Animal Charities in your state of VA
Certified Humane - Middleburg

Certified Humane

Cattle must have access to pasture, chickens & turkeys must be cage-free, pigs must be free to move and root naturally. We provide scientifically based, practical husbandry solutions (with no antibiotics or hormones) for farmers to raise animals humanely.
Cheetah Conservation Fund - Alexandria

Cheetah Conservation Fund

The world's fastest land animal is running out of time! Please help us save the wild cheetah from extinction and preserve its wilderness habitat. Using innovative conservation methods to protect the welfare of both cheetah and human populations.
PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - Norfolk

PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Your gift makes a kinder world for farm animals, dogs, cats, wildlife, and all domestic & wild animals, through undercover investigations, rescues, humane education, spay and neuter, and high-profile advocacy campaigns.
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4 Paws for Ability

4 Paws for Ability

4 Paws for Ability provides life-changing service dogs to children and veterans with disabilities. Our service dogs are trained to assist those with autism, seizure disorders, diabetes, hearing impairments, mobility impairment, and more.
Alley Cat Allies

Alley Cat Allies

Alley Cat Allies' mission is to transform and develop communities to protect and improve the lives of cats. Our three main program areas are: humane care and outreach, law and policy, and advocacy.
Alley Cat Rescue, Inc.

Alley Cat Rescue, Inc.

ACR's programs educate the public about the care of cats & kittens, assist with spay & neuter resources, coordinate pet adoptions, teach humane methods of feline population control, and help stop the spread of zoonotic diseases to humans.
American Humane Society

American Humane Society

American Humane is First to Serve animals in need of rescue, shelter, or care. From our lifesaving rescue and military programs to our humane farm, conservation and filmed media certifications, our programs promote the safety and welfare of animals.
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The AKC Canine Health Foundation is dedicated to advancing the health of all dogs by funding scientific research and supporting the dissemination of health information to prevent, treat, and cure canine disease.
Animal Charities of America

Animal Charities of America

Protecting wild animals and their habitats, including apes, monkeys, tigers, cheetahs, pandas, wolves, to farm animal advocacy for cows, pigs, poultry and ducks. Rescuing dogs, horses and cats. Training canine assistance dogs, supporting no-kill shelters.
Animal Crisis Care

Animal Crisis Care

From Crisis to Care. Help animals rescued from natural disasters, cruelty and neglect, domestic violence survivors seeking safety with pets, pets with life threatening illnesses. Our programs include emergency shelter and financial support. (aka RedRover)
Animal League America

Animal League America

Rescue, Nurture, Adopt & Educate - Animal League America has saved the lives of over 1.2 million abused, neglected & defenseless dogs, cats, puppies & kittens through humane education, pioneering the no-kill movement, pet adoption & respect for animals.
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund

From dogs & cats physically abused, rabbits & primates used in research, pigs & cows suffering on factory farms, bears & wolves hunted and killed for sport - our legal work protects the lives and advances the interests of all animals.
Animal Welfare Institute

Animal Welfare Institute

Horses brutally slaughtered. Animals in labs denied basic care. Dogs and cats abused by domestic violence. Farmed animals in cramped crates. Wildlife caught in inhumane traps. Species endangered. Help us stop suffering and improve animal lives everywhere.
Ape and Monkey Rescue and Sanctuaries

Ape and Monkey Rescue and Sanctuaries

Dedicated to protecting the world's remaining primates, great and small: exposing primate abuse, battling international traffickers & poachers, operating a gibbon sanctuary, and supporting ape, chimp, gorilla, orangutan & monkey rescue worldwide.
Apes Alive: The Primate Rescue Center

Apes Alive: The Primate Rescue Center

They deserve sanctuary. Saving lives and providing a safe haven for chimpanzees and monkeys in need. Providing lifelong sanctuary care, working to end the bushmeat trade and poaching, and changing laws to protect primates.
ASPCA: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

ASPCA: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

ASPCA is preventing animal cruelty in the US. Rescuing animals from dog fighting, hoarding, puppy mills & disasters. Promoting spay/neuter, access to vet care, & adoption for dogs, cats & horses. Advocating for strong laws to protect pets & farm animals.
Canine Companions for Independence

