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Cleveland Pet Guide: A List Of Northeast Ohio Animal Shelters

These shelters in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit Counties may need help from volunteers and adoptions.

by Lydia Mandell | Mar. 1, 2021 | 12:00 PM

Ashtabula County 

Ashtabula County APL, Ashtabula: acapl.org

Harbor Cat Rescue, Ashtabula: harborcatrescue.org

Cuyahoga County 

Big Paws Large Breed Rescue Nonprofit, Cleveland: big-paws-large-breed-rescue.ueniweb.com

City Dogs, Cleveland: petango.com/cacc

Cleveland APL, Cleveland: clevelandapl.org

Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter, Valley View: cuyahogadogs.com

Dogs Unlimited Rescue, Solon: dogsunlimitedrescue.org

Euclid Animal Shelter, Euclid: euclidpetpals.net

Goodnight Farm Rescue, Solon: goodnightfarmrescue.com

Kelley’s Kritters, Solon: kelleyskritters.org

Lakewood Animal Shelter, Lakewood: cclas.org

Northeast Ohio SPCA Shelter and Clinic, Parma: northeastohiospca.org

Parma Animal Shelter, Parma: parmashelter.org

Purr-fect Companions Sanctuary, Lakewood: purrfectcompanions.org

Secondhand Mutts, Cleveland: secondhandmutts.org

Stay-A-While Cat Shelter, North Royalton: stayawhilecatshelter.org

The Herps Alive Foundation, South Euclid: herpsalive.weebly.com

Valley Save-a-Pet, Cleveland: valleysaveapet.org   

Geauga County 

Rescue Village, Novelty: rescuevillage.org   

Lake County 

Lake County Dog Shelter, Painesville: lakecountyohio.gov/dogs

Lake Humane Society and Adoption Center, Mentor: lakehumane.org

Lorain County 

Berea Animal Rescue Friends, Columbia Station: bereaanimalrescue.com

Community Action to Save Strays, Oberlin: catssoberlin.org

Friendship Animal Protective League of Lorain County, Elyria: friendshipapl.org

Little Yorkie Rescue, Lorain: littleyorkierescue.org

Lorain County Dog Kennel, Elyria: loraincounty.us/commissioners-departments/dog-kennel

Mutt Motel & Makeovers, Columbia Station: muttmotelandmakeovers.com

Oasis Animal Shelter, Oberlin: oasisanimalshelter.net

PetResQ Ohio, Lorain: petresqohio.com

Whisker Lickers, Avon Lake: whiskerlickers.org   

Medina County 

Kitten Krazy Inc., Medina: kittenkrazy.org

Medina County Animal Shelter, Medina: medinaco.org/animal-shelter    

Portage County 

Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary, Ravenna: happytrailsfarm.org

Healing Hearts Ferret Rescue, Streetsboro: healingheartsferretrescue.org

Portage APL, Ravenna: portageapl.org

Summit County 

AJ’s Search and Rescue, Akron: ajssearchandrescue.org

Heaven Can Wait Rescues and Adoptions, Akron: heaven-can-wait.com

Humane Society of Summit County, Twinsburg: summithumane.org

One of A Kind Pet Rescue, Akron: oneofakindpets.com

Paws and Prayers Pet Rescue, Cuyahoga Falls: pawsandprayers.org

WolfSpirits Rescue, Akron: wolfspiritsrescue.com

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