LocalPetFinder aggregates adoptable cats from rescue shelters across Melbourne and surrounding areas. Each shelter listed below operates independently and handles all adoption applications, meet-and-greets and final decisions. Listings update regularly, so you always see the latest available cats.
Select any shelter to see their currently available cats, learn about their work, and find a direct link to their website.
Forever Friends Animal Rescue
Forever Friends Animal Rescue is a Victorian rescue that places dogs, cats and other animals in volunteer foster homes, plus a rural sanctuary, rather...
The Lost Dogs' Home
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 N...
Australian Animal Protection Society
The Australian Animal Protection Society (AAPS) is an ACNC-registered charity and animal shelter at Keysborough in south-east Melbourne, rescuing, car...
RSPCA Victoria
RSPCA Victoria rehomes dogs, cats and other animals through its Burwood and Peninsula adoption centres and partner sites across greater Melbourne. Pro...
wat djerring Animal Facility (City of Whittlesea)
wat djerring is the City of Whittlesea's animal facility in Melbourne's north. It rehomes dogs and cats that come into the council's care and are not ...
Animal Aid
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 B...
Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Animal Shelter
The Mornington Peninsula Shire runs its own community animal shelter and pound, rehoming dogs and cats from across the Peninsula that are not reclaime...
Geelong Animal Welfare Society
The Geelong Animal Welfare Society runs the region's main animal shelter at Moolap, plus a foster program, rehoming dogs, cats and puppies from Geelon...
Lort Smith
Lort Smith is a Melbourne animal hospital and rescue that has operated since 1936, rehoming dogs and cats through its North Melbourne site and Campbel...
Save-A-Dog Scheme
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 a...
Blue Cross Animals Society of Victoria
Blue Cross Animals Society of Victoria is an animal shelter at Wonga Park in Melbourne's outer east, rehoming cats and dogs. Each cat has a full write...
Cat Protection Society of Victoria
The Cat Protection Society of Victoria is a cat-only shelter at 200 Elder Street, Greensborough, in Melbourne's north-east, rehoming stray, abandoned ...
Melton City Council Animal Pound
Melton City Council's animal pound at the Municipal Depot in Melton, in Melbourne's west, rehomes impounded dogs and cats that are not reclaimed. Ever...