Canine Companions for Independence

Canine Companions is leading the service dog industry so our clients and their dogs can live with greater independence. We provide service dogs to adults, children and veterans with disabilities and facility dogs to professionals, at no cost to recipients.
Days End Farm Horse Rescue

Days End Farm Horse Rescue

All-breed equine welfare org in Maryland, USA. Expertise in equine: rescue/rehab, education, outreach, disaster recovery & legal documentation for horse neglect/cruelty court cases. 94% rehabbed/96% adopted. Top ratings in Charity Navigator & Guidestar.
Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals

Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals

D.E.L.T.A. Rescue (Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals) is the largest "No Kill, Care-for-Life" Animal 120-acre mountain top Sanctuary of its kind in the world. Rescuing animals who are either abandoned or born in the wilderness.
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

Protecting threatened gorillas & ecosystems in peril. Training & implementing anti-poaching patrols. Supporting conservation, biodiversity & science. Conducting critical research on climate change. Building healthy communities for both Gorillas & Humans.
Dogs & Cats Stranded on the Streets

Dogs & Cats Stranded on the Streets

Kittens & puppies dumped on the streets - injured, scared and hungry. We provide veterinary care, spay & neuter services, and find safe, loving homes for helpless canines & felines that have been victims of abuse, hoarding, abandonment and neglect.
Dogs for Better Lives

Dogs for Better Lives

Our certified staff trains & places assistance dogs with deaf or hearing loss individuals, and children on the autism spectrum. Teachers & professionals use our canines in work with those who may benefit from their calming support.
Dogs Last Chance

Dogs Last Chance

Puppy mills, dog meat, vivisection/dissection, fur, illegal animal-fighting, and protecting Africa's mountain gorillas. Help us end animal abuse! Doing groundbreaking undercover investigations to expose animal abusers and promoting cruelty-free lifestyles.
Dogs On Death Row

Dogs On Death Row

We rescue canines facing imminent execution if they do not get interim financial sponsors, foster parents or receive veterinary treatment required to become adoptable. Providing spay or neuter, foster care and adoptions for unwanted dogs and puppies.
Dolphins, Whales & Sea Turtles: Save and Protect

Dolphins, Whales & Sea Turtles: Save and Protect

Turtle eggs raided by poachers; dolphins trapped in fishing nets; whales hunted mercilessly; oceans filled with litter. Their habitats are being destroyed by humans. Help us save these magnificent animals and their delicate habitat before it's too late.
Elephant Sanctuary

Elephant Sanctuary

The nation's largest natural habitat refuge, developed specifically for the care of African and Asian elephants, aims to improve elephant lives through sanctuary services, education, research, and international assistance.
Elephants, Saving Elephants and Habitat Worldwide

Elephants, Saving Elephants and Habitat Worldwide

Poached for ivory. Vital habitat for elephants & other endangered species lost. We encourage the peaceful co-existence between humans & elephants through education, promoting alternative livelihoods and protecting elephants, habitat and migration routes.
Farm Sanctuary

Farm Sanctuary

Our national animal rescue, adoption, rehab & sanctuary provides cutting-edge humane education & research programs, protects farmed animals from cruelty & torture, inspires change in society views on factory farming, environmental change & vegan living.
Felidae Conservation Fund

Felidae Conservation Fund

Biodiversity and wild cat research, conservation & preservation, including pumas (AKA mountain lions), snow leopards, cheetahs, tigers, leopards, & bobcats from extinction. We protect habitats & ecosystems from human encroachment, conflict & disease.
Friends of Animals

Friends of Animals

Founded in 1957, Friends of Animals is a national/international animal advocacy nonprofit that frees animals from cruelty and exploitation with animal welfare & direct conservation, public awareness, and systems change program service work.
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.

We use innovative training methods to place guide & service dogs, to provide increased independence and enhanced mobility to people who are blind, have low vision or other disabilities. All of our services are provided at no charge to the individual.
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.

