Animal Rescues in Ohio
Listings updated 01/20/2024
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Ohio Rescues Listed by City or Town
| City | Category | Name | Address/Location | Zip Code | Phone | Web Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron | Cats + Dogs | One of a Kind Pet Rescue | 1929 West Market Street | 44313-6911 | (330) 865-6200 | https://www.oneofakindpets.com/ |
| Amelia | Cats | Clermont Pets Alive | 1250 Ohio Pike, Suite 201 | 45102-1239 | (513) 279-2276 | https://clermontpetsalive.org/ |
| Ashland | Cats + Dogs | Humane Society of Ashland County | P.O. Box 114 | 44805-0114 | (419) 281-4722 | https://www.ashlandhumane.org/ |
| Ashland | Dogs | Ashland County Dog Shelter | 1740 Baney Road | 44805-3550 | (419) 289-1455 | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068862654477 |
| Athens | Dogs + Horses | Bella Run Equine | 4664 Pleasant Hill Road | 45701-9573 | (740) 707-0793 | https://bellarunequine.org/ |
| Athens | Horses | Last Chance Corral | 5350 Old Rt 33 | 45701-9504 | (740) 594-4336 | https://lastchancecorral.org/ |
| Batavia | Cats + Dogs | League for Animal Welfare | 4193 Taylor Road | 45103-9792 | (513) 735-2299 | https://www.lfaw.org/ |
| Brecksville | Parrots + Other Birds | A-Parrot to A-Flamingo, Inc. Parrot Rescue | P.O. Box 41414 | 44141-0414 | https://sites.google.com/site/aparrottoaflamingo/ | |
| Bucyrus | Cats + Dogs | Crawford County Humane Society | 3590 State Route 98 | 44820-9607 | (419) 562-9149 | https://www.crawfordhumane.com/ |
| Canfield | Cats + Dogs | Angels for Animals | 4750 West South Range Road | 44406-9419 | (330) 549-1111 | https://www.angelsforanimals.org/ |
| Cincinnati | Cats | Heartt Animal Refuge | 11354 Reading Road | 45241-2249 | (513) 602-7729 | https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/oh/cincinnati/heartt-animal-refuge-oh730/ |
| Cincinnati | Cats | OAR (Ohio Alleycat Resource & spay-neuter clinic) | 5619 Orlando Place | 45227-2201 | (513) 871-0185 | http://www.ohioalleycat.org/ |
| Cincinnati | Cats | The Scratching Post | 6948 Plainfield Road | 45236-3734 | (513) 984-6369 | https://www.thescratchingpost.org/ |
| Cincinnati | Cats + Dogs | Save the Animals Foundation | 4011 Red Bank Road | 45227-3415 | (513) 561-7823 | https://www.staf.org/ |
| Cincinnati | Cats + Dogs | Peppermint Pig Animal Rescue | 8454 Beechmont Avenue | 45255-4707 | https://peppermintpiganimalrescue.org/ | |
| Cleveland | Cats + Dogs + Small Anmls | Cleveland Animal Protective League | 1729 Willey Avenue | 44113-4302 | (216) 771-4616 | https://clevelandapl.org/ |
| Columbia Station | Cats + Dogs | Berea ARF (Animal Rescue Friends) | 10015 East River Road | 44028-9083 | (440) 234-2034 | https://www.bereaanimalrescue.com/ |
| Columbus | Cats | Cat Welfare Association | 741 Wetmore Road | 43214-2255 | (614) 268-6096 | https://catwelfareassoc.org/ |
| Columbus | Cats + Dogs | Pets Without Parents | 629 Oakland Park Avenue | 43214-4127 | (614) 267-7297 | https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/oh/columbus/pets-without-parents-columbus-oh64/ |
| Columbus | Cats + Dogs | CHA Animal Shelter | 3765 Corporate Drive | 43231-4964 | (614) 891-5280 | https://www.chaanimalshelter.org/ |
