Adopt a cat in Alicante

We have 6 shelters and rescues located in Alicante, with what is known about each one: where it is, how to phone and its website. Below them, the cat associations in the Valencian Community and the search sites for cats up for adoption.

Shelters and rescues in Alicante

Phone before you go: many only open by appointment and do not always have cats (in spring and summer, with the litters, they usually have many more). Those marked “Cats only” work exclusively with cats.

Locations come from OpenStreetMap, © its contributors, under the ODbL licence · downloaded on 23 September 2026. We have removed the pounds and shelters that only take in dogs, and the linked websites lead, where there is one, to their cat section. Phone numbers and websites that OSM does not have are taken from each organisation’s own website or from its town council’s, so if anything has changed, go by what their website says. Is one missing or is something wrong? “Suggest a correction” fixes it on the map, and it will show up here in the next update.

Cat associations in the Valencian Community

They work only with cats, almost always through foster homes: their cats are socialised in a home, and they can tell you what each one is really like.

Adopciones Felinas ValenciaCats for adoption in Valencia, with a guide to the process and to cat-proofing windows and balconies. ValenciaCats only Colonia Felina del Campus de Burjassot-PaternaVolunteers from the University of Valencia who look after the campus colony and rehome cats. BurjassotColony PRODA VinaròsA cat rescue: feeding, care, neutering and adoption of street cats. VinaròsCats only Aldea Felina DeniaA cat shelter with cats for adoption, which also works with the street colonies of the area. DéniaShelter Ronroneos AzulesA cat association in Alicante with cats for adoption, special cases and follow-up after adoption. BiarCats only

Search sites: start here

They bring together the listings of hundreds of rescues. Each link takes you straight to the cat section, where you can filter by province, age and sex. The sites are in Spanish, but your browser’s translate option copes well with the listings.

MiwukiThe longest-running adoption search site in Spain, with cats listed by province and town. Bambú DifundeCats for adoption from rescues all over the country, with a page for each province. Save One AnimalA national platform that brings together the listings of over a thousand organisations, with a filter for cats. Dejan HuellaDetailed profiles of cats and dogs, with a section for each region. Kiwoko AdoptaSearch across nearly five hundred partner rescues, many of them cat-only associations. MundimascotaAdoption listings for cats and kittens, by province. WallamascotasA noticeboard of cats for adoption from private owners and associations.

Cat colonies: your town council’s programme

Since Law 7/2023, cats that live on the street are “community cats”, and managing them is the town council’s job: a census, neutering (the TNR method: trap, neuter and return, known in Spain as CER) and authorised carers. If you have spotted a colony, want to look after one, or have found a kitten that cannot go back to the street, start here.

Valencia · Colony cat neutering centreValència. The municipal centre where the city’s colony cats are neutered.

Other provinces in the Valencian Community

Adopting a cat in Alicante: what is worth knowing

For several of them we have the location but not the full postal address, so the map is the most reliable way to find them. 2 of them can be reached by phone. Hardly any of them publish fixed opening hours, and many cats live in foster homes rather than at the shelter, so phone or write before turning up. 2 are publicly owned, run by town councils, provincial or island councils or groups of municipalities: that is where the cats picked up from the street and the surrendered ones end up, and they tend to have more turnover than the associations.

The search sites on this page filter by Alicante and show the cats available right now, but not everything is there: kittens are what gets published most, and adults, seniors and cats with special needs rarely make the front page. If you are looking for one of those, writing directly to the rescue works much better than trawling through listings. And if you cannot find yours in Alicante, many associations in the Valencian Community rehome to other provinces, with transport arranged between volunteers.

Before you adopt: what the law requires in the Valencian Community

Spain’s animal welfare law, Law 7/2023, sets the common minimum for the whole country; each region also has its own law and register, and each town council its own bylaws.

The national law requires every cat to be identified with a microchip and neutered before six months of age, except those registered as breeding animals with a registered breeder (art. 26). It bans the sale of cats in pet shops: only registered breeders may sell them (art. 27), and it does not allow a pet to be left unsupervised for more than three days in a row. Public centres must hand animals over for adoption identified, with a contract, and neutered or with a commitment to have it done (art. 23). In the Valencian Community, Law 2/2023 on the protection, welfare and keeping of companion animals also applies, and the microchip is recorded in the Valencian Animal Identification Register (RIVIA). One of the most recent laws. It requires cats to be identified and, in any case, before they are sold or given away. Neutering. It requires dogs and cats without breeding control or with access to the outdoors to be neutered (art. 6). That article has since been amended: check the current wording. Cat colonies. It regulates colonies and the TNR method (art. 24). If the cat you adopt comes from a rescue, they or your vet will usually take care of transferring the microchip registration into your name. What each Spanish region requires (Spanish) →

Other sources

Third-party directories, in case you want to compare (in Spanish). These do take you away from Michipedia.

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