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Animal shelters and charities: Domestic
Choose from the leading charities involved in fighting cruelty to dogs, cats and other pets and those that help care for domestic animals.

Registered charity
No. 1094779
Animal Cancer Trust

It is totally committed to funding the fight against cancer in our pets. Its aims are to provide education and information; facilitate research development and improve our understanding and treatment of cancer; and work with partners at home and abroad to pursue the fight against cancer in our pets.


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Registered charity
No. 209642
Animal Health Trust

The Animal Health Trust is a charity specifically dedicated to improving the health and welfare of dogs, cats and horses by addressing the problems of disease and injury - the largest threats to animal welfare today. With the help of its supporters, it can achieve this by advancing veterinary science and providing specialist clinical services for all companion animals.


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Registered charity
No. 1086903
Animals Asia Foundation

Animals Asia is working to end the barbaric practice of bear bile farming. Its Moon Bear sanctuaries in China and Vietnam are helping to educate consumers not to buy bear bile. Animals Asia is also working to end the suffering of millions of cats and dogs in the brutal food and fur trades.


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Registered charity
No. 1068222
Animals In Need Northamptonshire

It does animal rescue and rehoming in the Northamptonshire area, and wildlife rescue


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Registered charity
No. 205594
Bath Cats and Dogs Home

Bath Cats and Dogs Home is one of the largest re-homing centres in the U.K. caring for more than 2,500 animals each year. Operates a strict non-destruction policy so that every animal has the chance of finding a new loving home. Provides shelter and essential care for unwanted animals, and promotes education and responsible pet ownership.


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Registered charity
No. 206394
The Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

Battersea Dogs Home rescues, reunites, rehabilitates and re-homes lost and abandoned dogs and cats.


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Registered charity
No. 224392
The Blue Cross Animal Welfare Charity

The Blue Cross provides practical support, information and advice for pet and horse owners. Through a network of animal adoption centres it rehomes thousands of animals each year. Its hospitals provide veterinary care for the pets of people who cannot afford private vets' fees.


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Registered charity
No. 1110252
Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary (BLES)

Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary (BLES) is a UK registered charity. It was founded in 2005 to help rescue abused elephants throughout Thailand. Our sanctuary is located in Sukhothai, north Thailand and is currently home to eight rescued elephants. BLES is a small family run organisation trying to make a positive difference to the lives of mistreated animals and we need all the help we can get.


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Registered charity
No. 1053585
Border Collie Trust GB

The Border Collie Trust GB works to rescue and re-home Border Collies and Collie crosses throughout the UK


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Registered charity
No. 205858
Bristol Dogs Home

The Bristol Dogs Home was founded in 1887 and has been caring for Bristol's stray dog and cat population ever since. The Home also accepts animals from owners who are unable to care for their pet anymore. There is room for 115 dogs and 50 cats and accommodation is often full to capacity! We also take in and re-home smaller domestic pets such as guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets and various birds.


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Registered charity
No. 210504
The British Horse Society

The British Horse Society provides a strong voice for horses and people and spreads awareness through support, training and education.Without your support and funds we would not be able to continue all the valuable work we do at present.


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Registered charity
No. 1086778
CAMDA

CAMDA provides grass-roots aid to poorer nomadic herding communities that lost millions of herd animals to wintry extremes. It also targets three essential resources: hay-making, reliable wells, healthy horses. Its aid helps prevent families on the verge of poverty giving up herding for the almost certain poverty of alien city life.


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Registered charity
No. 1104965
castaways community development foundation

We help people in financial hardship by providing food and clothing. We work with Womens Aide, NSPCC, RSPCA and others to help people. We help with education equipmentand access to education in the UK and around the world. Support for recreation and leisure and healthy living and support for people looking to gain employmentand getting back in to work


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Registered charity
No. 203644
Cats Protection

Cats Protection is the UK's largest cat welfare charity, rehoming and reuniting around 55,500 cats and kittens every year through its network of 252 voluntary-run branches and 29 adoption centres. The charity also promotes the benefits of neutering and produces a wide range of cat care information for owners. Reg Charity 203644 (England and Wales) and SC037711 (Scotland)


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Registered charity
No. 1095050
Compassion in World Farming

The vision of CIWF is a world where farm animals are treated with compassion and respect and where cruel factory farming practices end. It's mission is to advance the well being of farm animals worldwide


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Registered charity
No. 220506
Dog And Cat Shelter Claremont Road & Benton Farm

THE CHARITY IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE NORTH EAST, THE CRUELTY HOTSPOT OF ENGLAND. ESTABLISHED IN 1896 THE CHARITY CARES FOR 6,000 ANIMALS A YEAR, ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED, UNWANTED OR ABANDONED. WHEN IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO REUNITE THESE ANIMALS WITH THEIR OWNERS, THE CHARITY FINDS NEW LOVING HOMES


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Registered charity
No. 227523
Dogs Trust

Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and last year they cared for over 15,000 stray and abandoned dogs through their nationwide network of 17 Rehoming Centres. Two new Rehoming centres were opened last year, one in West London and one in Glasgow, which will enable them to care for even more dogs this year and many more dogs in the years to come. Dogs Trust is working towards the day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life free from the threat of unnecessary destruction. They believe no healthy dog should ever be destroyed and that every dog should have a chance to lead a happy and healthy life in a loving home. For further information about Dogs Trust please go to their website at www.dogstrust.org.uk


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Registered charity
No. 264818
The Donkey Sanctuary

The Donkey Sanctuary has taken over 12,000 donkeys into its care and has over 45 welfare officers who can follow up reports of cruelty to or neglect of donkeys, quickly and efficiently. It also works throughout the world helping to improve conditions for working donkeys and mules.


