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British Columbia 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.

Vancouver / Lower Mainland

• 1AtATime Rescue
  — 1atatime Rescue is based in and around the Lower Mainland of British Columbia with volunteers all over BC and Alberta.
  BC Enquiries: Tel. (604) 622-3250, E-mail: save_1atatime@yahoo.ca
  Alberta Enquiries: E-mail: alissa@ultramutt.com
  Website Addresses:
  www.1atatimerescue.com
  www.1atatimerescue.petfinder.com (BC Rescue)
  www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?action=1&pet.Shelterid=AB39 (Alberta Rescue)
• A Better Life Dog Rescue
  — A group of volunteers animal lovers who help abandoned, neglected and abused dogs find loving, responsible homes.
  Surrey, BC
  E-mail: info@betterlifedogrescue.org
• Big Heart Rescue
  — A volunteer-driven organization that rescues and finds adoptive homes for abandoned, abused, neglected or homeless dogs and cats in Greater Vancouver, Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, the Lower Mainland and the Central Coast areas of British Columbia BC Canada.
  Tel.: (604) 583-3647
  E-mail: spiritsmission@shaw.ca
• BCSPCA — British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  — The BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life for the animals of the world.
  BC SPCA Administration Centre
  1245 East 7th Avenue
  Vancouver, BC V5T 1R1
  Tel.: (604) 681-7271 or 1-800-665-1868 toll-free outside the Lower Mainland
  E-mail: info@spca.bc.ca

  — BC SPCA Branches — List of Branches and Shelters across British Columbia.

• City of Coquitlam Animal Shelter
  — A municipally run no-kill for adoptable animals shelter.
  500 Mariner Way
  Coquitlam, BC
  Tel.: 604-933-7387
  E-mail: shylton@coquitlam.ca
• Cross Our Paws RESCUE
  — A small group of dedicated volunteers who love animals and have joined together to help rescue, provide medical care, rehabilitate and rehome abused, abandoned, homeless animals.
  North Vancouver, BC
  E-mail: crossourpaws@yahoo.ca
• Delta Humane Society
  — A non-profit organization dedicated to rehabilitating and re-homing unwanted, stray and abandoned animals, and to promoting humane treatment of animals through educational programs for the community. Committed to providing quality veterinary care, as well as, socializing, training, behavioral modification where needed, exercise and daily companionship for all animals at the society.
  Tel.: (604) 943-8320 or (604) 999-0286
  E-mail: amber@icande.ca
• District of North Vancouver Animal Welfare Shelter
  — A government funded facility, which provides a temporary home for animals until a responsible life long home is found.
  299 Mansfield Place
  North Vancouver, BC
  Tel.: 604-990-3711
  E-mail: paws@dnv.org
• Fraser Valley Humane Society
  — A non-profit, registered charity, located in Mission, B.C. There to help their communities and their animals in need.
  33103 N. Railway Avenue
  Mission, BC V2V 1E3
  Tel.: (604) 820-2977
  E-mail: fvhumanesociety@telus.net
• Furever After Small Dog Rescue
  — A group of dedicated volunteers whose focus is to help small breed dogs who find themselves homeless.
  Qualicum Beach/Vancouver
  E-mail: fureverafter@hotmail.com
• Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS)
  — The LAPS was formed by a dedicated group of volunteers due to the closure of the Langley SPCA. The Langley Animal Protection Society is a registered non-profit society with charitbable status.
  26220-56th Avenue
  Aldergrove BC V4W 1J7
  Email: langleyanimalshelter@lapsbc.ca
  Tel.: (604) 857-5055
  Fax: (604) 857-5057
• 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.
  — Based in Calgary, Alberta but providing worldwide rescue.
  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)
• Royal City Humane Society
  — New Westminster, BC — A no-kill shelter for animals in need.
  E-mail: info@rchs.bc.ca
• S.A.R.A. Society (Save Animals through Rescue and Adoption)
  — A non-profit organization, completely run by dedicated volunteers. S.A.R.A. Society is a no-kill shelter located in Surrey, British Columbia.
  Surrey, BC
  E-mail: sarasociety@gmail.com
• SAINTS - Senior Animals In Need Today Society
  — An end-of-life sanctuary for senior and special needs animals that have nowhere else to go.
  Mission, BC
  E-mail: adopt@saintsrescue.ca
• Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue
  — Turtle Gardens is a no-kill, non-profit animal rescue located in Topley B.C. Canada. Dogs are predominantly adopted to the lower mainland and Vancouver Island area. See www.turtlegardens.org — This web site has a daily blog — or www.turtlegardens.petfinder.com.
  Tel.: (250) 696-3188
  E-mail: turtlegardens@gmail.com
• Whistler Animals Galore Society: WAG
  — WAG is the safety net for lost, abandoned, and harmed animals in the region. From Whistler to Lillooet, WAG offers hope to all animals in need.
  8000 Nesters Road
  Whistler, BC
  Tel.: 604-935-8364
  E-mail: jrussell@thewagway.com

