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Alderville Endangered Animal Sanctuary - Takes in and cares for animals that have been injured abandoned or mistreated.
All Heart Pet Rescue - Based in Powassan. Features information about the facility photos of available animals and a wish list.
Alliston & District Humane Society - Includes a list of lost and found animals and descriptions of pets available for adoption.
Animal Aide - Non-profit no-kill organization dedicated to the rescue of homeless cats and dogs. Profiles with photos of animals available for adoption kids' area news and success stories.
Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) - Non-profit non-government funded rescue and foster home organization. Based in London and handles animals from the First Nations Reserves and rural areas. Features profiles of available animals and tips on getting involved.
Barlee's Angels Rescue Network - Barlee's Angels is a non-profit no-kill and an all-breed animal rescue group based in Southern Ontario.
Boxer Rescue Ontario - Photographs of available dogs success stories explanation of the adoption process foster application rainbow bridge memorials and ways to help.
Brant County OSPCA Website - Provides photos of dogs cats and pocket pets in need of a home. Hours and fees are also listed.
Bytown Association for Rescued Kanines (BARK) - Ottawa group that rescues fosters and offers adoption of abused or abandoned dogs. Features mandate list of available dogs and contact details.
Cambridge & District Humane Society - Non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and providing shelter and comfort to the needy animals.
Canadian Chihuahua Rescue & Transport - Dedicated to the rescue and adoption of Chihuahuas in Canada. Includes on-line community information and resource sharing.
Canadian Dachshund Rescue - Mississauga group dedicated to the rescue and adoption of dachshunds and small dachshund mixes across the country. Mission statement information about the breed adoption details and profiles of available dogs.
Clarington Pet Connection - A non-profit no-kill rescue organisation dedicated to finding loving homes for abandoned dogs and puppies. Photos are available on this site.
Dalmatian Adoption and Rescue - Nonprofit organization based in Brampton. Offers photos and descriptions of adoptable dogs breed information and general pet tips.
Donkey Sanctuary of Canada - Provides a lifelong home to any donkey hinny and mule that is unwanted neglected or abused. Adoption information and photos available.
Etobicoke Humane Society - Rescuing and caring for injured abused abandoned and orphaned animals. Includes profiles of available pets and descriptions of programs.
Ferret Rescue Society of Ottawa and Area - News ferret care manual pictures and biographies of permanent and past residents and ferrets for adoption donation information links and contact details. French and English.
Guelph Humane Society - Provides companion animal adoption and animal shelter services.
Hamilton SPCA - Animal control adoption protection lost and found and training services.
Happy Paws - Network of volunteers involved in rescuing fostering and adopting out dogs and cats. Includes photos of available animals and fostering information.
Heaven Can Wait Equine Rescue - Non-profit organization in Ontario dedicated to saving horses and ponies from slaughter. Accepts unwanted and abused animals for rehoming - includes photos of available animals.
Huntsville Muskoka Animal Shelter - A non-profit shelter caring for abandoned cats dogs and other animals in distress. Currently overpopulated animals available at a discounted rate.
Info Pet - Contains contact numbers for animal shelter in Toronto and the surrounding area.
Jazzpurr Cat Care Society - Operates a no-kill shelter for homeless cats and kittens promotes loving and responsible pet guardianship by individuals and the community and facilitates reproduction controls.
Kingston Humane Society - Information about the Society programs and services events and a lost and found listing.
Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society - Shelter information adoption room feline facts events and related links.
Lakefield Animal Welfare Society - Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the safety and well being and ensuring the humane treatment of companion and wild animals in Lakefield Peterborough and surrounding areas.
Leeds & Grenville Humane Society - Provides information on animal care and adoptable pet photos and descriptions.
Lennox and Addington Humane Society - Serving Lennox and Addington in Napanee this website provides information regarding the adoption process along with photos and descriptions of adoptable animals.
London Humane Society - Provides a shelter facility for animals acts as an advocate in animal welfare matters and educates the community about related issues. Event details description of services and photos of available animals are presented.
