Victorian Canine Rescue was founded in 2004.  Each year hundreds of dogs are surrended, dumped, or left unclaimed and wind up in our already over-crowded, under-funded shelters or pounds.  The staff and volunteers are over worked and under appreciated for all that they do for the dogs in their care, and with the time limits placed on the dogs due to all of the above reasons, many of them are euthanised each week.

We are a small group of people who care about the fate of hurt, abandoned and starving animals. We care enough to keep reminding people that it is really not difficult to behave responsibly toward their companion animals. That includes seeing that their pets are not left to breed indiscriminately, that they remain confined to their own property and are not left to roam alone, and are registered to enable them to be returned promptly to their home if they should get out and run free.

Purple Parrot Bird Rescue is non-profit bird shelter. We have numerous spacious aviaries to take in rescued, unwanted, and orphaned birds from all over Melbourne and surrounds.

The AAPS was first incorporated in 1972 to address the need for an animal shelter in the South Eastern region of Melbourne, Victoria.  The shelter handles mainly dogs and cats and aims to return as many as possible to their owners or re-home them to good homes. Although most animals in our care are dogs and cats we accept ALL animals including native animals, farm animals, birds, ferrets, mice, rabbits and other domesticated animals.

Halfway Home Animal Rescue Inc. is a registered charitable organisation and an all-breed dog and cat rescue which is staffed by volunteers and entirely funded by public donations that go straight into helping animals in our care. We rely upon a network of volunteer foster homes that care for the rescue animals while a forever home is being found.

Rescued With Love Inc. is a fully registered, not for profit organization.  We are a group of foster carers who help rescue unwanted dogs from Pounds and Shelters.  We have all their vet work done and then care for them in our homes, and teach them how to be a loved well mannered pet.  We then find the best possible home suitable for their needs.

The Victorian Animal Aid Trust (Animal Aid) is an Animal Welfare organisation dedicated to the care of all lost, unwanted and abused animals, and is bound by the Code of Practice for Animal Shelters.

Victorian Dog Rescue and Resource Group Inc (VicDRG) is a not for profit organisation whose purpose is to decrease the number of dogs euthanased in Victorian pounds each year. Nearly all these dogs could be rehomed and end up in pounds and shelters through no fault of their own. We cannot save them all - but we can try.

Pets Haven is a registered animal shelter that is devoted to rescuing lost and abandoned animals from pounds across Victoria and re-homing them with loving new families. If you are looking for a new companion please visit, give us a call, or check the adoption pages to see our animals who are looking for new homes and we are open 7 days a week for adoptions.