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Nova Scotia 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 regions in Nova Scotia. Please note that some of these listings do provide rescue services/foster care throughout the province and/or in regions beyond their listing.

• Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS)
  — Formed to supplement the work of the County of Annapolis and the Towns of Annapolis Royal, Bridgetown and Middleton in the humane treatment of stray or abandoned companion animals.
  Annapolis County, NS
  Tel.: (902)825-2343
• TLC Animal Shelter
  — To promote responsible, caring and compassionate attitudes towards animals.
  Digby County, NS
  Phone: 902-245-2303

• Cape Breton SPCA
  — Serving the entire Island of Cape Breton.
  401 East Broadway
  Sydney, NS
  E-mail: cbspca@ns.sympatico.ca
• Saving Animals At Risk
  — A small animal rescue group whose mission is saving the animals at risk of being euthanized in Nova Scotia.
  E-mail: almacisaac@hotmail.com

• Animal Rescue Coalitions
  — Dedicated to the care and protection of domesticated animals in the community and outlying areas. ARC provides temporary care and shelter to helpless animals in distress whether abandoned, homeless or relinquished. ARC is not a shelter — Animals are fostered with people who take them into their home until they are adopted.
  Halifax, NS
  E-mail: arc@seabright.ca
• Bide Awhile
  — Humane Shelter for Lost and Homeless Animals
  12 Eaton Avenue
  Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X5
  Tel.: 902-469-9578
• Litters 'n Critters Animal Rescue Society
  — Litters 'n Critters Animal Rescue Society is a registered society and a not for profit association that is dedicated solely to the well being of all animals, big and small that were either abandoned or relinquished by their owners. We are an independent, self governed animal rescue organization that has members located in the Halifax, Truro and Cape Breton areas and we serve all parts of Nova Scotia. We do not have a shelter but we rely on the fostering process. Litters 'n Critters is a 100% volunteer organization.
  E-mail: littersncritters@eastlink.ca
• Nova Scotia SPCA
  — Dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals and to the promotion of respect and humane care for animals. "We speak for those who cannot speak for themselves."
  Provincial Office
  1600 Bedford Highway, Suite 422
  Bedford, NS B4A 1E8
  Tel.: 902-835-4798
  Fax: 902-835-7885
  E-Mail: animals@spcans.ca

• The Lillian Allbon Animal Shelter - Cumberland County
  — An independent shelter which cares for and rehomes stray or neglected dogs and cats in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
  668 Smith Rd, Amherst
  Cumberland County,
  Nova Scotia, Canada B4H 3Y4
  Tel.: (902) 661 7297
  E-mail: loukir@ns.sympatico.ca

• P.E.T. Projects
  — A branch of the Beulah Burman Memorial Animal Shelter Society made up by a group of compassionate, caring and dedicated human beings from throughout Shelburne County, Nova Scotia with the motto: "To help one animal at a time."
  Shelburne, NS
  E-mail: animaladvocates@hotmail.com
• Queen's County SPCA
  Liverpool, NS
  Email: qspca@hotmail.com
• S.H.A.I.D. Tree Animal Shelter
  — Provides temporary care and shelter to helpless animals in distress, be they abandoned, homeless or relinquished and we attempt to place as many as possible into responsible and caring homes.
  Bridgewater, NS
  Tel.: Phone: 902-543-4849
  E-mail: shaidtreeanimalshelter@yahoo.ca

• Yarmouth SPCA
  — A branch of the Nova Scotia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Yarmouth SPCA rescues and takes care of abused, abandoned, homeless animals and attempts to find good homes for the unwanted and healthy animals in their care.
  298 Hardscratch Road
  Yarmouth, NS
  Tel.: 902-742-9767
  E-mail: spcapets@hotmail.com