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Adoptober

It’s that time of year when we celebrate the wonder of rescue pets. This month focuses on the many animals in our care waiting to find their perfect match!

The RSPCA’s month-long rehoming campaign Adoptober aims to boost adoption rates. The charity faces the biggest rehoming crisis in recent memory. Rescue centres and branches across England and Wales are “full to bursting”. This means more unwanted animals are coming into care than being adopted.

Sharing our lives and homes with pets can be so rewarding and fulfilling. Throughout this month, we want to celebrate all the many wonderful things that animals bring to our lives. We want to inspire those who are in a position to adopt a pet to open their homes to an animal in need. Giving them a new start would help reduce the pressure on the RSPCA centres and branches.

There are also other ways you can help the RSPCA. Volunteering as a foster carer can provide invaluable assistance at our animal centres creating more spaces for the many animals in need.

RSPCA Adoptober
Graphic showing 27,500 animals in happy new homes
Graphic showing 29,000 cats and dogs welcoming into our centres in 2022
Graphic showing one million calls for help answered

Figures from 2022

How adoption works

Giving an animal in need a loving home is a wonderful thing to do. We’ll walk you through the process, from finding the right match to bringing your newest family member home, so you can both start a great life together.

Three images of animals to represent adoption

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