Cat Rescue & Adoption Centres: Oxfordshire

Rescuing and rehoming in North Oxfordshire & parts of Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire & Warwickshire. BARKS takes in stray & unwanted cats, kittens, rabbits & guinea pigs and finds them good, caring homes. The animals are cared for by fosterers until new homes are found. Home visit and adoption fee applies (non-refundable deposit for reserving a cat or kitten).

Covering Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, and Northamptonshire. Blue Cross Burford have facilities for 25 dogs, 21 cats, 14 rabbits and other small pets. They also have numerous paddocks and stables to care for up to 60 horses. Please call prior to visiting.

Covering Bicester, Banbury, Brackley and surrounding villages in North Oxfordshire. Re-homing stray and unwanted cats and kittens. In addition to re-homing the branch also provides general advice on cat care. All cats are neutered prior to rehoming.

Covering postcode areas: HP5, HP16-23, HP27, OX9 and OX39. The branch rescue and rehome cats and kittens in their area, which may have come in for various reasons; the cats are cared for in foster homes until the right, loving home can be found. Chiltern Cats Protection also have a dedicated feral trapping team and always have ferals available as mousers!

Covering areas between Bicester and Oxford, plus Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage and Wallingford, also Carterton, Witney and Faringdon. Cats are cared for by a network of volunteer fosterers, who provide temporary accommodation for needy cats until permanent, loving homes can be found.

Based in Wokingham. D.B.A.R.C. have been rescuing and rehoming cats, dogs and other domestic animals for over 40 years across Berkshire, Surrey, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. Animals receive the best of care until they are rehomed. Home checks apply.

Covering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Rescuing and rehoming domestic cats in the area, and offering advice on cat care. All cats are neutered prior to rehoming, and home checks carried out.

Based in Wallingford. Rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming stray and abandoned cats within Berkshire and Oxfordshire. All cats of age will be neutered (kittens will be adopted on a neutering agreement).

Based near Newbury, rehoming in Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. This branch of the National Animal Welfare Trust has lots of super elderly cats who are looking for new homes. Older cats are often less demanding than youngsters, and make smashing companions, so can be particularly suitable for those who like the quiet life or who need company. Please consider adopting an older cat so that they can enjoy their senior years.

Based near Wallingford, rescuing, caring for and rehoming animals across the Oxfordshire area. All cats are neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and treated for fleas and worms before adoption. Kittens are homed with a contract for neutering to be arranged by the new owners.

Based in Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire.

Rehoming in Oxfordshire and North Berkshire. As well as cats, the branch always has other animals needing homes, such as rabbits, gerbils, guinea pigs, rats and chinchillas!

The Reading with Oxon Border branch is one of a number of local branches of the RSPCA that carry out animal welfare work and fundraising activities in their local areas. They do not have an RSPCA rehoming centre, all animals are cared for in foster homes until they are ready for re-homing.

Based in Milton-Under-Wychwood near Burford. Sunshine Cat Rescue take in and provide foster care for stray and unwanted cats, ensuring their wellbeing until a good home can be found. All their cats are neutered prior to rehoming if they are old enough; young kittens are rehomed on the condition that they are neutered as soon as possible. Sunshine Cat Rescue are also concerned about the welfare of feral cats, operating a Trap, Neuter and Return scheme

Based in Henley. TVAW is a small charity based in the Henley on Thames, Reading, and Maidenhead areas and aims to rehome its cats and kittens within approximately a 20 mile radius of Henley. Currently rehoming on average 400 plus cats per year - all cats are neutered when taken into the shelter. The work of the charity is undertaken entirely by volunteers and they are completely dependent on donations to fund their work.

Based in Witney, with cats for rehoming within a 15 mile radius. All cats are neutered, microchipped, vet checked, vaccinated and flea and worm treated prior to rehoming.

Based in Oxford. WOARC is a small charity, established in the mid-1970s, and since then, have helped thousands of unwanted, stray and injured animals. WOARC's priority is to rescue, care for and rehome animals in need. They operate mainly within the Oxford area, but sometimes further afield.