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12.08.2025

PAWS’ 2026 Calendars Are Here!

Featuring beautiful portraits of rescued PAWS pets, the PAWS calendar provides a year's worth of inspiration and raises needed funds for our rescue, adoption, and clinic programs. All proceeds enable PAWS to serve more of the city's neediest pets! Buy yours online at phillypaws.org/shop, or at a participating calendar merchant…

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11.25.25

Thanksgiving Week Holiday Hours

Please note our holiday hours this week! All PAWS locations will close at 3pm Wednesday, November 26, and will be closed for the full day on Thursday, November 27. We’ll reopen for regular hours and services at all clinic and…

11.24.25

Cassian: from a crowded crate to a wide-open future.

On a hot summer day this past June, seven puppies were abandoned in a crate at PAWS, malnourished, overheated, and very scared. One of them was Cassian, a special pup with a remarkable will to thrive. As our medical team…

11.17.25

PAWS Urges Community to Foster Homeless Pets during “Foster Homes for the Holidays” campaign

As the holiday season approaches, animal shelters across Philadelphia are facing an added strain: a temporary reduction in the number of available foster homes due to travel, hosting, and busy schedules, just as more families are facing hardships that are…

10.30.25

Here’s how you can help neighbors and pets in need

With your support, PAWS has always strived to meet the needs of our community — whether caring for homeless animals and finding them love for the first time, or providing support so that pets can remain with their families who…

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