Western Cape SPCA & Animal Shelter Directory

If your dog is missing in the Western Cape, or you have found one, the SPCA for that area is the first place to phone and the first place to visit. These are the SPCAs and larger welfare organisations in the province, with the contact details published by the Western Cape Government and the organisations themselves.

Cape Town

• Cape of Good Hope SPCA
  Corner 1st Avenue and First Road, Grassy Park
  Tel: 021 700 4140 (inspectorate 021 700 4158/9)
  After hours / emergencies: 083 326 1604
• Animal Anti-Cruelty League, Epping
  90 Bofors Circle (corner Carrier Way), Epping 2
  Tel: 021 534 6426
• Animal Anti-Cruelty League, Bellville
  1 Bureau Street, Bellville South
  Tel: 021 951 3010

Winelands

• Paarl SPCA
  Ben Barnard Estate, Suider-Paarl
  Tel: 021 863 2720
• Wellington SPCA
  Interpace Road, Wellington
  Tel: 021 864 3726
• Franschhoek SPCA
  La Provence Street, Groendal
  Tel: 021 876 4808
• Winelands SPCA
  Ashton
  Tel: 023 615 2241

West Coast and Swartland

• Swartland SPCA
  R315 Yzerfontein Road (next to the cemetery), Darling
  Tel: 022 492 2781
  After hours / emergencies: 082 414 7153
• West Coast SPCA
  R45 Main Road, Vredenburg
  Tel: 022 289 0998

Overberg

• Swellendam SPCA
  51 Bontebok Street, Railton, Swellendam
  Tel: 028 514 2083
  After hours / emergencies: 084 737 1948

Garden Route

• Garden Route SPCA, George
  Ossie Urban Road, Tamsui Industrial Area, George (near the N2)
  Tel: 044 878 1990
• Garden Route SPCA, Mossel Bay
  Bill Jeffrey Avenue, KwaNonqaba, Mossel Bay
  Tel: 044 693 0824
  After hours / emergencies: 072 287 1761

Karoo

• Karoo SPCA, Beaufort West
  Meentgronde, corner Grimbeeck and Jooste Streets, Beaufort West
  Tel: 072 847 7312

If your dog is missing in the Western Cape

1. Report your dog as lost. It is free and needs no account.
2. Phone the SPCA that covers the area where the dog went missing, then go in person. A description over the phone is easy to mismatch.
3. Go back every two or three days. Dogs are sometimes handed in a week or more after they went missing.

If you have found a dog

Have it scanned for a microchip at a vet or SPCA, tell the SPCA you have it, and report it as found. See I found a dog: what to do, step by step.

Not sure which SPCA covers your area?

Each SPCA is a separate society with its own area. The SPCA locator on nspca.co.za finds the nearest one from your postal code.

Details checked on 14 November 2026. Phone before you travel, as hours and numbers change. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.