This following is a list of places and times in Massachusetts where potential pet seekers can adopt animals.* Resources include permanent adoption sites (e.g., animal shelters, etc.), regularly scheduled or recurring adoption events (e.g., events occurring weekly), one-time adoption events or fairs, and information for groups that do not have physical facilities (e.g., rescue groups whose animals are housed in foster homes until they are adopted). Please note that many groups without physical facilities will operate in multiple locations within Massachusetts, beyond the town/city under which they are listed.
Adoption resources are listed by county and then by town/city. You can click on the name of a county, town, or city in the list below, or you can view the entire list by scrolling down the page. A county map is provided for reference. You can also click on "Upcoming Events" to see a list of all adoption events scheduled in the near future.
Some adoption resources focus on only a specific type of animal (e.g. dogs only or cats only); that information is listed as well. If there is no animal information, that adoption site or event might have multiple types of animals available (e.g. dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, ferrets, reptiles, etc.).
Key:
 = Only Dogs Available for Adoption
 = Only Cats Available for Adoption
 = One-Time Adoption Event
 = Permanent Adoption Site (if no hours are listed, adoption is by appointment only)
 = No permanent location for adoption (e.g., rescue group)
 = Regularly Scheduled or Recurring Adoption Event
(map not clickable- click the list of counties, cities, and towns below)
Upcoming Events
Barnstable County
Bourne Brewster Centerville Eastham
Falmouth Mashpee Provincetown Welfleet
Berkshire County
Becket Great Barrington Lee Pittsfield
Bristol County
Attleboro Berkley Dartmouth Fall River
Mansfield New Bedford Norton Raynham
Rehoboth Seekonk Swamsea Taunton
Dukes County
Edgartown
Essex County
Andover Bradford Danvers Essex
Gloucester Haverhill Ipswich Marblehead
Merrimac Methuen Middleton North Andover
Peabody Salem Salisbury
Franklin County
Ashfield Colrain Greenfield Orange
Shelburne Falls Sunderland Warwick Wendell
Hampden County
Bondsville Brimfield Chicopee East Longmeadow
Feeding Hills Holyoke Ludlow Southwick
Wales Springfield Westfield
Hampshire County
Amherst Cummington Granby Haydenville
Huntington Leverett Northampton Pelham
Ware
Middlesex County
Acton Arlington Ashland Ayer
Billerica Burlington Cambridge Dracut
Everett Framingham Groton Hopkinton
Lincoln Littleton Lowell Marlborough
Medford Melrose Natick Newton
Somerville Stoneham Stow Sudbury
Tewksbury Townsend Tyngsboro Wakefield
Wayland Waltham Westford Wilmington
Woburn
Nantucket County
Nantucket
Norfolk and Suffolk Counties
Bellingham Boston Braintree Brighton
Brockton Canton Cohasset Dedham
Foxborough Franklin Holbrook Medfield
Medway Milton Needham Norwood
Plainville Quincy Randolph Revere
Roslindale Sheldonville Stoughton Templeton
Walpole Wellesley Weymouth Winthrop
Plymouth County
Brockton Duxbury East Wareham Hanover
Hanson Hingham Hull Kingston
Lakeville Marshfield Mattapoisett Middleborough
Pembroke Plymouth Scituate West Wareham
Worcester County
Athol Auburn Baldwinville Blackstone
Charlton Douglas Dudley East Brookfield
Gardner Harvard Lancaster Leicester
Leominster Lunenburg Mendon Milbury
Milford Oxford Princeton Rutland
Shrewsbury South Lancaster Southbridge Spencer
Sterling Templeton Webster Westborough
Westminster Winchendon Worcester
Upcoming Events (listed through August 31)
Saturday, July 26
Billerica Cat Care Coalition
Pet Supplies Plus, Burlington
11:00am-2:00pm
House Rabbit Connection
PetThingz, 244 Great Road, Littleton
12:00pm-3:00pm
Nemasket Orphaned Animal Haven, Inc. (NOAH)
PetSmart, Shops at 5, Plymouth
10:00am-2:30pm
People for Animals League
Fabric Stash, 45 Sturbridge Road (Route 20), Charlton
10:00am-3:00pm
Pets in Need
Congregational Church, Route 111A and Main St, Pelham
11:00am-2:00pm
PittieLove Rescue Inc.