| Columbus | Dogs | Franklin County Dog Shelter & Adoption Center | 4340 Tamarack Blvd | 43229-6709 | (614) 525-3647 | https://dogs.franklincountyohio.gov/ |
| Columbus | Rabbits | Ohio House Rabbit Rescue | 5485 North High Street | 43214-1127 | (614) 263-8557 | https://www.ohiohouserabbitrescue.org/ |
| Coshocton | Cats + Dogs | Coshocton County Humane Society | P.O. Box 11 | 43812-0011 | (740) 575-5829 | https://www.coshoctoncohumanesociety.org/ |
| Cuyahoga Falls | Cats + Dogs | Paws and Prayers Pet Rescue | P.O. Box 67166 | 44222-7166 | (330) 475-8300 | https://pawsandprayers.org/ |
| Dayton | Cats + Dogs + Small Anmls | Humane Society of Greater Dayton | 1661 Nicholas Road | 45417-6714 | (937) 268-7387 | https://hsdayton.org/ |
| Defiance | Cats | Friends of Felines Rescue Center | 14597 Power Dam Road | 43512-6806 | (419) 393-2400 | https://www.fofrescue.org/ |
| Delaware | Cats + Dogs + Small Anmls | Humane Society of Delaware County | 4920 State Route 37 E | 43015-9639 | (740) 369-7387 | https://www.hsdcohio.org/ |
| Dublin | Cats + Dogs | Colony Cats and Dogs | 2740 Festival Lane | 43017-2359 | (614) 570-0471 | https://www.colonycats.org/ |
| Euclid | Cats + Dogs | Euclid Pet Pals | 25100 Lakeland Blvd | 44132-2629 | (216) 289-2057 | https://euclidpetpals.net/ |
| Grafton | Horses | Angels Haven Horse Rescue | 13297 Durkee Road | 44044-1125 | (440) 781-5060 | https://www.facebook.com/Angels.Haven.Horse/ |
| Greenville | Dogs | Darke County Animal Shelter (County No-Kill shelter) | 5066 County Home Road | 45331-9753 | (937) 547-1645 | https://www.darkecountyanimalshelter.com/ |
| Hamilton | Cats + Dogs | Animal Adption Foundation | 2480 Ross Millville Road | 45013-9536 | (513) 737-7387 | https://aafpets.org/ |
| Heath | Cats + Dogs | Licking County Humane Society | 825 Thornwood Drive | 43056-9320 | (740) 323-2100 | https://lchspets.org/ |
| Lebanon | Cats | LINK Animal Rescue | P.O. Box 44 | 45036-0044 | https://www.facebook.com/linkanimalrescue/ | |
| Lima | Cats + Dogs | Ohio SPCA | 3606 Elida Road | 45807-1539 | (419) 991-1775 | https://www.ohiospca.org/ |
| Louisville | Cats + Dogs | Stark County Humane Society | 5100 Peach Street | 44641-9333 | (330) 453-5529 | https://www.facebook.com/HumaneStark/ |
| Maineville | Cats + Dogs | Myles Ahead Animal Sanctuary and Rescue | 7773 Old 3C Hwy | 45039-8712 | (513) 440-7330 | https://mylesaheadrescue.org/ |
| Mansfield | Cats + Dogs | Mid-Ohio Animal Welfare League | P.O. Box 3842 | 44907-3842 | https://www.facebook.com/midohioawl | |
| Mansfield | Cats + Dogs | Humane Society of Richland County | 3025 Park Avenue West | 44906-1043 | (419) 774-4795 | https://adoptourstrays.com/ |
| Marion | Cats + Dogs | Marion Area Humane Society | 2264 Richland Road | 43302-8475 | (740) 389-6548 | https://mahspets.org/ |
| Marysville | Cats + Dogs + Horse +Farm | Sunrise Sanctuary | 16730 Martin Welch Road | 43040-9215 | (937) 578-8771 | https://www.sunrisesanctuary.org/ |
| Marysville | Horses | Re-Ride Quarter Horse Adoption Program | 12401 US Highway 36 | 43040-8804 | (937) 499-4898 | https://www.reridequarterhorseadoption.com/ |