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Registered charity
No. 1091671
elephant family

The Asian elephant is a much-loved but endangered species. elephant family cannot imagine a world without its intelligent and engaging spirit, so the charity works to protect its future by conserving its habitat and supporting those who work or live alongside Asian elephants.


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Registered charity
No. SC022515
Equine Grass Sickness Fund

The Equine Grass Sickness Fund is the only registered charity raising funds specifically for research into grass sickness, a disease which kills many horses and ponies in Britain each year. It finances projects aimed at finding the cause of the disease and offers advice and support to owners of affected animals.


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Registered charity
No. 508579
Freshfields Animal Rescue Centre

Freshfields Animal Rescue has been providing shelter and sanctuary for almost 30 years. No healthy animal is ever destroyed. All admissions exhibiting severe behavioural problems will be treated fairly, appropriately, without prejudice and without recourse to euthanasia. Priority given to strays, mistreated animals and those whose owners have died.


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Registered charity
No. 1049828
The Friends Of The Rspca Leybourne Animal Centre

Raises funds to support and enhance the lives of the animals at the RSPCA Leybourne Animal Centre.


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Registered charity
No. 1091717
Great Dane Adoption Society

The objectives of the Great Dane Adoption Society are to relieve the suffering and distress of Great Danes in need of attention, by reason of homelessness, by the provision of temporary shelter, veterinary treatment and by finding permanent homes for such dogs.


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Registered charity
No. SC031037
Greyhound Awareness League

The Greyhound Awareness League is Scotland's largest independent charity helping to rehome over 200 retired or abandoned Greyhounds and Lurchers every year. GAL is run totally by volunteers and receives no financial help from the Greyhound racing industry or the government. It looks after over 75 dogs at any time while it finds loving homes for them as pets.


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Registered charity
No. 1113207
Greyhound Gap

Greyhound Gap is a registered charity that rescues takes in and re-homes death row Greyhounds and Lurchers who find themselves in a PTS situation in UK pounds.


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Registered charity
No. 1056676
Greyhound Rescue West Of England

G.R.W.E. is a voluntary charity that rescues and rehomes over 400 greyhounds and greyhound crosses every year. It receives no financial help from the greyhound racing industry or the government. It looks after 50 to 60 dogs at any time while it finds loving homes for them as pets.


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Registered charity
No. 1069438
Greyhounds In Need

Greyhounds in Need exists to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome retired and abandoned greyhounds in Spain. Its work centres on the native Spanish greyhounds (galgos) used for coursing who commonly live and die in poor conditions.


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Registered charity
No. 1115174
HEROS

Hundreds of racehorses finish racing each year, with some disappearing of the radar. HEROS helps find new homes and careers for ex-racehorses when they have finished racing giving them a fresh start and a new and happy life.


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Registered charity
No. 294606
Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary

It provides care and protection for animals deemed to be in need of such due to illness, injury, maltreatment, neglect or abandonment.


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Registered charity
No. 206658
ILPH

The ILPH, encourages the use, not the abuse of the horse and is one of the world's leading international equine welfare charities. The ILPH campaigns for better legislation to protect horses; runs 4 Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres, with over 2,000 horses on the ILPH loan scheme at any one time; employs 16 ILPH field officers to investigate welfare complaints in the UK and provides educational courses to combat the major causes of equine suffering in the Developing World.


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Registered charity
No. 1088198
The Labrador Rescue Trust

The Labrador Rescue Trust is a charity covering the South West of England, to rescue and re-home Labradors in need of new homes for whatever reason, and to re-home them into genuine, caring homes. It matches the dog to the home and does not operate on a 'waiting list' basis.


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Registered charity
No. 242560
The Leicester And Leicestershire Animal Aid Association

LAA is a rescue and re-homing centre for lost, unwanted or neglected dogs and cats. It operates a non euthanasia policy and rescue and re-home approximately 450 animals each year. The vision is 'happy pets in responsible, loving homes'. It provides services and opportunities of benefit to the local community.


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Registered charity
No. 1001346
MANCHESTER & CHESHIRE DOGS HOMES

It was established in 1893 to help the stray and unwanted dogs roaming the streets of Manchester. Later covering parts of Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire, today it remains the only Home of its kind, caring for over 7000 dogs each year. Over 95% of dogs are Homed or re-Homed


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Registered charity
No. 1077588
The Mayhew Animal Home

The Mayhew Animal Home is one of the busiest animal sanctuaries in London, finding safe and loving homes for thousands of dogs, cats, rabbits and guinea pigs each year. The Mayhew focuses heavily on the prevention of cruelty and neglect and runs highly successful neutering, educational, fostering, volunteering, community and international projects.