Brockton Animal Control, 446 Court St, Brockton
10:00am-2:00pm
Poodle Rescue New England
PetCo, Waltham
Save a Dog
Especially for Pets, 81 Union Ave, Sudbury
11:00am-1:00pm
Sunday, July 27
Greyhound Friends, Inc.
Petco, Route 9, Shrewsbury
11:00am-3:00pm
Greyhound Welfare Inc New England Chapter
Dogma (and Catma, too), 321-325 Somerville Ave, Somerville
12:00pm-2:00pm
Saturday, August 2
All Pets Rescue
PetCo, 280 School Street, Mansfield
11:00am-3:00pm
Sunday, August 3
Greyhound Friends, Inc.
Petco, Route 9, Shrewsbury
11:00am-3:00pm
Friday, August 8
Underdog ResQ
Petco, 304 Western Ave, Brighton
10:00am-1:00pm
Saturday, August 9
Forgotten Angels Shelter, Inc.
244 Great Road (Route 119), Littleton
11:00am-3:00pm
Greyhound Friends, Inc.
Petco, 438 Southbridge St., Auburn
11:00am-2:00pm
Greyhound Welfare Inc New England Chapter
Petsmart, 250 Grossman Drive, Braintree
11:00am-1:00pm
Metrowest Animal Awareness Society
Pet Source, Rt. 20, Marlborough
11:00am-2:00pm
North East All Retriever Rescue
Petco, 1210 Providence Highway, Norwood
11:00am-1:00pm
North East Rottweiler Rescue
PetSmart, 250 Grossman Drive, Braintree
11:00am-3:00pm
Sunday, August 10
Forgotten Angels Shelter, Inc.
244 Great Road (Route 119), Littleton
11:00am-2:00pm
Saturday, August 16
Greyhound Friends, Inc.
Petco, Route 9, Shrewsbury
1:00pm-4:00pm
Massachusetts Ferret Friends
Especially for Pets, Acton
11:00am-2:00pm
Sunday, August 17
Massachusetts Ferret Friends
Petco, Wareham
1:00pm-4:00pm
Saturday, August 23
Metrowest Animal Awareness Society
Pet Source, 117 Great Road, Stow
11:00am-2:00pm
Sunday, August 24
Greyhound Friends, Inc.
Petco, Burlington
1:00pm-3:00pm
Greyhound Friends, Inc.
Petco, Route 9, Shrewsbury
11:00am-3:00pm
Greyhound Welfare Inc New England Chapter
Petco, 119 First Street, Cambridge
11:00am-1:00pm
Pets in Need
PetCo, Woburn
11:00am-1:00pm
Barnstable County
Bourne
None Currently Scheduled
Brewster
Animal Rescue League of Boston
Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm
Centerville
MSPCA Cape Cod Animal Care and Adoption Center
Tuesday-Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm-3:00pm
Eastham
Angels of the Snow Siberian Husky Rescue
Diamonds in the Ruff
Falmouth
Adopt a Greyhound, Inc.
Friends of Falmouth Dogs
Sunday 1:00-3:00pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10:00am-12:00pm
Monday, Thursday, 10:00am-12:00pm, 4:00pm-6:00pm
People for Cats
Wednesday 4:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday 10:00am-1:00pm
Mashpee
CLAWS of Mashpee
Provincetown
Carrie A. Seaman Animal Shelter
Welfleet
North East All Retriever Rescue
Berkshire County
Berkshire P.U.P.s Rescue
Becket
Becket Animal Shelter
Great Barrington
Greyhound Friends West Inc.
A Place for Us: Bonnie's Foster Home for Shelter Dogs
Lee
Northeast Pyr Rescue (NEPR)
Pittsfield
Berkshire Humane Society
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm
Thursday 10:00am-4:00pm, 5:00pm-8:00pm
Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm
Eleanor Sonsini Animal Shelter
Tuesday-Sunday 10:00am-2:00pm
Thursday 10:00am-2:00pm, 5:00pm-8:00pm
Bristol County
Attleboro
Attleboro Friends of Cats, Inc.
