Available rescue pets, all in one place: meet Pet Matcher

Finding a rescue pet who fits your life should not mean opening a hundred tabs and hoping. Tell Pet Matcher about your home, the pets you already have and how you live, and it shows you rescue pets from across the UK who would suit them. It brings together adoptable pets that UK rescue centres list publicly, so you can find them all in one place.

Is the pet listed as good with dogs, or with cats? Do they need an adult-only home, or someone around most of the day? Those details are often buried, and you only find them after you have fallen for someone. Pet Matcher puts them up front, so you can see who fits before you get attached.

Room for one more?

A second pet can change the feel of a home. Two dogs wrestle on the rug, then collapse in one heap. A younger cat gets an older one playing again. A shy rescue finds a calm, friendly companion to follow around the garden. There is more play, more company on the long days, and a friend to nap beside. A well-matched companion can also help a nervous pet feel braver around new people and places.

For the rescue pet, it can mean the end of a long wait and a home that already has a friend in it.

Some pets would rather be the only one, particularly cats, and you know yours best. If your pet would love company, a good match is what makes it work: a pet who is listed as good with dogs, or with cats, and who suits the rhythm of your home.

Pet Matcher does not run the adoptions itself. When you find a pet you like, you apply directly with their rescue, who take it from there and make the final decision. Many rescues rely on volunteers, so replies can take a while. It is worth asking the rescue how they handle introductions between your pet and a new one.

See if you are a match on Pet Matcher.

If you run a rescue

More than 25,000 prospective adopters are already interested, ready to meet pets like yours.

Anyone who works in rescue knows the feeling: you post the photo, write the caption, and hear nothing back. Too many brilliant rescue pets go unseen simply because they are spread across hundreds of small websites, and the people looking cannot see them all. Pet Matcher helps more of them find the right home, faster, and never charges a rescue for it.

Pet Matcher brings together adoptable pets that UK rescue centres list publicly. If your rescue has pets up for adoption online, there is a good chance yours are already there. Your animals show up automatically, in front of people who have told the platform what kind of home they can offer.

Pet Matcher is a sister site to PetDatabase.com, a microchip database with an adoption arm, where you can register your animals directly with your own photos and details. Registered pets become verified listings, shown on both Pet Database and Pet Matcher, reaching even more potential adopters.

“That’s SIX successful adoptions facilitated by you. Two of them, Otis and Treacle, spent a total of 11 years in the shelter between them! A huge thank you for helping us find these fabulous happy endings!” (Saving Saints Rescue)

Advertise your rescue with Pet Database, for free.

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