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Alberta Rescue Organizations and Shelters

Please Note: Breed specific rescues and shelters are listed under the individual breed sections - please see: Breed Listing for a list of breeds.

For ease of finding a rescue organization near you, the shelters/rescues are listed under specific regions. Please note that some of these listings do provide rescue services/foster care throughout the province and/or in regions beyond their listing.

Select from the following menu for quick access
to Rescues/Shelters from across Ontario:



Calgary & Area

  • Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS)
    — A non-profit organization whose mandate is to rescue abandoned, surrendered or abused small animals from First Nations Communities in Central Alberta and place these animals in the safety of a foster home system while awaiting suitable placement in forever, adoptive homes.
    For further information, please e-mail: deanna@albertaanimalrescuecrew.com, Tel. 403-869-4694, or Fax: 403-366-4933

  • Angel's Dream Small Animal Rescue
    — A group of volunteers who are helping to rehome animals in need. Their mission is to help fill the gaps when other rescues are in need of assistance. Angel's Dream Small Animal Rescue Society recently moved part of it's operation to Middle Lake, Saskatchewan. The goal is to operate an animal sanctuary/kennel and be able to provide rescue services, boarding and training. Angel's Dream is also operational in Alberta and offers adoptions and assistance to pet owners and animals across the western provinces.
    Calgary, AB and Middle Lake, SK
    Tel.: (306) 367-2052
    Fax: (403) 775-4382
    E-mail: angelsdreamrescue@gmail.com

  • A·R·F — Animal Rescue Foundation
    — ARF's mission is to rescue stray and abandoned dogs and cats from First Nations and rural areas and place them in loving, permanent homes while providing programs to reduce pet over-population.
    P.O. Box 34160
    Calgary, AB, Canada T3C 1S2
    E-mail: general.info@arf.ab.ca

  • The Calgary Humane Society
    — The Calgary Humane Society’s mission is to foster the humane treatment of animals and promote values which demonstrate respect for animals.
    4455 110 Ave SE
    Calgary, AB
    T2C 2T7
    Tel.: (403) 205-4455
    E-mail: admin@calgaryhumane.ca

  • City of Calgary Animal Services

  • Cochrane & Area Humane Society
    — The Cochrane Humane Society is a charitable organization dedicated to promoting and preserving the well-being of animals, sustained by volunteers and the community.
    62 Griffin Industrial Point
    Cochrane, AB T4C 0A3
    Tel.: (403) 932-2072
    E-mail: shelter@cochranehumane.ca

  • Furever After Rescue Society
    — Furever After Rescue Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of dogs from high kill shelters, disasters, neglect and other tragic situations from Canada and the United States. Based in Calgary and Edmonton, with foster homes in Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton.
    E-mail: info@fureverafter.org
    www.fureverafter.org

  • Heaven Can Wait Animal Rescue Foundation
    — Heaven Can Wait provides shelter, care and nourishment to abandoned, abused and homeless domestic animals within High River and the surrounding area.
    Box 6131
    High River, AB, T1V 1P7
    Phone: (403) 601-2520
    E-mail: hcw@telusplanet.net

  • Misty Creek Dog Rescue "All Breed Dog Rescue"
    — Misty Creek Dog Rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping all canines in need.
    Mailing Address Only:
    Suite # 472
    300, 8120 Beddington Blvd. N.W.
    Calgary, AB T3K 2A8
    E-mail: mistycreek@netkaster.ca

  • Oops-A-Dazy Rescue and Sanctuary Society
    www.oppsadazy.com
    — Serving Calgary and Area.
    Tel.: (403)734-1013
    E-mail: oopsadazyrescue@yahoo.ca

  • Pawsitive Match Rescue
    www.pawsitivematch.org
    — We are a new type of dog rescue group that pulls from high kill shelters. We also specialize in matching humans with dogs. If you are looking for any type of dog please contact us and we will do our absolute best to get you that right match!
    Located in the Calgary area.
    E-mail: pawsitivematch@gmail.com

  • Pound Rescue
    — A Registered Charity - Helping homeless, suffering and abandoned animals in Okotoks, Calgary and surrounding rural areas.
    Okotoks, AB
    Tel.: 403-938-4890
    E-mail: poundrescue@gmail.com
    Website: www.poundrescue.com

  • Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue
    — Founder, Rory O'Neill is a dog behavioral consultant, trainer and rescuer, saving animals worldwide. Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue focuses on Canada, yet at the same time, helps groups in other parts of the world desperate for help. There were thousands of dogs and cats left behind starving and breeding after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; Tiajuana, Mexico, where breeders abandon small dogs like chihuahuas by the hundreds; Baja, Mexico, where spay and neuter is infrequent, and friendly, beautiful dogs are rapidly breeding and being killed inhumanely. Rory O'Neill helps match people wanting to give a loving home to a pet, to animals desperate and deserving of a life. She also has contacts with many overcrowded shelters, where darling cats, dogs, puppies, and kittens, don't always have much time before the "shelter" euthanizes them. People adopting from Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue are literally saving a dog or cat from a life of misery and/or no life at all.
    Canmore and Calgary, Alberta
    Website: www.rockymountainanimalrescue.com
    E-mail: secondchance@telus.net (preferred method of contact due to time)
    Phone: 403-673-3224 Office (voice mail)
    Cell Phone: 805-722-5906 (no voice mail, for urgencies)


Edmonton & Area

  • A Better Choice Dog Rescue (ABC Dog Rescue)
    — Our goal at ABC Dog Rescue is to help dogs in need. We take in sick, abused, injured, stray, and starved dogs, give them the medical attention they need then start the process in finding them their forever home. There are many dogs out there that need help and we are dedicated to helping as many as we can.
    Tel.: 780-961-3801
    Website: www.abcdogrescue.org

  • Alberta SPCA
    — The mission of the Alberta SPCA is to have every animal in Alberta humanely treated.
    10806 124 Street
    Edmonton AB Canada T5M 0H3
    Information: (780) 447-3600
    Animal Abuse and Neglect Complaints: (780) 451-CARE
    Toll Free: 1-800-455-9003 Fax: (780) 447-4748
    E-mail: info@albertaspca.org

  • Duke and Duchess Animal Rescue Society
    — A non-profit charitable organization based in the west end of Edmonton.
    Phone: (780) 483-0931
    E-mail: dukeandduchess@telus.net

  • Edmonton Humane Society
    — The Edmonton Humane Society is dedicated to protect animals from suffering and to promote life long commitment to animal welfare and dignity.
    12251 - 67 Street NW,
    Edmonton, AB, T5B 1M8
    Phone: (780) 471-1774
    E-mail: ehs@edmontonhumanesociety.com

  • Furever After Rescue Society
    — Furever After Rescue Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of dogs from high kill shelters, disasters, neglect and other tragic situations from Canada and the United States. Based in Calgary and Edmonton, with foster homes in Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton.
    E-mail: info@fureverafter.org
    www.fureverafter.org

  • The Humane Animal Rescue Team (HART)
    — A non-profit organization committed to: rescue stray, abandoned and unwanted dogs and cats from rural areas surrounding Edmonton, AB and place them in permanent homes; and provide programs that promote responsible pet ownership, and prevent cruelty to animals.
    c/o 12348-134 Street
    Edmonton, AB, T5L 1T9
    Tel.: 455-hart (4278)
    E-mail: info@humaneanimalrescueteam.ca

  • K9 Care and Rescue
    — K9 Care and Rescue's mission is to provide food for hungry dogs on Parkland area Alberta reservations; to educate dog owners; to provide discounted vaccinations and medicines to prevent or treat disease; and to remove abandoned or surrendered dogs and place them in loving homes. Additionally, K9 Care and Rescue arranges discounted veterinary services for general health care and for spaying or neutering.
    Spruce Grove and Parkland Area

  • NASAP — The Northern Alberta Society For Animal Protection
    — NASAP adopted out 53 animals in its first year of operation, 129 in its second year, 459 in its third year, and 534 animals in 2002. They are now in their fifth year of operation.
    Box 79016, 1020 Sherwood Drive
    Sherwood Park, AB T8A 2G4
    Phone: (780) 922-0250
    E-mail: admin@nasap.ca

  • Northern Spirit K9 Rescue
    — Provide food, shelter, medical treatment and rescue to dogs on First Nations Reserves and in other areas. To Educate and provide support to residents of First Nations Reserves and other areas. To promote, facilitate, organize, direct and carry out ventures of all kinds designed to enable people in the community to participate in the development and improvement of caring for and providing food, shelter and medical treatments for dogs on First Nations Reserves and other areas.
    16103-98 Street
    Edmonton, Alberta, T5X 4Y6
    Tel.: (780) 456-2544
    E-mail: contact@northernspiritk9.com

  • Parkland Animal K-9 Society (PAKS)
    — A new rescue group based in Parkland County. PAKS is dedicated to reducing the number of unwanted and stray animals held at Parkland County Animal Control and help to educate the public in respect to pet management.