PetCo South Attleboro
First and Third Saturday of Every Month, 12:00pm-3:00pm
Friends of Attleboro Animal Shelter
Wednesday 6:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday 10:00am-3:00pm
Sunday 11:00am-1:00pm
North Attleborough Animal Shelter
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00am-3:00pm
Wednesday 5:00pm-7:00pm
Saturday, Sunday 11:00am-3:00pm
(shelter may close if an emergency arises)
Berkley
Are We Home Yet? Dog and Cat Rescue
Furever Yours Dog Rescue
Dartmouth
Habitat for Cats
Humane Society and Shelter- SouthCoast
Monday-Saturday 12:00pm-5:00pm
Fall River
Faxon Animal Rescue League of Greater Fall River
Forever Paws
Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday 11:00am-4:00pm
Mansfield
All Pets Rescue
PetCo, 280 School Street, Mansfield
Saturday, August 2, 11:00am-3:00pm
Amazing Greyz, Inc.
Petco
Second and Fourth Saturday of Every Month, 11:00am-2:00pm
Mansfield Animal Shelter
Monday-Friday 5:30pm-7:30pm
Saturday 9:00am-12:00pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm
Sunday 9:00am-12:00pm
New Bedford
Habitat for Cats
Second Sunday of Every Month
1322 Ashley Blvd
Pet Rescue 911
Norton
Nine Lives of Norton Feline Rescue Shelter
Saturdays 11:00am-4:00pm
Norton Animal Shelter
Monday-Friday 3:00pm-5:00pm
Raynham
Nemasket Orphaned Animal Haven, Inc. (NOAH)
Rehoboth
Rehoboth Animal Shelter
Seekonk
Bristol County Veterinary Hospital
Seekonk Animal Shelter
Tuesday-Friday 3:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday, Sunday 2:00pm-4:00pm
Swansea
Project Spay, Inc.
Town of Swansea- Ernest W. Bell Animal Shelter
Monday-Friday 9:00am-4:00pm
Taunton
Taunton Animal Shelter
Tuesday-Friday 12:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday 12:00pm-4:00pm
Yorkies Inc. Placement Service
Dukes County
Edgartown
MSCPA Martha's Vineyard Animal Care and Adoption Center
Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm
Essex County
Andover
Great Dog Rescue New England
Bradford
Animal Rescue Merrimack Valley
Danvers
Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society
PETsMART Adoption Center
Tuesday, Wednesday 2:00pm-5:00pm
Thursday, Friday 2:00pm-7:00pm
Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm-3:00pm
Essex
Seacoast Keeshond Rescue
Gloucester
Cape Ann Animal Aid
Wednesday, Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm
Thursday 11:00am-7:00pm
Friday, 11:00am-6:00pm
Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm-4:00pm
Haverhill
One Tail at a Time Rescue
Ipswich
Ipswich Humane Group
Sunday 2:00pm-4:00pm
or by appointment
Marblehead
Big Fluffy Dog Rescue of New England
Friends of Marblehead's Abandon Animals
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 4:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday, Sunday 12:00pm-3:00pm
Merrimac
Adopt Homeless Paws
Methuen
MSPCA at Nevins Farm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00am-4:00pm
Thursday 12:00pm-7:00pm
Saturday, Sunday 12:00pm-4:00pm
New England Min Pin Rescue
Odd Dog Rescue
Middleton
North Shore Feline Rescue
Saturday and Sundays, 11:00am-3:00pm
Petco in Peabody, Petco in Topsfield, Petco in North Andover- call Friday to confirm which location will be used for any particular weekend
North Andover
None Currently Scheduled
Peabody
None Currently Scheduled
Salem
Northeast Animal Shelter
Monday-Friday 9:00am-9:00pm
Saturday, Sunday 9:00am-6:00pm
Peabody Animal Life Savers
Saturday and Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm
Salisbury
Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society
Tuesday, Thursday 2:00pm-8:00pm
Wednesday, Friday 2:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm
Franklin County
Ashfield
Rescue Me
Colrain
Jake's Heaven
Greenfield
Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society
Orange
Town of Orange Animal Control
Shelburne Falls
Better than Dead Rescue
Sunderland
Northeastern Boxer Rescue
Warwick
Town of Warwick Animal Control and Care
Wendell
Almost Home
Hampden County
Bondsville
New Beginnings Dog Rescue
Brimfield
Alaskan Malamute Rescue of New England
Chicopee
Rainbow Rescues
New Beginnings Dog Rescue
East Longmeadow
Greyhound Options, Inc.
