To end the suffering of animals with rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and education.
12/31/2025
UPDATE: driver secured thank you! Send Tippy well wishes!
We need someone to drive Tippy to Sydenham Vet Services at 3050 Rutledge Rd, Sydenham immediately as the clinic closes at noon! Heโs at The Catโs Pajamas, 4811 Perth Road. He seems to have developed an abscess that needs to be treated immediately. Please let us know if you can help!
This is it! โจ One final opportunity to capture a magical holiday photo with Santa at his outdoor workshop just west of Kingston โ all in support of rescue animals.
๐ Tomorrow, Dec 13
โฐ 10:30 AM โ 12:30 PM
๐ธ Photographer: Garrett Elliott Photography
๐ฒ $50 per family | By appointment only
๐ Santaโs Workshop, 4759 Taylor Kidd Blvd
๐ 100% of proceeds support Kingston Animal Rescue
๐ธ A beautiful keepsake + a meaningful cause โค๏ธ
๐ Book now before itโs gone!
โก Website in bio! kingstonanimalrescue.com/content/santa-photos
Make memories. Save lives. ๐๐พ
11/30/2025
๐ฃ Santa Photos Postponed Due to Unsafe Weather
Todayโs icy, windy conditions mean we have to postpone. โ๏ธ๐จ
If you were booked, please check your email for next steps and rebooking details. ๐
Thanks so much for your understanding and support. โค๏ธ๐พ
11/23/2025
๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ
Deck your door and help save lives this holiday season!
Weโre offering beautiful, handmade ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ $๐ฐ๐ฌ, crafted locally and perfect for porches, doors, and festive gifting. ๐ $15 from every wreath and planter helps provide life-saving care for rescue animals.
Thank you for supporting the animals this holiday season! ๐ฟ๐
11/23/2025
๐ฃ CANCELLED: Santa Photos today are postponed due to rain!
If you were booked for today, please check your email โ weโve sent an update with next steps and arrangements. ๐
The weather hasnโt cooperated, but weโre making sure everyone is taken care of. Please reply when you can so we can get you sorted!
Thank you so much for your understanding and support. โค๏ธ๐พ
11/14/2025
๐ ๐พ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ! ๐พ๐
Our Nov 13 Pet Photo Fundraiser was a hit! Huge thank you to Ben Myers Media for donating his incredible talent and capturing the cutest holiday moments. โค๏ธ๐ธ
Want your pet to shine with Santa too?
โจ More spots are open for Nov 20! โจ
๐ Pet Valu Midland Ave
๐ Thur, Nov 20 | 6โ8:30 PM
๐ฒ $25 per pet (high-res photo included!)
๐ 100% of proceeds support Kingston Animal Rescue
๐ธ Photographer: Lindsay Foster Photography
๐ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ on our website! โก kingstonanimalrescue.com/santa
Help animals + get adorable holiday photos = the perfect combo. ๐ถ๐ฑโค๏ธ๐
11/13/2025
Domestic bunny or Eastern Cottontail?
Thatโs been the question for us for the past few weeks. After hearing about an abandoned bunny outside, we moved quickly to locate and secure her the same day.
Once she was inside and we could see her up close, we began to question if she may be a leucistic Eastern Cottontail. Leucism is a condition that causes a partial loss of pigmentation, resulting in white or light colouring to the fur. This is different from albinism, which is a lack of melanin.
We kept her safe inside and limited interaction, monitoring her through a camera. Sometimes her behaviour pointed to domestic, sometimes she seemed very wild.
We consulted with many wildlife experts from local to across the world, as well as our own exotics vet. No one agreed and the decision to release her back outside weighed on us heavily even though we strongly suspected she was a cottontail. If we were wrong, we were abandoning a domestic bunny without the instinct to survive.
Through our outreach, we learned about the Natural Resources DNA Profiling and Forensic Centre at Trent University. Incredibly, we were able to send a sample of her fur for DNA analysis!
A week later, a Wildlife Forensic Scientist from the lab confirmed our suspicions: we had managed to โrescueโ a very rare Eastern Cottontail. So rare that many wildlife experts have never seen one.
With her identity confirmed, this week we are releasing the rabbit back to her home territory. To ensure a safe and comfortable transition, she has been housed in an unheated and uninsulated garage for the past 10 days, allowing her to acclimatize to changing temperatures.
