Pure Breed Cat Rescue A To Z

A comprehensive list of pure breed cat rescue groups. If you don't see your breed or rescue in this list, please add it to the directory.

You can add rescues to the site by using the form on this page.

Abyssinian

National Abyssinian Cat Rescue
Scope: National (US)
Website: National Abyssinian Cat Rescue
National Aby Rescue on Yahoo! Groups

Southern California Abyssinian Rescue, Inc. (S.C.A.R.)
Scope: Southern California area and the CFA Southwest Region
Website: Southern California Abyssinian Rescue, Inc.

Bengal

Bengal cat rescue groups

Burmese

National Alliance of Burmese Breeders Rescue Center
Scope: National US and Canada
Website: National Alliance of Burmese Breeders Rescue Center

Chartreux

Chartreux Rescue
Scope: National (US)
Website: (Chartreux Rescue Currently offline)

Chartreux cats at Petfinder

Chausie

Chausie Rescue
Scope: National (US)
Website: Chausie Rescue
Twitter:@ChausieRescue

Cornish Rex

Cornish Rex Friends
Scope: National (US)
Website: Cornish Rex Friends

Cornish Rexcues
Scope: Southwest US
Website: Cornish Rexcues

Devon Rex

Devon Rex Rescue League
Scope: National (US)
Website: Devon Rex Breed Club Rescue

Havana Brown

I have not been able to find any active rescue websites devoted to the Havana Brown. There are, however, some listings here:

Havana Brown cats at Petfinder

Japanese Bobtail

I have not been able to find any reliable active rescue websites devoted to the Japanese Bobtail. See Manx below, as well as some listings here:

Japanese Bobtail cats at Petfinder

Also see the Cat-Chi Cats cattery FAQ page.

LaPerm

LaPerm Fanciers International
Scope: National US
Website: LaPerm Fanciers International

Maine Coon

Maine Coon cat rescue groups

Manx

Tailless Cat Rescue
Scope: North Carolina
Website: Tailless Cat Rescue
Also accepts Japanese Bobtail, American Bobtails and Pixie-bobs.

Multi-breed

Rescues handling multiple breeds:

Multi-breed rescue

Norwegian Forest Cat


Norwegian Forest Cat Fanciers Association
Scope: National (US)
Website: Norwegian Forest Cat Fanciers Association

Norwegian Forest Cat listings at Petfinder

Ocicat

Unfortunately, the link for Ocicat rescue is no longer live. If you know of a rescue that handles these cats, let us know!

Oriental

Slinky Cats, Inc.
Scope: Northeast US
Website: Slinky Cats, Inc.

Persian And Himalayan

Persian cat rescue groups (including Himalayan)

Ragdoll

Ragdoll cat rescue groups

Russian Blue

Russian Blue Breed Support Adoption And Rehome
Scope: National (US)
Website: Russian Blue Breed Support Adoption And Rehome

Savannah

Savannah Cat Rescue
Scope: National (US)
Website: Savannah Cat Rescue
Savannah rescue on Yahoo! Groups

Scottish Fold

Scottish Fold Rescue And Adoption Network
Scope: National (US)
Website: Scottish Fold Rescue And Adoption Network

Siamese


Siamese cat rescue groups

Siberian

Siberian Cat Rescue
Scope: National (US)
Website: Siberian Cat Rescue

Snowshoe

Snowshoe Cat Rescue Group
Scope: National (US)
Website: Snowshoe Cat Rescue Group

Sphynx

Sphynx Cat Rescue
Scope: National (US)
Website: Sphynx Lair

Tonkinese

Tonkinese Cat Rescue
Scope: National (US)
Website: Tonkinese Breed Association

Turkish Van

Classic Turkish Van Cat Club
Scope: UK
Website: Turkish Van Cat Club Welfare and Rescue

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Help Us With Updates

Things change, and it's hard to keep up, so your help is needed. Some of this list comes from the 2010 edition of Cats USA magazine. I've done my best to clean and expand that list, and verify that sites are up at the time of this writing.

I've also uncovered some harder to find breed rescue groups, but some of these pure breed cat rescue sites haven't been updated in a while. Sometimes that's simply because they're primarily using another medium to spread the word. Other times, it's because the breed is rare, and there isn't much call for rescues for that breed.

Unfortunately, that may also mean that there are very few people with the expertise to be able to spot these treasures. In those cases, you'd have to rely on a rescue that services all breeds of cat if you'd like to adopt or foster, or if you have a cat in need of rescue.

If you have any information or updates on any of these or other cat rescue groups or organizations, please submit it as a listing.

If approved, the listing will appear on the site. Thanks so much!

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