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Alley Cat Allies

Bethesda, MD

Since 1990, Alley Cat Allies has led the movement to protect and improve the lives of all cats through humane, evidence-based programs including Trap-Neuter-Return, spay/neuter advocacy, disaster response, and shelter partnerships.

Cats only501(c)(3)
Shelter

Animal Care Shelter for Kent County

Chestertown, MD

Kent County, Maryland's only animal shelter providing food, shelter, medical care, and adoption services for cats, dogs, and small pets in need. The organization also operates community support programs including a food pantry, lost-and-found services, and animal welfare investigations.

Offers fostering501(c)(3)
Shelter

Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS)

Baltimore, MD

BARCS is an open-admission animal shelter serving the Baltimore City community, dedicated to preserving, reuniting, and creating new families for homeless animals. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, they provide adoption services, family-preservation programs, and comprehensive shelter care.

No-killOffers fostering501(c)(3)
Rescue

Cat Rescue of Maryland, Inc.

Home-based / foster network — serves the Baltimore, MD area

Cat Rescue of Maryland specializes in rescuing and rehoming cats, with a particular focus on feral and community cats. The organization emphasizes spay/neuter services to reduce suffering and create capacity for additional rescues.

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Foster network

Chesapeake Rescue Alliance

Mechanicsville, MD

A foster-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that protects animals in the Chesapeake Bay area by connecting them to safe homes, providing veterinary care, and offering foster, adoption, spay/neuter, trap-neuter-return, and community education services.

Offers fostering501(c)(3)
Foster network

LOVEPAWS

Home-based / foster network — serves the Rockville, MD area

LOVEPAWS helps underdogs and cats in under-resourced homes, on the streets, and in shelters in their community, with a focus on pit bulls in Prince George's County. They operate a foster-based rescue with adoption services and community support programs.

Offers fostering501(c)(3)
Foster network

Petey and Furends

Home-based / foster network — serves the Rockville, MD area

Petey and Furends is a certified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 84-4819015) no-kill animal rescue organization that is dedicated to reducing instances of neglect, abuse, and homelessness in companion animals. To do this, we use research- and evidence-based practices to facilitate a matchmakin

KittensOffers fostering501(c)(3)
Rescue

Shadow Cats TNR (fka Best Friends in Harford County)

Harford County, MD

Shadow Cats TNR is a cat rescue and TNR organization dedicated to assisting animals in need in Harford County through trap-neuter-return services, adoption programs, and reduced-cost spay/neuter clinics.

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Spay Spa & Neuter Nook

Crofton, MD

A low-cost, non-profit spay/neuter clinic serving rescue and shelter partners since 2001, with a mission to eliminate euthanasia of community animals through affordable veterinary care.

501(c)(3)
Shelter

St. Mary's Animal Welfare League (SMAWL)

Leonardtown, MD

St. Mary's Animal Welfare League operates the Cat Castle Rescue Center, an adoption-focused facility dedicated to rehoming adult cats and kittens through volunteer-driven rescue efforts.

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The Animal Welfare League of Frederick County

Frederick, MD

All-volunteer animal rescue and welfare organization established in 2002 committed to rescuing animals, finding them loving homes, and promoting humane treatment. Operating under the philosophy that every animal deserves a loving home and that euthanasia is neither acceptable nor humane.

No-killOffers fostering501(c)(3)
Foster network

The Feline Rescue Association

Owings Mills, MD

A network of cat-loving volunteers in Baltimore providing love, food, shelter, and medical care to cats and kittens through foster homes and adoption services.

Cats onlyOffers fostering501(c)(3)

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