Animal rescue in Germany
Found an injured, abandoned or runaway animal? Look up your town – or report the emergency right away with your location.
By federal state
- Schleswig-Holstein 15 districts and independent cities
- Hamburg city state
- Niedersachsen 45 districts and independent cities
- Bremen 2 districts and independent cities
- Nordrhein-Westfalen 53 districts and independent cities
- Hessen 26 districts and independent cities
- Rheinland-Pfalz 36 districts and independent cities
- Baden-Württemberg 44 districts and independent cities
- Bayern 96 districts and independent cities
- Saarland 6 districts and independent cities
- Berlin city state
- Brandenburg 18 districts and independent cities
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 8 districts and independent cities
- Sachsen 13 districts and independent cities
- Sachsen-Anhalt 14 districts and independent cities
- Thüringen 22 districts and independent cities
Major cities in Germany
- Berlin 3 685 000 inhabitants
- Hamburg 1 863 000 inhabitants
- München 1 505 000 inhabitants
- Köln 1 025 000 inhabitants
- Frankfurt am Main 756 000 inhabitants
- Düsseldorf 619 000 inhabitants
- Stuttgart 613 000 inhabitants
- Leipzig 612 000 inhabitants
- Dortmund 603 000 inhabitants
- Bremen 588 000 inhabitants
- Essen 575 000 inhabitants
- Dresden 565 000 inhabitants
- Nürnberg 530 000 inhabitants
- Hannover 522 000 inhabitants
- Duisburg 502 000 inhabitants
- Bochum 359 000 inhabitants
- Wuppertal 358 000 inhabitants
- Bielefeld 332 000 inhabitants
- Bonn 323 000 inhabitants
- Mannheim 318 000 inhabitants
- Karlsruhe 309 000 inhabitants
- Münster 308 000 inhabitants
- Augsburg 302 000 inhabitants
- Wiesbaden 289 000 inhabitants
Animal welfare organisations from all over Germany can add themselves to our directory. To the directory of animal welfare organisations →
Right now – three steps
- Secure the scene without endangering yourself
Keep your distance and stay calm; on a road switch on your hazard lights. An injured animal bites and scratches out of fear – only touch it if you must. Do not feed it.
- Report it – with your location
Our form sends your report with location and photo to our on-call team. It takes about a minute.
Report an emergency → - Life in danger: call 110 or 112
Animal on the carriageway, in water, in a locked hot car, or danger to people: call the police (110) or the fire brigade (112) immediately.
Found an animal – what now?
- Wild animal foundFound a wild animal – who helps?
- Finding an emergency vetEmergency vet – how to find one at night and at the weekend
- Hedgehog foundFound a hedgehog – what to do?
- Bird foundFound a young or injured bird – what to do?
- Dog foundFound a stray dog – what to do?
- Cat turned upA cat has turned up or been found – what to do?
- Pet run awayDog or cat has run away – what to do?
- Collision with wildlifeCollision with wildlife: deer or wild boar hit – what to do?
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