Partnering expertly raised & trained guide dogs with blind / visually impaired people to increase mobility, confidence & independence. Personalized training, extensive post-graduation & veterinary support for a lifetime provided free of charge.
Guide Dogs of America

Guide Dogs of America

GDA transforms lives by partnering service dogs with blind/visually impaired individuals, veterans with PTSD, children with autism, and professionals in hospitals, schools, & courtrooms. All programs & services are provided at no cost to the recipient.
Hearts United for Animals

Hearts United for Animals

Hearts United for Animals - HUA - is a national no-kill animal shelter and sanctuary. We specialize in puppy mill rescues, offer low cost spay/neuter services, and provide temporary housing for animals of families fleeing domestic violence.
Horse Charities of America

Horse Charities of America

Tens of thousands of America's horses are abused & neglected - and shipped across our borders for slaughter - each year. We support the rescue, training & rehoming of horses to heal, teach & empower people with and without special needs.
House Rabbit Society

House Rabbit Society

We rescue abandoned domestic rabbits; help humane societies & municipal shelters; educate the public on house rabbit care; provide low-cost spay/neuter, shelter & feed; and provide veterinary care to abandoned and injured rabbits.
Humane Farming Association

Humane Farming Association

By supporting HFA, you are protecting farm animals from cruelty & abuse; protecting people from the dangerous use of antibiotics on factory farms; and fighting to stop slaughterhouse abuses. HFA also operates the nation's largest farm-animal sanctuary.
Humane League, The

Humane League, The

Help us fight the abuse & confinement of animals raised for food. We hold companies accountable to cage-free animal welfare commitments & abolish cruel practices in factory farming, improving the lives of millions of birds, pigs, & other farm animals.
In Defense of Animals

In Defense of Animals

We adopt a worldview that honors the rights and interests of all animals, human and nonhuman alike, as reflected by and achieved through our unique combination of cruelty investigations, legislative initiatives, public pressure and awareness campaigns, act
International Fund for Animal Welfare

International Fund for Animal Welfare

IFAW protects wild animal populations & habitats globally. Fighting wildlife crimes like poaching for tusk ivory, rhino horns & the fur trade. Rehabilitating elephants in sanctuaries. Rescuing wildlife & advocating ocean conservation.
International Rhino Foundation

International Rhino Foundation

Brutally slaughtered for their horns & losing habitat to human activity, rhinos are in danger of extinction. We work to ensure the survival of rhinos through strategic partnerships, targeted protection, & scientifically sound anti-poaching interventions.
International Wolf Center

International Wolf Center

Your support provides important educational tools for schools, children & the public about wolves, conservation of wildland habitats, & human-wolf coexistence. Science-based wolf information is needed now more than ever as federal protections are removed.
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind

Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind

Guide dogs for the blind - PTSD Service dogs for soldiers and veterans - Emotional Support dogs for children w/ autism. We provide specially bred and trained assistance canines to people in need, free of charge.
Labs4Rescue, Inc.

Labs4Rescue, Inc.

Save a Lab - Have a friend for life! We're dedicated to providing a better life for rescued & displaced Labrador retrievers & Lab mix dogs. We provide veterinary care, spay / neuter, arrange adoptions & foster homes, & promote responsible canine ownership.
Marine Mammal Center

Marine Mammal Center

The world's largest marine mammal hospital where thousands of sick and injured seals, otters and sea lions receive care to return to the wild. We advance global ocean health through rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education.
Mercy For Animals

Mercy For Animals

Mercy For Animals is committed to ending one of the greatest causes of suffering on the planet: industrial animal agriculture. Stand with us in the fight to build a better food system and a more compassionate and sustainable world for all.
National Anti-Vivisection Society

National Anti-Vivisection Society

NAVS works to advance science for the benefit of animals and people alike. We aim to end the unnecessary suffering of animals in research; promote effective testing alternatives; foster humane education; support sanctuaries; and advocate for humane laws.
National Humane Education Society

National Humane Education Society

Stop the senseless abuse and killing of animals and inspire compassion. Help support our humane education, advocacy, spay and neuter, lifetime sanctuary and animal adoption services. Since 1948.
NEADS INC

NEADS INC

NEADS canines bring independence & assistance to disabled veterans, children with autism & people who are deaf or disabled. Our specially trained Assistance Dogs also work with teachers & therapists and in courtrooms & hospitals.
Paws for Purple Hearts

Paws for Purple Hearts

We improve the lives of America's Warriors facing mobility challenges and trauma-related conditions such as PTSD and TBI by providing the highest quality assistance dogs and canine-assisted therapeutic programs.
Paws With A Cause