  • Rescue For Life
    — A small animal no-kill rescue group operated out of Spruce Grove, Alberta. Cats and dogs are fostered by volunteers until their forever homes are found. While in foster care the animals receive full vet care and training. All animals adopted out by Rescue for Life are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and dewormed.
    83 Heatherglen Close
    Spruce Grove, Alberta, T7X 4A3
    Phone: (780) 702-6151
    E-mail: info@rescue4life.org
    Website: www.rescue4life.org

  • Safe Haven Animal Rescue Edmonton Society (SHARES)
    — A non-profit rescue organization serving Edmonton and its surrounding area.
    Edmonton, AB
    Tel.: 780-974-4674 or 780-707-5753
    E-mail: dogsrus@shaw.ca

  • Second Chance Animal Rescue Society
    — To promote the humane care and protection of all animals and to prevent cruelty and suffering. The Second Chance Animal Rescue Society is dedicated to reducing the number of homeless and abandoned animals in the Athabasca and Lakeland area (northern Alberta).
    Box 3045
    Athabasca, AB T9S 2B9
    Tel.: 780-466-SCAR or 780-466-7227
    E-mail: scars_general@yahoo.ca


Canadian Rockies

  • Bow Valley SPCA
    — Providing the community with a No-Kill, No-Cage Adoption Centre to shelter and care for stray or abandoned dogs and cats in the Bow Valley, and promotes humane attitudes and responsible pet companionship through educational programs to ensure that the number of abandoned dogs and cats does not increase as dramatically as the human population.
    Canmore, Alberta
    Tel.: 403-609-2022
    E-mail: info@bowvalleyspca.org

  • Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue
    — Founder, Rory O'Neill is a dog behavioral consultant, trainer and rescuer, saving animals worldwide. Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue focuses on Canada, yet at the same time, helps groups in other parts of the world desperate for help. There were thousands of dogs and cats left behind starving and breeding after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; Tiajuana, Mexico, where breeders abandon small dogs like chihuahuas by the hundreds; Baja, Mexico, where spay and neuter is infrequent, and friendly, beautiful dogs are rapidly breeding and being killed inhumanely. Rory O'Neill helps match people wanting to give a loving home to a pet, to animals desperate and deserving of a life. She also has contacts with many overcrowded shelters, where darling cats, dogs, puppies, and kittens, don't always have much time before the "shelter" euthanizes them. People adopting from Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue are literally saving a dog or cat from a life of misery and/or no life at all.
    Canmore and Calgary, Alberta
    Website: www.rockymountainanimalrescue.com
    E-mail: secondchance@telus.net (preferred method of contact due to time)
    Phone: 403-673-3224 Office (voice mail)
    Cell Phone: 805-722-5906 (no voice mail, for urgencies)


Central Alberta


Southern Alberta

  • Brooks Animal Protection Society (BAPS)
    — The Brooks Animal Protection Society (formerly Brooks and District SPCA) is a charitable organization dedicated to finding homes for surrendered animals.
    Brooks, Alberta
    Tel.: 403-362-4323
    Fax: 403-362-8316
    Animal Control Tel.: 403-793-7840
    E-mail: dogs@bapsociety.com and cats@bapsociety.com

  • Claresholm Animal Rescue Society
    — CAReS mission is to promote the compassionate care and prevention of cruelty and neglect to animals.
    Box 2579
    Claresholm, Alberta
    T0L 0T0
    Tel.: 403-489-5678 (LOST)
    E-mail: krish1@shaw.ca

  • Crowsnest Pass SPCA
    — "We are a member society of the Alberta SPCA. We run the local animal shelter here in The Crowsnest Pass. Our main aim is to place homeless or unwanted animals into their new forever homes which are appropriate for each individual animal and their new guardians."
    E-mail: huskyhaven@hotmail.com

  • Drumheller & District Humane Society
    — "Our mission is to care for animals, find them forever homes and work with and educate the community on responsible pet ownership."
    E-mail: humane-contact@drumhellerhumane.org

  • Hanna S.P.C.A. Pet Shelter & Rescue
    — A volunteer group dedicated to animal welfare, dignity and their protection from suffering.
    Hanna, Alberta
    Tel.: (403) 854 0706
    E-mail: info@hannaspca.com

  • Lethbridge & District Humane Society
    — The Lethbridge & District Humane Society's main goal is to find the best possible homes for abandoned, stray and previously owned animals from Lethbridge and surrounding area.
    2920 - 16 Avenue N.
    P.O. Box 783, Lethbridge, AB T1J 3Z6
    Phone: 320-8991
    E-mail: petcity@telus.net

