Rescue Membership

Become a member of PetRescue for free adoption support

PetRescue is a website and national support network for Australia's rescue groups, shelters, pounds and vets. By harnessing digital technology, social media and key corporate partnerships, we provide free national exposure and adoption support services to help find new homes for thousands of pets every month.

We invest heavily in tools, programs and campaigns to maximise our members’ life-saving capabilities. We do all this for FREE, so you can focus on what's important to you - the day-to-day running of your services.

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We give you and your pets maximum exposure

• 4 million+ potential adopters visited our website in the last 12 months.
• 294,000+ potential adopters subscribed to our monthly newsletter
• 160,000+ people like us on Facebook
• 10,000+ people follow us on Twitter
• 29,000+ people follow us on Instagram

We achieve awesome results

• On average, 244 PetRescue-listed rescue pets are rehomed every day.
• That's more than 7,000 pets adopted every month.
• One pet adopted every 7 minutes!

We give you lots of free services and benefits

Here are even more reasons for your shelter, rescue group or pound to sign up for free PetRescue membership:

• 'Rescue Directory’ listing - your dedicated page on PetRescue.com.au with a Google listing reference
• Online listings for your pets - reaching thousands of potential adopters every day
• PetRescue online feed - an easy way to get your pets listed on your own website
• PR and pet adoption promotion for your pets and your rescue organisation - via online and offline media channels
• Adoption events - via PETstock stores nationwide
• Pet adoption promotions - via PetRescue and our major partners
• Technical, admin and adoption support - via the PetRescue 'Members Only' portal
• Animal care and rehoming advice, research, best practice
• Volunteer and foster carer recruitment assistance
• Pet photography and profile writing assistance
• Food for pets via the MARS Petcare & PETstock food donation program
• Interstate adoption assistance via Jetpets
• National exposure via the annual PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive
• NFP registration advice
• Fundraising and sponsorship advice
• Exclusive discounts on public liability insurance

Membership Code and Pet Listing Rules

We support the responsible and ethical rescue of companion animals and offer membership exclusively to organisations that agree to abide by our Membership Code and Pet Listing Rules. Please familiarise yourself with these documents prior to submitting a membership application.

Apply for membership to PetRescue

Membership applications take one to two weeks to be approved, after which you can begin listing pets on our site immediately.

Please note, delays in membership approval are usually due to the vet reference not being received. You can speed up this process by chasing your vet to reply to our email.

If you want to know more about PetRescue, read about our work here.

For any queries regarding the membership application process, please email info@petrescue.org.au

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Banner image: Sasha from CJ Animal Rescue