A.W. Brown Pet Center, 144 Shaker Road, East Longmeadow
Fourth Saturday of Every Month, 11:00am-1:00pm
Feeding Hills
Feline Friends, Inc.
Holyoke
Cat Pack Adoptions and Rescue, Inc.
Petco, 45 Holyoke Street, Holyoke
First Saturday of Every Month, 11:00am-1:00pm
Ludlow
Cat Pack Adoptions and Rescue, Inc.
Southwick
Southwick Animal Control
Springfield
Bellas Reptile Rescue
Central Rescue and Rehabilitation
Petco, Boston Road, Springfield
First Saturday of Every Month, 10:00am-1:00pm
FACES Inc- Dog Adoption
Greyhound Options, Inc.
Pet Supplies "Plus," 175 Memorial Ave, West Springfield
First Saturday of Every Month, 11:00am-1:00pm
Homeless Cat Project
House Rabbit Connection
MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center- Western New England
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 12:30am-4:30pm
Thursday 12:00pm-7:00pm
Saturday and Sunday 11:00am-4:00pm
Thomas J. O'connor Animal Control and Adoption Center
Monday-Friday 12:00pm-4:30pm
Saturdays 12:00pm-4:00pm
Wales
Central Rescue and Rehabilitation
Westfield
Westfield Animal Control
Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm
Westfield Homeless Cat Project
Saturday 11:00am-3:00pm
Hampshire County
Amherst
P.E.T.S.
Cummington
New England Brittany Rescue, Inc.
Granby
New Beginnings Dog Rescue
Haydenville
Soi Cat and Dog Rescue, Inc.
Huntington
Educated Ferret Association (ferrets only)
In Honey's Memory Cat Shelter
Leverett
Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society, Leverett Location
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 12:00pm-5:30pm (except third Tuesday of month)
Thursday 12:00pm-7:30pm
Saturday, Sunday11:00am-4:30pm
Northampton
Northampton Animal Control
Pelham
Pets in Need
Congregational Church, Route 111A and Main St, Pelham
Saturday, July 26, 11:00am-2:00pm
Pug Rescue of New England
Shutesbury/Pelham Animal Control
Ware
Greyhound Options, Inc.
Middlesex County
Acton
Massachusetts Ferret Friends
Especially for Pets, Acton
Saturday, August 16, 11:00am-2:00pm
Poodle Rescue New England
PetCo, Waltham
Saturday, July 26
Arlington
None Currently Scheduled
Ashland
MetroWest Humane Society
Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm
Wednesday, Thursday 6:30pm-8:00pm
New England English Springer Spaniel Rescue, Inc.
Town of Ashland
Ayer
Kitty Care
Billerica
Beaks and Noses Inc.
Billerica Cat Care Coalition
Crested Guardians , Inc.
MA Animal Samaritans
Burlington
Billerica Cat Care Coalition
Pet Supplies Plus, Burlington
Saturday, July 26, 11:00am-2:00pm
Greyhound Friends, Inc.
Petco, Burlington
Sunday, July 20, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Sunday, August 24, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Cambridge
Greyhound Welfare Inc New England Chapter
Petco, 119 First Street, Cambridge
Sunday, August 24, 11:00am-1:00pm
Saint Meows
Dracut
Dracut Animal Control
Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm
Pets in Need
Everett
None Currently Scheduled
Framingham
Feline Adoption and Rescue Society
Framingham Animal Control
PittieLove Rescue Inc.
Save a Dog
Groton
Tiny Tigers Feline Rescue Inc.
Hopkinton
Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton Inc.
Monday-Friday 12:00pm-4:30pm
Saturday, Sunday 11:00am-5:00pm
Greyhound Friends, Inc.
