Please contact the shelters and rescues below to adopt a homeless animal.

To maintain this very large list of shelters is a huge undertaking for our small staff. If you find any of the information below is incorrect or outdated, or to add a shelter, please let us know via our CONTACT FORM. In your correspondence, please mention the organization and the state.

2 Paws Up, Raleigh 27627

A Cat's Tale, Raleigh 27613

Adkins Pet Center, Iron Station 28080

Alamance County Animal Control, Graham 27253

Alexander Animal Action League, Taylorsville 28681

All Creatures Great & Small, Hendersonville 28792

All Dogs' Heaven, Troutman 28166

Alleghany County Animal Control, Sparta 28675

Animal Adoption and Rescue Foundation, Clemmons 27012

Animal Center of Davidson County, Lexington 27293

Animal Compassion Network, Skyland 28776

Animal Fund, Charlotte 28075

Animal Haven of Asheville, Asheville 28815

Animal League of Gaston County, Gastonia 28055

Animal Protection Society of Durham County, Durham 27704

Animal Protection Society of Orange County, Mebane 27302

Animal Protection Society of Person County, Inc., Roxboro 27573

Animal Rescue & Foster Program, Greensboro 27417

Animal Rescue and Relief, Inc., Charlotte 28213

Animal Kind, Raleigh 27605

Anson County Animal Shelter, Wadesboro 28170

Anson County Humane and Rescue Society, Wadesboro 28110

Ashe County Animal Control, Crumpler 28617

Ashe County Humane Society, West Jefferson 28694

Asheville Animal Shelters, Asheville 28801

Asheville Animal Welfare Organizations, Asheville 28801

Asheville Humane Society, Asheville 28806

Avery County Humane Society & Animal Shelter, Newland 28657

Beaufort County Animal Shelter, Washington 27889

Bertie County Animal Shelter, Windsor 27983

Bertie County Humane Society, Powellsville 27967

Best Buddies Companion Rescue & Adoption, Pittsboro 27312

Best Friend Pet Adoption, Cary 27512

Bird's Nest Rabbit Rescue, Raleigh 27608

Bladen County Animal Shelter, Elizabethtown 28337

Brevard Humane Society, Brevard 28712

Browns Fur Friends Rescues, High Point 27262

Brunswick County Animal Shelter, Supply 28462

Burlington Animal Shelter / Pet Adoption Center, Haw River 27258

Cabarrus Animal Protection Association, Concord 28027

Cabarrus County Animal Control, Concord 28025

Cabarrus County Animal Shelter, Concord 28026

Cabarrus Pets Society, Concord 28027

Caldwell County Animal Control, Lenoir 28645

Caldwell Humane Society, Lenoir 28645

Carolina Animal Action, Asheville 28815

Carolina Animal Protection Society, Jacksonville 28540

Carolina Animal Rescue & Adoption, Sanford 27330

Carolina Animal Rescue Experts - CARE, Cramerton 28032

Carolina Border Collie Rescue, Greensboro 27427

Carolina Boxer Rescue, Wilmington 28411

Carolina Dal Pals Dalmatian Rescue, Inc., Ocean Isle 28469