Vancouver Island / Smaller Islands

• BCSPCA — Nanaimo & District Branch
  — The BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life for the animals of the world.
  2200 Labieux Road
  Nanaimo, BC
  Tel.: (250) 758-8444
  E-mail: nanspca@shaw.ca
• BCSPCA — Parksville- Qualicum Beach & District Branch
  — The BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life for the animals of the world.
  P.O. Box 1407
  Parksville, BC V9P 2H3
  Tel.: (250) 248-3811
• Big Heart Rescue Society
  — Works within the Province of British Columbia with a special focus on small First Nations Reserves, such as Bella Bella and Shear Water on the Central Coast and Kuper Island in the Gulf Islands. The Big Heart Rescue Society was formally organized as a non-profit charity in August 2002
  Victoria, BC
  Tel.: 604-583-DOGS(3647)
  E-mail: spiritsmission@shaw.ca
• Chelco Farms BC/BCX Rescue Rehabilitation
  — A non-profit, registered charity, located in Victoria, BC, specializing in rescue, especially for the purpose of saving the lives of dogs considered, non-adoptable, hard to home, and those at risk.
  Victoria, BC
  Tel.: (250) 479-0911
  chelco@shaw.ca
• Dog Bless Rescue Partners
  — A registered non-profit animal rescue group located in Victoria, BC, with a mandate to save the lives of companion animals who would otherwise be euthanized in US shelters.
  Victoria, BC
  E-mail: dogbless@shaw.ca
• Faunadael Pet Rescue
  — Located an hour north of Victoria
  Duncan, Vancouver Island, BC
  Tel.: (250) 748-3451
  E-mail: faunadael@shaw.ca
• Furever After Small Dog Rescue
  — A group of dedicated volunteers whose focus is to help small breed dogs who find themselves homeless.
  Qualicum Beach/Vancouver
  E-mail: fureverafter@hotmail.com
• Greater Victoria Animals Crusaders (GVAC)
  Tel: 250-474-5581
  Fax: 250-384-5581
  Email: gvac@shaw.ca
• Mosaic Rescue
  — A registered non profit society dedicated to the rescue and adoption of small and medium sized mixed breed dogs who end up in US kill facilities.
  Victoria, BC
  E-mail: info@mosaicrescue.ca
• Rest. Q Animal Sanctuary
  — Provides permanent shelter to unwanted animals, provides temporary assistance to animals in need and to those assisting animals in need, and to educate the local community and visiting tourists about responsible animal stewardship.
  Mayne Island, BC
  Tel.: 250-539-5791
  E-mail: info@restqsanctuary.org
• Second Chances
  — A not-for-profit animal rescue organization based in Parksville, B.C.
  Parksville, BC
  E-mail: koha17@shaw.ca
• Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue
  — Turtle Gardens is a no-kill, non-profit animal rescue located in Topley B.C. Canada. Dogs are predominantly adopted to the lower mainland and Vancouver Island area. See www.turtlegardens.org — This web site has a daily blog — or www.turtlegardens.petfinder.com.
  Tel.: (250) 696-3188
  E-mail: turtlegardens@gmail.com
• Victoria Animal Control Services
  — Providing animal control and poundkeeping services to the City of Victoria and the District of Oak Bay. The Adoption Centre finds new homes for animals that are left unclaimed in the pound.
  564 David Street
  Victoria, BC
  Tel.: 250-414-0233
  E-mail: vacs@shaw.ca
• Victoria Adoptables
  — Animal Adoption Information Portal — Providing a place for rescue organizations, shelters & pounds in Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island & the Gulf Islands to post animals in need of homes.
• Victoria Pet Adoption Society
  — A registered non-profit organization that operates through Shaw Pet Hospitals in Victoria, BC, Canada. VPAS' goal is to re-home unwanted pets to good, approved homes.
  1782 Stellys X Rd.
  Saanichton, BC
  Tel.: (250) 652-4312
  E-mail: vpas@wormers.com

