Adopt a local rescue
dog or cat in the UK.

We bring together dogs, cats and rabbits listed by UK rescues and rehoming centres, so you can search them in one place. Each profile links to the rescue, and you apply to adopt with them. The rescue runs its own application, home check and adoption fee.

Yes. Searching is free, and we do not charge rescues to be listed. Adoption fees are set and taken by each rescue, not by us.

We have city pages for Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Brecon, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Carlisle, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Ipswich, Kendal, Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Wales, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Perth, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Preston, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea, Taunton, Truro and Worcester, county pages for Cheshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Pembrokeshire, South Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire and Worcestershire, and pages for the whole of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. More towns and cities will follow as we add rescues.

Listings are updated regularly from each rescue’s own adoption pages. Animals are often reserved quickly, so always check with the rescue that the one you like is still available.

No. We do not rehome animals ourselves or take applications. We point you to the rescue or rehoming centre that cares for each animal, and they arrange everything with you.

No. LocalPetFinder is an independent UK website and is not connected with Petfinder. We bring together dogs, cats and rabbits from UK rescues and rehoming centres, and every profile links to the rescue that cares for the animal, so you apply with them directly.

Pets4Homes describes itself as the UK’s largest online pet marketplace, connecting buyers with breeders as well as shelters and charities. LocalPetFinder is for adoption: our listings come from rescues and rehoming centres and from owners rehoming their own pet, each checked by a reviewer before it goes live. We do not take adverts from breeders.

No. We do not list the RSPCA’s animals, at its national centres or its branches. To see them, use RSPCA Find a Pet, the RSPCA’s own search for animals in its centres and branches across England and Wales.

Yes. If you need to rehome your dog, the rehoming page lets you submit a free listing that appears alongside rescue dogs. Your contact email stays private; potential adopters reach you through the platform. A person checks it before it goes live, usually within a day.

Yes, and it is free. Every animal links back to your own adoption page, and you can ask to be removed at any time. How listing works.