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Animal welfare non-profits in Switzerland

Browse 86 animal shelters, rescues and animal welfare charities in Switzerland. Compare programmes, beneficiaries and how each is funded.

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CompanyWhat they do

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Stiftung TBB SchweizBasel, SwitzerlandAnimal welfare · Nature & Wildlife conservation
AS
Anavant SursesSavognin, SwitzerlandCommunity development · Animal welfare +1 more
Ärztinnen und Ärzte für Tierschutz in der MedizinWernetshausen, SwitzerlandAnimal welfare · Science & Research
StrayCoCoWinterthur, SwitzerlandAnimal welfare · Community development
SF
SPA FribourgFont, SwitzerlandAnimal welfare
Effektiv SpendenBerlin, GermanyPoverty & Hunger · Environment & Climate +2 more
TC
Tierhilfe Costa BlancaPfäffikon, SwitzerlandAnimal welfare · Nature & Wildlife conservation
Tierhof mit HerzKradolf-Schönenberg, SwitzerlandAnimal welfare
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Stiftung Tierhilfe Costa BlancaPfäffikon, SwitzerlandAnimal welfare
TZ
Tierschutzverein ZugAllenwinden, SwitzerlandAnimal welfare · Nature & Wildlife conservation
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Fondation Hans WilsdorfCarouge, SwitzerlandCommunity development · Employment & Skills +10 more
Swiss Ornithological InstituteSempach, SwitzerlandNature & Wildlife conservation · Science & Research +2 more

A closer lookSwitzerland

Stiftung TBB Schweiz

Animal welfare · Nature & Wildlife conservation · Basel, Switzerland

Animal welfareNature & Wildlife conservation

The Stiftung TBB Schweiz is a Swiss animal welfare foundation based in Basel. It operates the Tierheim an der Birs, which takes in and cares for stray, abandoned and seized animals until they can be rehomed, and it runs a pet grooming salon, a lost and found office, a hedgehog release station and youth animal welfare…

Type: Operating foundation
Works for: Animals, Children, Communities
Activities: Direct services, Advocacy & campaigning, Awareness & education +1 more
Reach: National
Programmes: Tierheim an der Birs, Tierpflegesalon, Tierfundbüro +2 more
Funded by: Individual donations, Grants, Legacies
Legal form: Stiftung
Founded: 2017

Open full profileProfile updated 27 March 2026

Animal welfare non-profits in Switzerland at a glance

Of the 86 Animal welfare non-profits in Switzerland, the most common cause areas are Nature & Wildlife conservation (38%), Education (20%) and Environment & Climate (15%).

Cause areas

Nature & Wildlife conservation38%
Education20%
Environment & Climate15%
Children & Youth15%
Community development14%

Organisation types

Association49%
Operating foundation26%
Grant-making foundation12%
Charity7%
NGO3%

Beneficiaries

Animals88%
Communities24%
Children21%
Youth14%
People in poverty9%

Funding sources

Individual donations74%
Legacies19%
Membership fees19%
Earned income9%
Grants8%

Top cities

Zürich12%
Basel6%
Winterthur3%
Pfäffikon3%
Bern3%
Genève3%

Size

1-10 employees3%
11-50 employees3%
201-500 employees1%

Key facts

2005 is the median founding year
44% say donations are tax-deductible
2% publish a charity number
77% name their programmes
35% invite volunteers

Figures from all 86 non-profits, as published on their own websites. Shares count only what a profile states, so they are a floor rather than a census.