PAWS, the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society, is a 501(c)3, donor-funded division of the Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association (PACCA), the City of Philadelphia’s contracted animal control shelter. PAWS is dedicated to promoting public welfare and to saving the lives of Philadelphia’s homeless, abandoned and unwanted animals. Receiving the highest volume of unwanted and unloved animals in the region, approximately 30,000 each year, PAWS is working to end the killing of healthy and treatable pets in the City of Philadelphia.

Historically known for extremely high euthanasia rates, PACCA was once a place where only about 10% of the animals made it back out alive. However, since 2005 when new leadership was brought in and PAWS, the lifesaving division of PACCA, was established, our “save rate” has climbed dramatically and steadily. By the end of 2007, PAWS was saving 60% of the animals who entered our shelter. We will not stop until every healthy and treatable pet in Philadelphia is guaranteed a home.

There are many ways that you can support PAWS and help save the lives of homeless animals!

DONATE:
All financial support for PAWS is used to fund lifesaving activities: adoption and foster care, spay/neuter clinics, low-cost vaccinations, and other community-based programs. These efforts are part of PAWS’ greater endeavor of making Philadelphia a city in which every heathy and treatable pet is guaranteed a home and ultimately returning the City of Brotherly Love to its roots of care and compassion by ending the use of euthanasia as a means of population control for savable pets.

You can donate online by clicking here. Online donations are processed through Network for Good's secure servers.

Or you may mail your donation to:

PAWS, the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society
ATTN: Donor Services
111 West Hunting Park Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19140

SUPPORT SPECIAL NEEDS ANIMALS:
At PAWS we feel a sense of sadness every time we see an animal named Lucky come into the Philadelphia Animal Care and Control shelter. The name just doesn't seem to fit unless there can be a happy ending to that animal's story. The Lucky Fund was established to help ensure that happy endings will be made for many of the animals who arrive at the shelter with treatable medical conditions. Your donations to the Lucky Fund are allocated exclusively to pay for medical treatments such as diagnostic tests, medications and care needed for sick and injured animals. Click here to make a donation to the Lucky Fund online. Just type "Lucky Fund" in the designation box.

Hope, the very first beneficiary of the Lucky Fund, arrived at the shelter in horrible condition. She simply hid her head in fear and pain when she was approached. Hope's care included having radiographs taken at a veterinary office where the first opinion was that she should be euthanized. A second veterinary opinion disagreed and we were determined to find a happy ending for Hope! Hope's final diagnosis included demodectic mange, a fractured pelvis, an imbedded collar and it was also discovered she had been shot by a BB gun as BB's were seen in her flank on the xrays. Hope's treatment would be long but simple. No operation was recommended, only rest and medications. Hope was featured by Carol Erickson on CBS3 and is now living her happy ending with a foster parent who saw her story in the news.

SUPPORT SPAY AND NEUTER:
Donations to the Joyce Ann Derby Memorial Fund exclusively support low- and no-cost spay and neuter surgeries for families and animals in need. Additional funds will provide support for more extensive, targeted spay and neuter programs. Donations to the Joyce Ann Derby Memorial Fund can be made by clicking here or by clicking on the "Donate Now" dog tag at the top of the page.

GIVE THE GIFT OF COMFORT:
Join 95.7 BEN FM and PAWS volunteers as they work to provide Kuranda brand dog beds for all 140 dog kennels! Our dogs love to sleep on Kuranda dog beds, but we don't have enough for everyone. You can donate a bed at a special wholesale price for a shelter dog to sleep in comfort by clicking here or on any "Pamper a Homeless Pet" dog bed link on our site.

DONATE ITEMS ON OUR WISH LIST:
Donate much needed items to help us care for and provide comfort to animals in the shelter. Some supplies do mean the difference between life and death.

• Towels
• Blankets
• Small Rugs/Toilet Seat Covers
• Bleach
• Liquid Dishwashing Soap
• Laundry Detergent
• Paper Towels
• Kong Brand Dog Toys
• Canned Kitten Food
• Cat & Kitten Toys
• New/Used Dog Crates (all sizes)
• New/Used Carriers (all sizes)
• New/Used Varied Kennels (all sizes)
• KMR Kitten & