that we have been very happy and well treated for the 9 [years] we’ve been at Alsip," Cache Creek posted on its Facebook. "The space we were given at the rate we have would never have been possible somewhere else. That is one of the reason we are so worried."

On Wednesday, Alsip Home & Nursery also announced that it was shifting some of its pet offerings. The business will no longer offer small animal sales (like birds, reptiles and fish).

The business will still offer pet supplies, including feeder animals. It will also continue its Animal Ambassadors.

However, the Groomingdales Pet Salon at Alsip Nursery in Frankfort will close. The pet salon will remain open at the St. John, Indiana, location only.