These are the Charities Supporting Animal Welfare in the Western Cape

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Rounding out the final animal welfare charity list is the Western Cape, which is filled with hundreds of people saving animals in need; these are the organisations saving lives:

Western Cape, South Africa (05 February 2025) – The Western Cape is made up of so many different environments, from coastal towns to mountainous regions, sprawling suburbs and bustling townships. There are hundreds of organisations working to support animals in all these spaces. They make a huge difference every day.

If you are looking for an organisation to support, this is the list for you!

Each year, we see the list of organisations shift, change and grow. Our comprehensive charity list grows and evolves every year as we add more good causes to the list. This is the 2025 list for the Western Cape province.

Please note that this is a working list, so keep sending through your charities, and we will keep adding them!

These charities include all kinds of animal welfare organisations. We have simplified the search process for you by adding the following codes:

B – Birds, C – Cats, D – Dogs, F – Farm, H – Horses / Donkeys, W – Wildlife, and O – Other.

1 Kennel at a time (Working in Ocean View, Western Cape) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
African Tails (Working in Brooklyn) (D) – Website / Facebook
Aid 4 Animals In Distress (Working in Cape Town) (C,D) – Facebook
Animal Anti-Cruelty League (Working in Cape Town) (C,D,H) – Website / Facebook
Animal Lifeline (Working in Cape Town) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary (Working in Gansbaai) (W) – Website / Facebook
Animal Rescue Organisation (Working in Ottery) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Animal Welfare Society: Helderberg (Working in Helderberg) (C,D) – Facebook
Animal Welfare Society of SA (Working in Cape Town) (All) – Website / Facebook
Animal Welfare Society Stellenbosch (Working in Stellenbosch) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Boggle and Brux Rescue (Working in Cape Town) (O) – Facebook
Cape Dachshund Rescue (Working in Cape Town) (D) – Website / Facebook
Cart Horse Protection Association (Working in Cape Town) (H) – Website / Facebook
CAWS 4 PAWS (Working in Great Brak River) (C,D) – Facebook
Change for the Better Foundation (Working in Brackenfell) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Cheryl Lyn’s Rescue Organisation (Working in Table View) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Chocolate’s Angels Animal Rescue (Working in Kalbaskraal) (C,D) – Facebook
DARG (Working in Hout Bay) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Dassenberg Horse and Dog Rescue Centre (Working near Atlantis) (D,H) – Website / Facebook
Dead Animals Walking (Working in Durbanville) (D) – Website / Facebook
Dyer Island Conservation Trust (Working in Gansbaai) (W) – Website / Facebook
EARS Donkey Sanctuary (Working in Greyton) (H) – Website / Facebook
Eseltjiesrus Donkey Sanctuary (Working in McGregor) (H) – Website / Facebook
Fallen Angels (Working in Melkbosstrand) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Feral Cat Project Cape Town (Working in Cape Town) (C) – Website / Facebook
Foster Furry Rescue (Working in the Southern Peninsula) (C) – Website / Facebook
Friends of Calitzdorp Animals – FOCA (Working in Calitzdorp) (C,D) – Facebook
Fur-Get-Me-Knot (Working in Westlake) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Grabouw Animal Welfare Society (Working in Grabouw) (D) – Facebook
Grace Valley Wildlife Rescue (Working in Greyton and Overberg) (W) – Website
Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary (Working in Greyton) (F) – Website / Facebook
HART (Working in Helderberg) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Have a Heart Equine Sanctuary (Working in Bonnievale) (H) – Website / Facebook
Help a Paw (Working in Somerset West) (D) – Facebook
Hermanus Animal Welfare Society (Working in Hermanus) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Hout Bay Seal Rescue Centre (Working in Hout Bay) (O) – Website / Facebook
John Moore Animal Welfare (Working in Robertson) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Karoo Animal Protection Society (Working in Barrydale) (D) – Website / Facebook
Karoo Donkey Sanctuary (Working in Prince Albert) (H) – Website / Facebook
Knysna Animal Welfare Society (Working in Knysna) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Kogelberg Biosphere Wildlife Rescue and Training Centre (Working in Pringle Bay) (W) – Website / Facebook
K9 & Bridges – Rescue (Working in Helderberg) (C,D) – Facebook
Langebaan Animal Care (Working in Langebaan) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Leaps (Working in Lamberts Bay and Elands Bay) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Lucky Lucy Foundation (Working in Malmesbury) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Mdzanana Animal Clinic (Working in Khayelitsha) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Muddy Pooches (Working in Plettenberg Bay) (C,D) – Facebook
Oudtshoorn Dogs in Need (Working in Oudtshoorn) (D) – Facebook
Paarl Homeless Cats (Working in Paarl) (C) – Website / Facebook
Paws-a-While (Working in Cape Town) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Plett Animal Welfare Service (Working in Plettenberg Bay) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Piketberg Animal Care/Piketberg Dieresorg (Working in Piketberg) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Pit Pals (Working in Melkbosstrand) (D) – Website / Facebook
Rescue Rehabilitation and Training (Working in Melkbosstrand) (D) – Facebook
Raise ‘n Rescue (Working in Cape Town) (C) – Website / Facebook
Riebeek Animal Welfare (Working in Swartland) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
Safe Hands Animal Rescue (Working in Franschhoek) (C,D) – Facebook
SANCCOB (Working in Table View) (B) – Website / Facebook
Sidewalk Specials (Working in De Doorns) (D) – Website / Facebook
SPCA Cape of Good Hope (All) – Website / Facebook
SPCA Garden Route (Working in George and Mossel Bay) (All) – Website / Facebook
SPCA Paarl (All) – Website / Facebook
SPCA Swartland and West Coast (All) – Website / Facebook
SPCA Wellington (All) – Website / Facebook
SPCA Winelands (All) – Facebook
Squirrel Rescue and Rehab Western Cape (W) – Facebook
TEARS Animal Rescue (Working in Cape Town) (C,D) – Website / Facebook
The Baboon Matters Trust (Working in Western Cape) (W) – Website / Facebook
The Gingerbread Club (Working in Cape Town) (C) – Facebook
The Majestic Beast Rescue (Working in Western Cape) (D) – Website / Facebook
The Owl Rescue (Working in Velddrif) (B) – Website / Facebook
The Sushi and Panda Foundation (Working in Cape Winelands) (C,D) – Facebook
The Underdog Project (Working in Hout Bay) (D) – Website / Facebook
The UWC Feral Cat Project (Working in UWC Campus, Bellville & Grabouw) (C) – Website / Facebook
The Woof Project (Working in Cape Town) (D) – Website / Facebook
Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation (Working in Cape Town) (O) – Website / Facebook

If we have missed an organisation or charity, please email tyler@goodthingsguy.com and we will add it soonest; kindly supply the relevant links as well as which province they work in, the NPO registration details and a brief description of what the organisation does.