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What we do

At Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home, we take a big picture view of what’s best for dogs and cats, looking beyond our walls to help the people and pets who need us.  

Our mission is to protect loving homes by supporting pet owners through difficult times, to find loving homes with a thorough rehoming process that finds the perfect match for both pet and person, and to run a loving Home where animals are cared for and loved as if they were our own.  

We provide a second chance at happiness for over 200 dogs and cats a year and our Pet Food Banks help feed over 3,800 pets a month so they can stay in loving homes where they belong.  

For 140 years we’ve been there for dogs and cats who need us. Today, we love without limits, helping people and pets in whatever way they need. 

Our Mission

Sometimes caring for dogs and cats in the unconditional way they love us means taking them in. But, sometimes, dog and cat rescue means keeping them in their loving home. If a pet already has a loving home, we want to keep them there whenever possible. This sometimes means helping out owners whose circumstances have changed through our Pet Food Banks or by raising awareness of pet poverty to support lasting change. So rather than take them in and help them find a new home, we want to keep them where they’re already loved.

We’re a small but dedicated team united by our unconditional love of animals and our dedication towards their care, whatever it takes. We believe there’s goodness inside everyone – four legs or two – and we’re here to help those who need it.

Simply put, we believe in protecting loving homes, finding loving homes and running a loving home. Our goal is to support pets and their people in whatever way is best for them at the time. And to keep loving homes whole.

Our Vision

We want to help create a community where all pets and their people are given a second chance at happiness. But, first and foremost, we want to create a world where these dogs and cats would never be given up in the first place.

We plan to achieve this through education, community work, fundraisers, and the political work we do in trying to affect real, lasting change in the field of animal welfare.

We work closely with Council and Police services, members of the public, and businesses both local and national towards making our mission happen. We’ve been going and going and going, day in, day out, since 1883. And we’ll never stop.