Rescue cats for adoption and rehoming in and around Bristol

The Moggery is the one cat rescue we list inside the city: a volunteer-run shelter in Bishopston, opened in 1997. Bristol & Wales Cat Rescue keeps its cats with volunteer fosterers, and you meet a cat in its foster home.

Further out, Compassion for Cats has a purpose-built cattery at Oakhill in Somerset, about 16 miles south, and some of its cats go to farms and stables. Happy Landings Animal Rescue Centre near Shepton Mallet, Teckels Animal Sanctuaries in Gloucestershire and All Creatures Great and Small at Cwmbran, in south Wales, rehome cats too. Each profile here links to the rescue that cares for the cat, and you apply with them.

Bristol & Wales Cat Rescue publishes a minimum fee, £100 a cat for 2025,, Compassion for Cats asks a £150 adoption donation, and Teckels Animal Sanctuaries asks £90 for a cat and £120 for a kitten. All Creatures Great and Small, in south Wales, asks a £99 donation for a cat and £120 for a kitten under 12 months.

The Moggery charges no fee but asks for a generous donation towards your cat's vet bills, and its cats over 20 weeks are neutered, microchipped and treated for worms and fleas. Happy Landings Animal Rescue Centre publishes no fee, so ask it.

Each rescue sets its own adoption fee. Cats Protection says you can expect to pay £80 to £120 on average for an adult cat and £100 to £120 for a kitten, varying between its branches, and Blue Cross fees start from £150 for cats aged 4 months to 7 years. The fee usually covers neutering, microchipping and first vaccinations, and each rescue confirms its own fee.

The cat rescues around Bristol differ more than most, so read each one's rules before you call (The Moggery's adoption page).

• Homeowners with a garden. The Moggery homes only to homeowners in the wider Bristol area with a garden, a cat flap and a home away from a main road or bus route. Phone it for an appointment, as not every cat is online; when you choose a cat you can take it home the same day.
• No garden needed. Bristol & Wales Cat Rescue doesn't turn families away for a lack of outside space or a cat flap. A volunteer checks your home first, then you meet the cat in its foster home and may take it home there and then.
• Kittens in pairs. Bristol & Wales Cat Rescue homes kittens in pairs where possible, won't let a single kitten under 14 to 16 weeks go alone, and never homes kittens as indoor-only cats (its adoption page).
• Home check before reserving. Compassion for Cats reserves a cat only after a successful home check, then arranges for you to collect it or has it delivered.

These charities rehome cats in Bristol. We don't list their cats, so search their own sites (Cats Protection Bristol & District).

• Cats Protection Bristol & District is a volunteer branch covering most BS postcodes in and around the city; you enquire about a cat through its listing.
• Bristol Animal Rescue Centre in St Philips, the working name of the RSPCA's Bristol branch, rehomes cats too; search on its own site.

Bristol & Wales Cat Rescue suggests putting a paper collar on the cat and knocking on nearby doors first, then taking it to a vet to be scanned for a microchip, which costs nothing and needs no appointment. In England a pet cat must now be microchipped, so a scan is the quickest way home.

The council stray service is for dogs: in England, section 149 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 deals with stray dogs, not cats. Cats Protection Bristol & District helps with lost and found cats in the Bristol area.

Looking for a kitten? The kittens page lists every kitten near Bristol today, and there are pages too for older cats, indoor cats and bonded pairs. A Trowbridge cats page starts with the cats nearest that town.

Need to rehome your own cat instead? Our Bristol rehoming page covers Bristol & Wales Cat Rescue's waiting list and the Cats Protection branch for your postcode.