Morris Animal Refuge

Can I please give more stars? Morris Animal Refuge does amazing work in Center City Philadelphia. We found our «fur baby» through them. They had tons of tips, were helpful in finding a vet (since we were new to the whole adoption process), and we plan to go there again if we would like another pet. Terrific.

I have a great respect for the work done here at Morris! I rescue stray cats in my neighborhood and work with a very limited budget. Morris provided low-​cost spay/​neuter certificates for me to have 5 cats neutered. They also treated me very kindly, let me visit with the dogs and cats in the back while they prepared the certificates. It was a very warm place that showed lots of love to the animals in their care and was very straight forward about what they do.
I highly recommend donating or adopting pets with Morris!

Hi have adopted two small animals from Morris (Hamsters), I found them to be very helpful and concerned that the animals go to good homes. They ask you to fill out the paper work to make sure that it is ok to have animals at your residents and to make sure you do not have a bad history with animals. The staff was friendly and helpful. The place was clean and the animals looked well taken care of. It seemed to me that the staff cared for all the dogs and cats and other small animals they had. I would adopt from Morris Animal Refuge again.
Thanks Morris

No animal refuge is perfect. It’s a nightmare scenario — you’ve got to understand that — too little room, too little food and support and too many abandoned and unloved animals.
After our beloved Kitty died after 16 years with us — we decided to honor his life by adopting another cat. We went online — and immediately we were stricken by the photo and story of Baby Girl. When we visited, we looked at every cat — but, we came back to Baby Girl.
Long story short — thanks to the lovely staff. .. Baby girl is loving her new home. She’s learned she doesn’t have to fear people — or anything — she’s home. And, she’s enjoying being spoiled…
We couldn’t be happier — neither could Baby Girl.
Thank you for introducing us to our favorite little girl in the world!

We adopted my cat here 30 years ago when I was a young girl, so I remembered it as a potential place to find a rescue, this time a dog.
We have a bullmastiff puppy at home that I thought would love a forever friend, so when I was walking by MAR one day I stopped in with my son to see what it was like and if there were any potential female dogs. I spoke with a woman sitting at a desk and asked to go back to see the dogs, and she let me back. There was a wonderful woman back there cleaning the cages, and we chatted it up while I my son and I walked around looking at the dogs. There weren’t any that I thought would be a good fit, but I was excited about coming back at another time when there might be.
When we went back out to the front room and I started talking with the woman at the desk, she started drilling me about my current situation. I told her that we had a bullmastiff puppy who is wonderful but might like a sister, and that I was just starting the process of looking for a female rescue. She immediately started to berate me for having a purebred dog and said it’s «people like you» who think they want a fancy dog and then give it up. I was so appalled that I was speechless and couldn’t respond properly. Had I had the right state of mind I would have taken her name down and reported her.
If I had found a potential good fit, I would have proceeded with a rescue application. But instead, MAR staff insulted and turned away a potential adopter. Instead of wrongly accusing «people like me,» the staff member should have said how wonderful it was that I was now considering adoption. And you wonder why more dogs aren’t rescued? Shame on MAR.

I was really excited on our way to visit them last night. My boyfriend has visited them before and thought we could take a look to see if there is any cat we might want to adopt. When we got there after work, it was around 6pm. Surprisingly, the door was closed when it’s clearly said they open until 7pm on Wednesdays. We tried to call but they don’t take voicemail. I was super disappointed, especially after all the good things I have heard about this place. Probably will visit PAWs instead now…

My family and I have adopted 3 cats from Morris over an almost 20 year period. They are nice people, great judges of the animals they adopt and they people they adopt to. When they tell you that they have a cat that’s perfect for you, they know what they are talking about. Go get a cat from these guys, support them.

I got my cat Pepper (Cleopatra was her name at the Refuge) here in January and couldn’t be more happy with her. Aside from being a little too vocal at 4 in the morning, she came as friendly and as loving as they come and I know it had a lot to do with the staff at the Refuge.
The woman, who’s name I can’t remember Im sorry!, that helped me adopt Pepper was so nice and kept in touch with me about her getting spayed and was nothing but trusting which was nice. Sometimes at animal adoption places people can really give you the third degree which I can understand but I didn’t get that feeling here at all. She just wanted to place her in a good home and I think she did!
The only thing is they are a little more expensive then the SPCA, they don’t vaccinate and they don’t microchip. But you can always get all of that done at a reasonable price at the PAWS clinic in West Philly. I really was happy with the refuge and for such a small establishment they seem to really care well for the animals in such small conditions. Thank you! you’ll be getting a pepper christmas card this year!