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Animal Rescue, Centres & Homes charities
Listed below are charitable animal rescue centres & homes. Your interest may be in animal shelters in general, or in a specific area like dog rescue, rehoming dogs or horse welfare. Just click on an individual charity to find out about the organisation concerned, and to learn how you can leave a legacy, donate time, money or goods, raise funds and more.
Celia Hammond Animal Trust
Wadhurst, East Sussex
Thousands of healthy cats and dogs, kittens and puppies will die today and every day. Why? They ...Read more »
Gables Dogs and Cats Home
Plymouth, Devon
As the oldest registered animal welfare charity in Plymouth, we’ve been caring for stray and unw...Read more »
Humane Slaughter Association
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
Our Work The Humane Slaughter Association works to improve the welfare of food animals during...Read more »
Birmingham Dogs' Home, The
Solihull, West Midlands
Birmingham Dogs Home is a charity with a mission to Rescue, Reunite and Rehome lost and ...Read more »
The Langford Trust for Animal Health and Welfare
Langford, Somerset
About Us The Langford Trust for Animal Health and Welfare is based at the Department of Clini...Read more »
Dogs Trust
London
The UK’s largest dog welfare organisation Dogs Trust (formerly the National Cani...Read more »
British Deer Society
Fordingbridge, Hampshire
Deer are an important part of our natural heritage. The British Deer Society, a registered chari...Read more »
HorseWorld Trust (Friends of Bristol Horses Society)
Bristol
HorseWorld rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes horses, ponies and donkeys in need. Many of the a...Read more »
Heartbeat Home for Horses
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Help Us To Survive And Retire - We desperately need your help to continue and help future horses...Read more »
Cinnamon Trust - Helping Elderly and Terminally ill People and their Pets
Hayle, Cornwall
We recognise the importance of the treasured relationship between people and pets and we recogni...Read more »
Three Counties Dog Rescue
Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Three Counties Dog Rescue, registered charity 1170606 formed in 1972, cares and finds homes for ...Read more »
Bransby Horses
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire-based equine charity, Bransby Horses, now has almost 1,000 equines in their care. N...Read more »
The Humane Research Trust
Stockport, Greater Manchester
The Humane Research Trust is a Registered Charity encouraging and supporting new medical researc...Read more »
National Animal Welfare Trust
Watford, Hertfordshire
The National Animal Welfare Trust (NAWT) is a rescue and re-homing charity operating across the ...Read more »
Four Paws
London
FOUR PAWS is a strong, global and independent voice for animals under direct human influence. Ou...Read more »
Chilterns Dog Rescue Society
Tring, Hertfordshire
Chilterns Dog Rescue Society was founded in 1963 to rescue unwanted and homeless dogs and to pro...Read more »
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
UFAW is an animal welfare charity but one with a difference. We help millions of anima...Read more »
The Wildlife Aid Foundation
Leatherhead, Surrey
Wildlife Aid cares for sick, injured and orphaned British wildlife - NO WILD CREATURE IN NEED IS...Read more »
The Donkey Sanctuary
Sidmouth, Devon
During the last 45 years, The Donkey Sanctuary has made a profound difference to the lives of do...Read more »
Tiggywinkles, The Wildlife Hospital Trust
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Specialising in hedgehogs, Tiggywinkles, the Wildlife Hospital Trust, has been working for over ...Read more »