Paws With A Cause

PAWS custom-trains Service, Hearing, Seizure Response, and Autism Assistance Dogs to enhance independence & quality of life for people with disabilities. We advocate awareness of the rights & roles of Assistance Dog Teams through public education.
paws4vets

paws4vets

Placing customized Service Dogs with Veterans and their dependents living with disabilities including PTSD, TBI, MST & Moral Injury. Training focused on teaching clients to Control, Regulate, and Mitigate symptoms and reintegrate into society.
Pet Partners

Pet Partners

Humans and animals share a deep, innate connection, and we believe that through the human-animal bond we can improve the physical, social, and emotional lives of more people and communities.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Ending cruelty to animals in medical education, research and product testing by promoting compassionate, human-relevant alternatives. Advocating preventive medicine by promoting healthy nutrition policies and practices that save human and animal lives.
Pilots to the Rescue

Pilots to the Rescue

The mission of Pilots To The Rescue is to prevent at-risk animals from being euthanized by transporting them via air and ground transportation to give them the best chance at adoption.
Polar Bears International

Polar Bears International

We work to conserve polar bears, their cubs, and the sea ice habitat they depend on for survival. Through scientific research, educational programs, and community outreach, it is our goal to ensure polar bears forever remain part of the Arctic.
Puppies Behind Bars

Puppies Behind Bars

PBB trains incarcerated individuals to raise puppies as service dogs for wounded veterans & first responders, facility dogs for police departments, and explosive-detection canines for law enforcement. Your support benefits inmates, canines and the public.
Romania Animal Rescue, Inc.

Romania Animal Rescue, Inc.

Help us stop overpopulation of unwanted animals by providing sterilization for cats and dogs, Homeless Animals Hospital veterinary treatment medical assistance for companion pets of the poor and needy, as well as stray animals.Veterinary training. Food.
SAVE THE FROGS!

SAVE THE FROGS!

Frogs are disappearing 3,000 times faster than their natural extinction rate. We protect frogs through environmental education, advocacy and scientific research.
Save the Manatee Club, Inc.

Save the Manatee Club, Inc.

We protect threatened manatees and their aquatic habitats, ensuring their survival for future generations. By supporting global recovery efforts and preserving vital ecosystems, you can help us create a lasting legacy for our children to cherish and enjoy!
Search Dog Foundation, National Disaster

Search Dog Foundation, National Disaster

Saving lives--both human and canine! From rescued to rescuer: SDF recruits and rescues dogs from throughout the country, partners them with first responders, and trains them to locate people buried alive after disasters. Join us and Be Part of the Search!
Seeing Eye, Inc.

Seeing Eye, Inc.

The Seeing Eye provides specially bred and trained dogs to guide people who are blind, and these graduates then have enhanced mobility and independence. The Seeing Eye is supported by contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
Snow Leopard Trust

Snow Leopard Trust

Snow Leopard Trust protects endangered snow leopards alongside local communities through human-wildlife coexistence and climate initiatives, scientific research, nature connections for adults and children, and conservation training.
Tigers in America

Tigers in America

There are 5,000 tigers in this country, more than live in the wild in the rest of the world. Many live in terrible conditions and wind up abused or abandoned. We rescue and transport them to sanctuaries that provide lifetime food, safety and medical care.
Turtle Island Restoration Network

Turtle Island Restoration Network

At TIRN we fight for a blue-green planet! We protect sea turtles - tiny hatchlings to gentle ocean giants - and other endangered marine animals. We stop poaching & other threats on beaches, wasteful fishing, illegal trade, pollution, habitat loss.
Vegan Outreach

Vegan Outreach

Seeking a future where animals are no longer killed for food. Through our 10 Weeks to Vegan challenges, Vegan Chef Challenges, and Green Tuesday Initiative we provide free support, helping consumers and institutions make more compassionate food choices.
WildAid, Inc.

WildAid, Inc.

WildAid inspires change and empowers the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats including illegal wildlife trafficking, climate change, and illegal fishing. WildAid delivers impact at scale in two distinct ways: 1) creating inno
Wolf Conservation Center

Wolf Conservation Center

Wolves are among the rarest mammals in North America and are facing extinction. We are dedicated to their survival by inspiring a global community through education, advocacy, research, and recovery, fostering awareness of our role in protecting them.

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