Animal Rescue, Inc. rescues stray dogs and cats in the north Baltimore, Maryland, and York, Pennsylvania areas.

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary houses and cares for many different species of abused and abandoned animals.

Friends of Homeless Animals in Northern Virginia helps homeless cats and dogs.

The Homeless Animal Rescue Team in Fairfax Station, VA, takes in abused and abandoned cats and dogs, resocializes them, and finds them new homes.

PAL is a Washington, DC, based organization that "brings people and animals together, brightening the lives of the lonely, easing the pain of the sick and enriching the world of at-risk children."

Phoenix Landing, is a parrot rescue, adoption, and welfare organization in Arlington, VA.

Alley Cat Allies trap, neuter, and return feral cats. They are located in Washington. DC.

The Feline Foundation of Greater Washington rescues, cares for, and finds homes for abandoned cats and kittens.

Almost Heaven Chincilla Rescue

Dogs Deserve Better helps dogs chained outside.

The Farm Animal Reform Movement, located in Bethesda, MD, advocates for farm animals.

Poplar Spring Santuary in Poolesville, MD, provides rescue and santuary for farm animals and wildlife.

Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue in Northern Virginia: Rescues guinea pigs, educates the public about their proper care, has guinea pigs available for adoption.

Small Angels is a foster network for gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, and rats in Frederick, MD. Contact Angela Pfeiffer at (301) 668-3117 or apfeiffer@copper.net.

The American Horse Defense Fund advocates for wild as well as companion horses. Because of AHDF, horses have a lawyer.

Days End Farm Horse Rescue provides quality care for abused and neglected horses. The farm is located in Lisbon, MD.

Pigs, a sanctuary where a "pig can be a pig," is located in Shepherdstown, WVA. The sanctuary is also home to horses, goats, the occasional rabbit, and other species.

The Willow Ridge Sanctuary is home to abused and abandoned pigs, a couple of burros, a goat, a rooster, and other assorted animals. It is located in Willow Street, PA.

Northern Virginia Reptile Rescue in Bluemont, VA.

Turtle Homes is an international organization that helps injured and homeless turtles.

Second Chance Wildlife Center in Gaithersburg, MD, cares "for injured, ill, and orphaned wildlife from Montgomery County, MD, and the surrounding areas."

The Wildlife Rescue League of provides care for sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife so that the animal can be returned to the wild. Their service area is DC and Northern Virginia.

If you know of a great animal organization that should be on this list, tell us about it and we will consider it for inclusion . They should be non-profit organizations that have animal welfare as their top priority.

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