Kootenay

• BCSPCA — East Kootenay Branch Cranbrook
  — The BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life for the animals of the world.
  3339 Highways 3 & 95
  P.O. Box 2
  Cranbrook, BC V1C 4H6
  Tel.: (250) 426-6751
  
• Creston Pet Adoption and Welfare Society
  — The Creston Pet Adoption and Welfare Society (PAWS) is a registered, non-profit society committed to finding safe, comfortable homes for abandoned and unwanted animals in the Creston Valley.
  Tel.: (250) 428-7297
  E-mail: paws@kootenay.com
• Homes4Animals.com
  — Homes4Animals.com is designed to help find homes for adoptable, healthy animals in Nelson, B.C. and region. This is a free web site for all individuals, vet clinics, associations, societies, help leagues and anyone else wanting to advertise an animal needing a new home.
  E-mail: homes4animals@netidea.com
• Second Chance Animal Shelter
  
• Giving animals a second chance to find a loving, forever home or help them to remain in the home they already have.
  2124 Ymir Road
  Nelson, BC Canada V1L 6Y9
  Tel.: (250) 352 1232
  E-mail: secondchanceadoption@shaw.ca

Kamloops / Okanagan

• BCSPCA - Kamloops Branch
  — Serving Kamloops, Barriere, Savona, Logan Lake, Pritchard and Chase.
  1211 - 8th Street
  Kamloops, BC V2B 2Y3
  Tel.: (250) 376-7722
  Fax: (250) 376-7723
  E-mail: kamloopsspca@shawcable.com
• BCSPCA - Kelowna Branch
  — Serving Kelowna, Rutland, Joe Rich, Peachland, Westbank, Winfield and Oyama.
  3785 Casorso Road
  Kelowna, BC V1W 4M7
  Tel.: (250) 861-7722
  Fax: (250) 868-2830
• BCSPCA - Vernon & District Branch
  — Serving Vernon, Coldstream, Lumby, Armstrong and Falkland.
  4800 Haney Road
  Vernon, BC V1H 1P6
  Tel.: (250) 549-7297
  Fax: (250) 545-2910
  E-mail: vernon@spca.bc.ca
• Kamloops & District Humane Society
  — The Kamloops & District Humane Society is a registered charitable group which is made up of dedicated volunteers who have worked tirelessly on behalf of companion animals and their owners since 1993. We shelter and adopt out homeless pets as well as offering a low cost spay/neuter program.
  Kamloops, BC
  Tel.: 250-376-1366
  Email: kamloopshumanesociety@gmail.com

Cariboo / Northern BC

• 100 Mile House BC SPCA
  — Located in the South Cariboo region on Highway 97, 5 1/2 hours northeast of Vancouver, B.C.
  100 Mile House, BC
  Tel.: 250-395-5303
  E-mail: onehundredmilespca@yahoo.com
• Kitimat Community Humane Society
  — The Kitimat Community Humane Society is a locally funded shelter that takes in all animals. We work for the animals, to get them into proper homes where love is always provided. We have a no-kill policy as well as a vaccination policy, so no one leaves sick. We have a new website to get their adorable faces out there to the world, www.kitimathumanesociety.piczo.com.
  420 Enterprise Ave.
  Kitimat, BC
  Tel: 250-632-7373
  E-mail: kchs@monarch.net or kchs@caring4animals.com
• Northwest Animal Shelter
  — An all-volunteer domestic animal charity working to build an animal shelter in the Smithers area, to provide income-assisted spay and neuter services, to promote animal welfare education and outreach and do what we can to prevent neglect and abuse of our animal friends in the Bulkley Valley of northern British Columbia.
  Website: www.nwass.ca
  E-mail: smithersnwass@hotmail.com
• Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue
  — Turtle Gardens is a no-kill, non-profit animal rescue located in Topley B.C. Canada. See www.turtlegardens.org — This web site has a daily blog — or www.turtlegardens.petfinder.com.
  Tel.: (250) 696-3188
  E-mail: turtlegardens@gmail.com