Mississauga Animal Rescue Service - A non-profit no-kill charitable organisation devoted to the rescue of feral stray abandoned injured sick and orphaned cats and kittens in the Mississauga Ontario area. Volunteer run we have an adoption and foster home program in place.
Mississauga Humane Society - Offers information on adoption and foster care programs success stories profiles of pets available for adoption wishlist and a discussion board.
Niagara Falls Humane Society - Helps find loving homes for unwanted and mistreated animals as well as trying its best to reunite lost pets with their rightful owners. Photos of animals are available.
North Bay & District Humane Society - Includes general information about the Society the shelter fees events bylaws and pet tips.
Northern Ontario Animal Welfare Society - Non profit charitable organization working to solve pet over-population in Iroquois Falls Cochrane Matheson and surrounding areas. Photos of adoptable pets are available along with contact information.
Northumberland Humane Society - Includes photos of available animals calendar of events success stories adoption policy and how to help.
Ontario Bouvier Rescue - A non-profit rescue organization providing details of dogs online adoption request form also information and links to other Canadian rescue/adoption contacts.
Ontario SPCA - Registered charity whose work includes animal cruelty investigation care sheltering fostering and wildlife programs for abused or injured animals.
Ontario SPCA Cat Listings - Information and photos of adoptable kittens and cats in central Ontario.
Ontario SPCA Dog Listing - Photos of dogs available for adoption in the central region of Ontario.
Orangeville SPCA - Facilitates and provides province wide leadership relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals and the promotion of animal welfare.
Ottawa Humane Society - Non-profit community-based organization and registered charity. Site includes newsletters companion animal tips and information about volunteer programs humane education events and adoption.
Owen Sound Animal Shelter - Owen Sound Animal Shelter provides local pound information animal care tips lost and found pet forms.
Paws with Heart - Provides public education veterinary care and permanent homes for abused neglected or abandoned animals. Includes profiles of available dogs and cats success stories and a listing of other rescue organizations in the province.
Perth County Animal Shelter - Though situated in Stratford the shelter offers adoption services of dogs cats and other pet animals to all citizens of Perth County. Accepts donations on line via a secure server.
Pets/Friends For Life - Helps abandoned abused stray or surrendered animals by providing medical care spay/neuter services vaccinations and foster care. Located in St. Thomas. Includes calendar of events and profiles of available animals.
Quinte Humane Society - Saving abused abandoned or lost animals in the Belleville area. Features photos of adoptable animals printable adoption forms and a message board for missing or found pets.
Sarnia and District Humane Society - Humane Society working in the Sarnia and surrounding area. Site includes information on adoptions donations and other services provided by the Society.
Sault Ste. Marie Humane Society - Nonprofit organization affiliated with the Ontario Humane Society. Includes general information and listing and photos of available animals for adoption.
Simcoe and District Humane Society - Features profiles of animals found and available for adoption stories news and event details.
The Ferret Aid Society - Located in Mississauga this organisation rescues and finds homes for unwanted ferrets although other pets are occasionally listed. Some photos are provides fee listing hours and a lot of helpful ferret contacts and information.
The Lanark Animal Welfare Society (L.A.W.S.) - An independent organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all animals. Mission statement pictures of available dogs and cats and information about volunteering.
The Society for Animal Aid (Burlington) Inc. - Animal Aid is a non-profit no-kill organization dedicated to saving stray and abandoned cats & dogs in Burlington Ontario.
The Way Home - a feline rescue group advocating the responsible re-homing of felines in distress and the importance of spaying or neutering. Site provides photos of available cats.
Toronto Humane Society - Features information about animal services available animals for adoption and fostering opportunities. Offers an online tour of the facilities.
Upper Credit Humane Society - Pet of the week feature newsletter and information about events. Serves Erin Halton Hills Caledon and Eramosa.
Victoria County Humane Society - Non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of animal welfare. Animal Adoption Centre located and servicing Lindsay and surrounding areas. The centre provides adoption and shelter services
Windsor/Essex County Humane Society - Includes photos of available animals adoption policy pet care tips calendar of events and donation information.