Forever Friends Animal Rescue

RSPCA Victoria rehomes dogs, cats and other animals through its Burwood and Peninsula adoption centres and partner sites across greater Melbourne. Profiles list breed, age, sex, microchip number and the adoption fee, and every animal is health checked, microchipped, wormed and desexed before adoption.

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Lort Smith is a Melbourne animal hospital and rescue that has operated since 1936, rehoming dogs and cats through its North Melbourne site and Campbellfield adoption hub. Each profile lists life stage, sex and size along with compatibility notes. Lort Smith does not publish breed for its rescue animals.

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Animal Aid is a Victorian animal welfare organisation with its main shelter at Coldstream in the Yarra Valley and further adoption sites at Sale and Bairnsdale in Gippsland. Each profile lists the animal's age, sex and breed with a detailed write-up from the shelter team. LocalPetFinder lists the animals at the Coldstream shelter.

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Save-A-Dog Scheme is a long-running no-kill rescue in Glen Iris that rehomes dogs and cats across Melbourne. Profiles group animals by size and coat and list breed, sex, age and the adoption fee, with a detailed temperament write-up for each. Every animal is desexed, vaccinated and microchipped before adoption.

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The Australian Animal Protection Society (AAPS) is an ACNC-registered charity and animal shelter at Keysborough in south-east Melbourne, rescuing, caring for and rehoming cats and dogs across Victoria, with an on-site vet clinic, grooming salon and cat boarding. Each profile publishes the shelter's own answers on child, dog and cat compatibility, activity level and weight, so you can tell before enquiring whether a pet suits your home.

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The Lost Dogs' Home is one of Australia's oldest and largest animal shelters, caring for and rehoming dogs and cats in Melbourne since 1910 from its North Melbourne and Cranbourne West shelters. Each profile lists breed, age, sex, colour and the adoption fee, along with the shelter's own notes on which children and other pets the animal can live with. Every animal is health checked, desexed and microchipped before adoption.

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