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Registered charity
No. 252594
MGFT Animal Sanctuary

MGFT is an animal welfare charity with 3 sites in Dorset and Devon. MGFT rescue and rehome more than 1200 animals per year and are open to the public (Church Knowle site has 35 acres to wander round). With more animals needing care they do need your support to ensure their work continues.


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Registered charity
No. 1090499
National Animal Welfare Trust

The National Animal Welfare trust cares for unwanted and needy animals. The Trust offer safe and secure accomodation to pets that sometimes have no where else to go. Apart from re-homing cats and dogs, NAWT is home to a suprisingly wide variety of animals including pigs, cows, goats and rabbits.


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Registered charity
No. 1114880
National Pet Month

National Pet Month’s aims are to: promote responsible pet ownership make people aware of the benefits of pets for people and people for pets increase public awareness of services available from professionals who work with animals raise awareness of the role, value and contribution to society of working companion animals


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Registered charity
No. 208217
PDSA

PDSA is the UK's leading veterinary charity providing 4.650 free veterinary treatments to sick and injured pets of needy people. In addition to its network of 46 PetAid hospitals nationwide, PDSA works through hundreds of associated private practices which provide PDSA funded care in many communities.


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Registered charity
No. 037745
Pet Blood Bank UK

Pet Blood Bank UK (PBBuk) is the first UK charity which will collect, process, store and supply pet blood products in the UK. PBBuk will collect canine blood which will then be processed into various blood products and stored on the premises.


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Registered charity
No. 1024811
Petsavers

Petsavers is dedicated to improving the health of all small animals. It funds studies into the prevention and treatment of illnesses and conditions affecting pets and other small animals.


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Registered charity
No. 1085689
Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund

Rabbits are the third most popular pet in the UK, and yet many live miserable lives confined to small hutches with no little or no space, companionship or exercise. The RWAF aims to improve the lives of these beautiful, intelligent and unfortunately neglected animals. Because Rabbits deserve better!


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Registered charity
No. 237696
Raystede Centre For Animal Welfare Limited

Raystede aims to prevent and relieve cruelty to animals and to protect them from unnecessary suffering. Over 1500 unwanted and abandoned animals arrive at the centre annually. Dogs, cats and other companion animals are found new caring homes while others remain in Raystede's care for the rest of their days.The Raystede Centre relies totally on voluntary support.


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Registered charity
No. 800145
Rescued Animals in Need

RAIN is a Kent based organisation that helps animals in need. The main aim of RAIN is to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home animals, and to provide any help that is needed in terms of general care and veterinary treatment. RAIN mainly deals with cats and dogs in the Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Orpington and Bromley areas.


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Registered charity
No. 1105654
The Retreat Animal Rescue

The Retreat Animal Rescue is entirely voluntary and rescues farmed, domestic and wild animals. All donations go directly to the welfare of the animals in its care and to those needing help in the future. Thank you for helping them to help abused, sick, injured and unwanted animals.


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Registered charity
No. 281571
The Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust

The Animal Care Trust exists to improve standards of veterinary care for animals in the Royal Veterinary College's animal hospitals. It assists students by providing the best possible prospects for a career in veterinary medicine.


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Registered charity
No. 263515
RSPCA - Hillingdon, Slough, Windsor, Kingston & District

The RSPCA works to promote kindness and prevent cruelty to animals by promoting responsible pet ownership, preventing unnecessary suffering and re-homing unwanted animals with new, responsible owners.


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Registered charity
No. 232253
RSPCA - Lancs East Branch

The RSPCA Lancs East branch works to promote kindness and prevent cruelty to animals in the branch area, including Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Clitheroe, Nelson, Colne & Darwen. From it's Animal Centre in Altham it rehomes animals to caring new owners. We do not put healthy animals to sleep.


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Registered charity
No. 219099
RSPCA - National Society

The RSPCA helps more animals than any one else in the UK. Working in practical animal welfare, law enforcement, education and campaigning for change to improve the lives of all animals, it employs experts in every field that benefits animals, from cruelly treated pets to rescued fledglings. All money raised through Justgiving for the National Society will go into RSPCA general funds and once in there will not be redistributed to any other source.


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Registered charity
No. 225570
Rspca - Sheffield Branch

The RSPCA Sheffield Branch rehomes unwanted and neglected animals, as well as operating a Welfare Clinic for pet owners on a low income. We also hold Community Action days, providing free microchipping and neutering vouchers to the pet owners of Sheffield.


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Registered charity
No. 210743
RSPCA Canterbury And District Branch

The RSPCA Canterbury branch is responsible for raising all the funds it requires to provide care and shelter to needy animals within our area. We rely on donations as we receive no external funding and nearly everyone involved with the branch works as a volunteer. We are currently in the process of building a much needed animal centre near Canterbury that will provide accommodation for 40 cats, 20 dogs and a number of small furries.


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