| Massillon | Horses | Copper Horse Crusade | 13258 Barrs Street SW | 44647-9720 | (740) 601-2752 | https://www.facebook.com/CopperHorseCrusade/ |
| Maumee | Cats + Dogs + Small Anmls | Toledo Humane Society | 827 Illinois Avenue | 43537-1713 | (419) 891-0705 | https://toledohumane.org/ |
| Monroe | Cats + Dogs | PAWS Adoption Center | 6302 Crossings Blvd | 45050-1787 | (513) 539-7297 | https://www.pawsadoptioncenter.org/ |
| Mount Gilead | Dogs | Morrow County Dog Shelter | 115 Young Avenue | 43338 | (419) 946-1747 | https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/oh/mount-gilead/morrow-county-dog-shelter-oh395/ |
| Mount Vernon | Cats | KCHS-CATS | 400 Columbus Road | 43050-4424 | (740) 392-2287 | https://www.knoxhumanesociety.org/ |
| New Carlisle | Horses | New Vocations Race Horse Adoption Program | 8390 Lower Valley Pike (See site for other locations) | 45344-8902 | (937) 470-7296 | https://www.horseadoption.com/ |
| Novelty | Cats + Dogs + Horse+Small | Rescue Village | 15463 Chillicothe Road | 44072-9646 | (440) 338-4819 | https://www.rescuevillage.org/ |
| Parma | Cats + Dogs | Northeast Ohio SPCA | 9555 Brookpark Road | 44129-6825 | (216) 351-7387 | https://northeastohiospca.org/ |
| Portsmouth | Cats + Dogs | Sierra’s Haven For New and Used Pets | 80 Easter Drive | 45662-8659 | (740) 353-5100 | http://www.sierrashaven.org/ |
| Powell | Cats | Cozy Cat Cottage Adoption Center | 10344 Sawmill Road | 43065-3547 | (614) 336-8510 | https://www.cozycatcottage.org/ |
| Powell | Dogs | PAWS (Powell Animal Welfare Society) | P.O. Box 211 | 43065-0211 | (614) 354-5480 | https://powellpaws.org/ |
| Sidney | Cats + Dogs | Shelby County Animal Shelter | 610 Gearhart Road | 45365-9404 | (937) 498-7201 | https://co.shelby.oh.us/162/Animal-Shelter |
| Toledo | Cats | Paws and Whiskers Cat Shelter | 32 Hillwyck Drive | 43615-5814 | (419) 536-1914 | https://www.pawsandwhiskers.org/ |
| Toledo | Cats + Dogs | Toledo Animal Rescue | 640 Wyman Street | 43609-1112 | (419) 382-1130 | https://toledoanimalrescue.org/ |
| Toledo | Horses + Cats | Voice For Horses Rescue | P.O. Box 566 | 43697-0566 | (419) 350-4195 | https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/oh/toledo/voice-for-horses-rescue-network-oh83/ |
| Troy | Cats + Dogs | Miami County Animal Shelter | 1110 North County Road 25A | 45373-1355 | (937) 332-6919 | https://www.co.miami.oh.us/110/Animal-Shelter |
| Urbana | Cats | Paws Animal Shelter | 1535 West US Highway 36 | 43078-9676 | (937) 653-6233 | https://pawsurbana.com/ |
| Valley View | Dogs | Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter | 9500 Sweet Valley Drive | 44125-4238 | (216) 525-7877 | https://www.cuyahogadogs.com/ |
| Wooster | Dogs | Wayne County Dog Shelter Adoption Center | 5694 Burbank Road | 44691-9009 | (330) 345-1018 | https://www.waynedogshelter.org/ |
| Xenia | Cats | Advocates 4 Animals, Inc. | P.O. Box 13 | 45385-0013 | https://www.advocates4animals.com/ | |
| Youngstown | Cats | West Side Cats | 4305 Market Street | 44512-1509 | (330) 792-4228 | https://westsidecats.org/ |
| Zanesville | Cats + Dogs | Animal Shelter Society | 1430 Newark Road | 43701-2625 | (740) 452-1077 | https://www.animalsheltersociety.org/ |