Adopt a Pet in Northern Virginia

📍 Sterling, VA

🐾 Cats

Cat and kitten rescue network based in Virginia with over 30 years of saving animal lives in the DMV area. Provides safe, loving foster homes for homeless cats and kittens while they await forever fam

📍 Woodbridge, VA

🐾 Cats

Entirely volunteer-run cat rescue with fosters near Woodbridge and Alexandria, VA, and a community cat sanctuary in Culpeper. Focuses on getting cats and kittens off the streets and into forever famil

📍 Arlington, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats, Small animals, Wildlife

Open-admission shelter serving Arlington County, VA. Part of the DC metro rescue ecosystem with comprehensive adoption and community programs.

📍 Falls Church, VA

🐾 Rabbits

Domestic rabbit rescue and education organization operating primarily in Northern Virginia and the metropolitan Washington DC area. Promotes rabbit welfare through adoption and public education.

📍 Chantilly, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats

100% volunteer, foster-based rescue with a network spanning Northern Virginia, DC, Maryland, and PA. Dedicated to saving homeless and abandoned dogs and cats from high-kill shelters and other high-ris

📍 Alexandria, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats, Small animals

Municipal animal services division for Alexandria, Virginia. Provides adoption, animal control, and community resources for City of Alexandria residents.

📍 Manassas, VA

🐾 Dogs

Foster-based dog rescue serving the Manassas and Prince William County area. Rescues dogs from local shelters and high-kill facilities, placing them in foster homes until adoption.

📍 Springfield, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats

All-volunteer, foster-based rescue operating in Northern Virginia and the DC metro area. Saves dogs and cats from shelters and places them through a network of loving foster families.

📍 Fairfax, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, Small animals

The primary animal shelter for Fairfax County, Virginia. Provides sheltering, adoption, and animal control services for one of the most populous counties in the DC metro area.

📍 Alexandria, VA

🐾 Rabbits

All-volunteer, nonprofit rabbit rescue group based in the Washington DC / Baltimore metro area. Rescues rabbits from overwhelmed local shelters and fosters them in volunteer homes until adoption.

📍 Fairfax, VA

🐾 Dogs

Northern breed dog rescue based in Fairfax, Virginia. Specializes in rescuing Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Samoyeds, and other northern breeds from shelters and owner surrenders across the DMV

📍 Fairfax, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats

Saves dogs and cats from high-kill shelters in the rural South and places them through a network of foster homes in the DC metro area.

📍 Fairfax, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats, Small animals

Nonprofit humane society serving Fairfax County, Virginia. Provides sheltering, adoption, and animal welfare services separate from the county government animal shelter.

📍 Falls Church, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats

All-volunteer rescue saving over 3,000 dogs and cats annually from kill shelters. Operates through a massive foster network in the DC metro area.

📍 Woodbridge, VA

🐾 Dogs

Labrador Retriever rescue based in Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia. Rescues Labs and Lab mixes from overcrowded shelters and surrenders, providing foster care and finding them forever fami

📍 Arlington, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats

All-volunteer, foster-based rescue saving dogs and cats from high-kill shelters. One of the largest rescue organizations in the DC area.

📍 Arlington, VA

🐾 Cats, Dogs

Foster-based rescue organization based in Arlington, Virginia. Partners with local shelters and rescue groups to save cats and dogs at risk of euthanasia, placing them in foster homes throughout North

📍 Alexandria, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats

All-breed dog and cat rescue operating throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland, DC, and southern Pennsylvania. Devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating, and placing animals from high-kill shelters in the so

📍 Manassas, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, Small animals

County animal shelter serving Prince William County in Northern Virginia. Provides adoption, animal control, and community services for one of the fastest-growing counties in the region.

📍 Manassas, VA

🐾 Cats, Dogs

SPCA serving Prince William County and the Manassas area of Northern Virginia. Provides adoption, rescue, and community animal welfare services separate from the county government shelter.

📍 Herndon, VA

🐾 Dogs

All-volunteer, foster-based dog rescue serving Northern Virginia. Specializes in rescuing small and medium dogs from high-kill shelters in the region.

📍 Alexandria, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats

Foster-based rescue serving Northern Virginia. Saves animals from high-kill shelters and finds them permanent homes through adoption events and an extensive volunteer foster network.

📍 Reston, VA

🐾 Cats

Foster-based cat rescue headquartered in Northern Virginia. Focuses on saving cats from overcrowded shelters, TNR programs, and kitten socialization for adoption.

📍 Springfield, VA

🐾 Dogs, Cats

Nonprofit animal rescue saving cats and dogs from high-kill shelters across the United States. Foster-based and located in the Washington DC metro area, rescuing animals in need since 2014.

📍 Alexandria, VA

🐾 Dogs

Pit bull focused rescue based in Alexandria, Virginia. Dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming pit bulls and pit bull mixes from area shelters, countering breed discrimination through advo

📍 Vienna, VA

🐾 Dogs

Established nonprofit facilitating transport, foster, and adoption of rescued dogs and puppies across Virginia, DC, and Maryland. Known for their dedicated foster community and social media presence.