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Belgrade's Street Dogs and Cats: How You Can Help
Belgrade's street dogs and cats: how the city's shelters work, who to call for an animal in trouble, and how you can adopt, volunteer or help.
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Animal Welfare in Belgrade: Help, Shelters and Adoption
Who to call for an animal in trouble in Belgrade, the city's shelters and how to adopt, and the ways you can help the street dogs and cats of the city.
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Awareness
Belgrade's Street Dogs and Cats: How You Can Help
Belgrade's street dogs and cats: how the city's shelters work, who to call for an animal in trouble, and how you can adopt, volunteer or help.
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062 80 90 333
Animal emergency service, Mali Mokri Lug
The city's emergency vets for injured animals, first of all abandoned ones.
Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 602Explore View on map
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Visits weekdays 10–12
Rakovica Shelter and Sterilisation Centre
The city's dog shelter and sterilisation centre, where you can meet dogs looking for a home.
Slavka Miljkovića bbExplore View on map
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If you find an animal in trouble 4
Who to call.
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062 80 90 333
Animal emergency service, Mali Mokri Lug
The city's emergency vets for injured animals, first of all abandoned ones.
Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 602Explore View on map
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011 276 43 66
Lost pets: the city's lost and missing line
Report a lost or missing pet of your own to the city's veterinary company.
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062 80 41 090
Sterilisation of street cats and dogs: booking line
Book microchipping, vaccination and sterilisation for a street cat or dog you look after.
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011 329 30 99
Street animal service (komunalna zoohigijena)
The city line for a stray or distressed animal in a street, park or other public place.
City shelters 2
Visit, adopt, ask.
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011 332 22 91
Borča dog quarantine
The city's quarantine for dogs, across the Danube in Borča.
Put za Ovču 232Explore View on map
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Visits weekdays 10–12
Rakovica Shelter and Sterilisation Centre
The city's dog shelter and sterilisation centre, where you can meet dogs looking for a home.
Slavka Miljkovića bbExplore View on map
Adopt & get involved 2
Adoption and volunteering.
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Volunteer
ORCA
A Belgrade organisation for the respect and care of animals, with schools programmes and volunteering.
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Adopt, don't buy
Udomi me, ne kupuj: adopting a dog or cat
The adoption site linked from the city's veterinary company, with Belgrade dogs and cats looking for homes.
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