Monday-Sunday 9:00am-5:00pm
Pound Hounds
Lincoln
New England Old English Sheepdog Rescue, Inc.
Littleton
Forgotten Angels Shelter, Inc.
244 Great Road (Route 119), Littleton
Saturday, August 9, 11:00am-3:00pm
Sunday, August 10, 11:00am-2:00pm
House Rabbit Connection
PetThingz, 244 Great Road, Littleton
Saturday, July 26, 12:00pm-3:00pm
Lowell
Lowell Humane Society
Wednesday, Thursday 1:00pm-7:00pm
Saturday, Sunday 12:00pm-4:00pm
Marlborough
Metrowest Animal Awareness Society
Pet Source, Rt. 20, Marlborough
Saturday, August 9, 11:00am-2:00pm
Medford
Kitty Connection Inc
Melrose
Melrose Humane Society
Natick
Stray Pets in Need (SPIN)
Pet Word, Rt. 9 Natick
Tuesday-Sunday 12:00pm-4:00pm
Newton
The Cat Connection
Charles River Alleycats
Pepperell
There's No Place Like Home Animal Sanctuary
Somerville
Greyhound Welfare Inc New England Chapter
Dogma (and Catma, too), 321-325 Somerville Ave, Somerville
Sunday, July 27, 12:00pm-2:00pm
Poodle Rescue New England
Saint Meows
First Congregational Church, Davis Square
Every Thursday, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Stoneham
Stoneham Cat Society
Stow
All Dog Rescue Inc.
Metrowest Animal Awareness Society
Pet Source, 117 Great Road, Stow
Saturday, August 23, 11:00am-2:00pm
Sudbury
Buddy Dog Humane Society
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12:00pm-5:00pm
Tuesday, Thursday 12:00pm-8:00pm
Save a Dog
Especially for Pets, 81 Union Ave, Sudbury
Saturday, July 26, 11:00am-1:00pm
St. Bernard Rescue Foundation/New England
Tewksbury
German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue
Townsend
Staffordshire Farm Chihuahua & Small Exotic Bird Rescue
Tyngsboro
Kitty Angels
Wakefield
Internet Miniature Pinscher Service Inc. (IMPS)
PAWS
Persian Rescue
Protection of Animals in Wakefield Society (PAWS)
Wakefield Animal Hospital, 19 Main Street, Wakefield
Second and Fourth Saturday of Every Month, 10:00am-1:00pm
Waltham
The Cat Connection
City of Waltham
Wayland
German Shepard Rescue of New England
Westford
Forgotten Angels Shelter, Inc.
North East Rottweiler Rescue
Rescued Rottweiler Rescue
Wilmington
Kitty Love Cat Shelter
Woburn
House Rabbit Network
Pets in Need
PetCo, Woburn
Sunday, August 24, 11:00am-1:00pm
Protection of Animals in Wakefield Society (PAWS)
PetCo Woburn
First, Third, and Fifth Saturday of Every Month, 11:00am-2:00pm
Woburn Feral Cat Coalition
Nantucket County
Nantucket
MSCPA Adoption Center- Nantucket
Tuesday-Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm
Norfolk and Suffolk Counties
Bellingham
Boxer Buddies Rescue Inc.
Milford Humane Society
Petsmart
Every Monday 7:00pm-9:00pm
Every Saturday 11:00am-2:00pm
Boston
Adopt a Lab MA
Alliance for Animals
American Bulldog Rescue
Animal Rescue League of Boston
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1:00pm-7:00pm
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm
Boston Dog Rescue
City of Boston Animal Shelter
Tuesday-Saturday 10:30am-3:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am-7:00pm
Greyhound Welfare Inc New England Chapter
HubCats
MSPCA Boston Animal Care and Adoption Center
Tuesday, Thursday 2:00pm-7:00pm
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 1:00pm-5:00pm
New England Bull Terrier Rescue, Inc.
Second Chance Shelter for Cats
Underdog ResQ
Vizsla Club of Central New England
Whiskers of Hope Inc.
Braintree
Greyhound Welfare Inc New England Chapter
Petsmart, 250 Grossman Drive, Braintree
Saturday, August 9, 11:00am-1:00pm
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