  • Oops-A-Dazy Rescue and Sanctuary
    — A new registered charity that rescues all animals including dogs.
    Box 482
    Gleichen, AB
    T0J 1N0
    Tel.: 1-888-734-1013
    Fax: (403) 734-1014
    E-mail: oopsadazyrescue@yahoo.ca

  • Pincher Creek Humane Society/SPCA
    — It is the aim of the Pincher Creek Humane Society to place all animals that come into our care in suitable homes where they will be well looked after and happy.
    P O Box 2647
    1068 Kettles Street
    Pincher Creek, Alberta
    T0K 1W0
    Tel.: (403) 627-5191
    Email: pcspca@telus.net

  • Prairie Dog Canine Rescue
    — Based in Lethbridge, Alberta, Prairie Dog Canine Rescue serves all of Southern Alberta but has also rescued dogs from as far away as Nunavit.
    E-mail: manymuddypaws@yahoo.com
    Website: prairiedogcaninerescue.blogspot.com or www.petfinder.com/shelters/AB48.html.

  • SOS (Save Old Souls) Senior K9 Rescue
    — We are a registered "no-kill" rescue society serving the Medicine Hat, Alberta and surrounding area since 2000. We work on the belief that all animals deserve a happy and healthy life regardless of age or disability. We specialize in older and sometimes physically challenged dogs that usually for no other reason, are deemed unadoptable, however we do not necessarily restrict our animals to this criteria. Our organization is run by non-paid volunteers, and our adoptable friends are all placed in private foster homes until successfully adopted. For more information about us, and to see our available dogs for adoption, please visit our website.
    PO Box 478
    Redcliff, AB
    T0J 2P0
    Tel.: (403) 548-7850 E-mail: sospet@shaw.ca
    Website: www.sospet.petfinder.com


Northern Alberta

  • Fort McMurray SPCA Animal Shelter
    — The mission of the Fort McMurray S.P.C.A. is to have every animal in the Municipality of Wood Buffalo humanely treated. The objective is to prevent cruelty to any and all animals within the Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
    155 MacAlpine Crescent
    Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 4A5
    Phone: (780) 743-8997

  • Grande Prairie & Districa SPCA
    — A non-profit organization serving the northern communities of Alberta. Providing not only a safe haven for neglected/abused animals but also perform adoptions, provide education in the community, as well as investigate and shelter those in need in a professional and compassionate way.
    Located in the Airport Industrial Park
    12220-104 AVE, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8A8
    Phone: (780) 538-4030
    E-mail: info@gpspca.com

  • Lakeland Humane Society
    — In cooperation with local communities, the Lakeland Humane Society provides a safe haven for animals, while promoting responsible pet ownership, a concern for animal welfare and their environment, and compassion for all living things, and a commitment to make a difference.
    Cold Lake, Alberta
    Tel.: (780) 594-1896
    E-mail: admin@lakelandhumanesociety.org

  • NASAP — The Northern Alberta Society For Animal Protection
    — NASAP adopted out 53 animals in its first year of operation, 129 in its second year, 459 in its third year, and 534 animals in 2002. They are now in their fifth year of operation.
    Box 79016, 1020 Sherwood Drive
    Sherwood Park, AB T8A 2G4
    Phone: (780) 922-0250
    E-mail: admin@nasap.ca

  • Peace River SPCA
    — A non-profit homeless shelter for animals who have been abused, neglected or abandoned.
    9510-94th Avenue
    Peace River, AB
    Tel.: 780-624-3633
    E-mail: prspca@telusplanet.net

  • Prairie Animal Rescue Society
    — Located in High Prairie, Alberta but take in dogs and cats from several areas.
    Phone: (780) 536-3868

  • St. Paul Animal Shelter
    — A non profit organization that provides a shelter and adoption agency for St. Paul and area. Secondly, acts as the pound for the town of St. Paul. Open to the public from 1-4 pm every day except Stat holidays.
    5417-50 Avenue
    St. Paul, AB T0A 3A0
    Phone: 780 645-2262
    E-mail: spaspets@live.ca

  • Second Chance Animal Rescue Society
    — To promote the humane care and protection of all animals and to prevent cruelty and suffering. The Second Chance Animal Rescue Society is dedicated to reducing the number of homeless and abandoned animals in the Athabasca and Lakeland area (northern Alberta).
    Box 3045
    Athabasca, AB T9S 2B9
    Tel.: 780-466-SCAR or 780-466-7227
    E-mail: scars_general@yahoo.ca

If you know of a Shelter or Rescue Organization that is not listed here, please contact us with the details and we will be glad to add it to the appropriate listing.

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