Adopt a local rescue
dog or cat in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria.

We aggregate live adoption listings from real shelters and foster networks across New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria into one searchable place. Each dog and cat profile links through to the rescue, where you apply. We never run breeder ads and never charge adopters.

Yes, completely free for adopters and for rescues. We aggregate listings from local rescues, and no rescue is charged for inclusion. There are no commissions, no premium tier, and no fee to appear.

Listings refresh on a regular cadence per rescue, and individual dogs and cats appear here soon after a rescue posts them. Animals that have been adopted drop out of the search results on the same refresh cycle.

LocalPetFinder currently covers New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria, with listings from rescues across Sydney and regional New South Wales. We are expanding to more cities and states, and new areas appear here as their rescues come online.

Yes. If you need to rehome a pet, the rehoming page lets you submit a free listing that appears alongside rescue listings. Your contact email stays private and enquiries reach you through the platform. A reviewer publishes the listing after checking it.

Large directories are built around the biggest organisations and often miss the smaller, foster-based rescues that place a lot of animals. LocalPetFinder is local-first: it pulls from those smaller rescues too, and owner rehoming sits alongside rescue listings rather than on a separate classifieds site.