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We rescue animals, primarily from the city shelter, almost daily with a focus on the most vulnerable: adult dogs, kittens, cats recovering from illnesses, and small animals. Once safe at PAWS, they receive everything they need to become ready for adoption, then are matched with loving homes.
Working together to end the killing of savable pets in shelters by helping owners keep their pets and by increasing rescue, adoption, and foster opportunities.
Meet your new best friend! When you adopt from PAWS, you are truly saving a life. Every time an animal finds a home, it opens up a space in our no-kill facilities to save the next homeless pet in need. Read more important info about adopting here.
The Philadelphia No-Kill Coalition is a collective of animal welfare agencies working together to end the killing of savable pets in shelters by helping struggling owners keep their pets as cherished family members and increasing rescue, adoption, and foster placements for pets with nowhere else to go.
Connect with a local rescue; Surrender your pet to a shelter. The Pennsylvania SPCA offers an owner surrender program for pets that meet certain criteria as space in our shelter becomes available. The PSPCA is Philadelphia’s largest no-kill shelter, with a save rate of 97%. We will never euthanize an animal for space or time.
One way to decrease the number of animals needlessly killed in our animal control shelter is to help them bypass the shelter altogether by connecting pet owners with local animal rescues.
Citizens for a No-Kill Philadelphia is dedicated to assisting Philly's pet owners while helping decrease the number of animals brought to our animal control shelter, ACCT Philly each year. One way is to help pets bypass the shelter altogether by connecting pet owners with local animal rescues!
Search for pets for adoption at shelters near Philadelphia, PA. Find and adopt a pet on Petfinder today.
Adoptions for animals in the shelter are first come, first serve. Adoptions hours are 12 - 6:30PM every day. Here are the steps to proceed with the adoption process: View our adoptable animals! If you see an animal you'd like to visit in the shelter, proceed to step 2.
Select a location from the list below to see dogs available for adoption at that specific location: Adoptable dogs at our Philadelphia Headquarters. Adoptable dogs at our Danville Center.