We are communicating with her neighbourhood to keep her safe and avoid any recapture attempts.
This was certainly one of the most perplexing rescues in our 15 years. We are relieved that she will be back home where she belongs.
11/07/2025
๐ ๐ธ Capture the Magic of the Season with our ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ & ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐ง! ๐ธ๐
Step into the festive charm of Santaโs outdoor workshop ๐ just west of Kingston for our beloved family photo sessions โ all in support of rescue animals!
๐ Nov 15 & 16 - 10:30 AM โ 3:00 PM
๐ Nov 22 & 23 - 10:30 AM โ 3:00 PM
๐ Nov 29 & 30 - 10:30 AM โ 3:00 PM
๐ฒ $50 per family. By appointment only- book today!
๐ Santaโs Workshop โ private outdoor location west of Kingston
Bring your furry friend for a magical indoor photo with Santa โ taken by our amazing volunteer photographers!
๐ Pet Valu Midland Ave
๐ Thur Nov 13 | 6:00 PM โ 8:30 PM with Ben Myers Media
๐ Thur Nov 20 | 6:00 PM โ 8:30 PM with Lindsay Foster Photography
๐ฒ $25 per pet (includes a high-res digital photo โ extra shots if your petโs feeling photogenic!)
๐ 100% of proceeds support Kingston Animal Rescue
๐ Book your spot now โก kingstonanimalrescue.com/santa
Make your petโs Christmas wish come true โ and help save lives! ๐ถ๐ฑโจ
Foster homes needed for little friends such as rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters. We provide the start-up supplies/housing and medical care. You provide the love. Apply to foster.
11/05/2025
๐ A huge THANK YOU to Jason and the amazing Pet Valu Kingston & Gananoque teams! ๐
For over 15 years, these incredible stores have supported Kingston Animal Rescue through their annual PAWS Campaign โ raising funds, awareness, and endless love for animals in need. ๐พ
Every year, their staff work tirelessly to ask the community to donate to local rescues like ours (and others doing great work!), and this year their efforts raised an incredible $4,292.61 for Kingston Animal Rescue! ๐
Weโre beyond grateful for this long-standing partnership and for every Pet Valu team member and customer who gives so generously. You truly make a difference! โค๏ธ
๐ Pet Valu Locations Supporting Us:
โข Pet Valu Midland Ave, Kingston
โข Pet Valu Bath Rd, Kingston
โข Pet Valu Gardiners Rd, Kingston
โข Pet Valu Princess St, Kingston
โข Pet Valu Gananoque .gan
Thank you for being champions for animals โ year after year! ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ
07/30/2025
We have several bunnies in care, including Mandy & Santana, that need new foster homes ASAP.
We provide all the start-up supplies including housing (dog x-pen), bowls, litter box, food & hay. You provide the love.
Our bunnies are spayed/neutered.
Can you help? Please fill out a foster app and we'll be in touch.
Itโs National Adoption Week at PetSmart. Weโre proud to be adoption partners! Stop by all week to visit our bunnies in the adoption centre. Plus, weโll have some cats visiting with us throughout the week. Maybe youโll find your forever match. ๐๐
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We rescue and find forever homes for animals in need.
Using a network of foster homes, we take in last chance animals - animals that are at high risk of euthanasia or those that would otherwise be at risk without our help. This includes animals at shelters and stray animals. We also assist in emergency rescues, including small animals removed from neglectful situations.
Our priority is small animals like rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters, gerbils, mice, hedgehogs, ferrets, and others, as there is no other rescue group in our community dedicated to these types of animals. We regularly take in cats and occasionally dogs. We rarely accept owner surrendered animals.
As a no-kill rescue, our animals stay in foster homes until they are adopted. We work to educate the public about the proper care and treatment of animals as well as the pet overpopulation crisis and the importance of spaying/neutering and adoption.
In 2012-13 Kingston Animal Rescue championed the creation of a by-law to ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in Kingston pet stores. After an intense year of council meetings, petitioning and public outreach, a by-law that restricts the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in Kingston pet stores to shelter and/or rescue animals only came into effect on August 14, 2013. Kingston now has one of the most progressive pet store by-laws in the country.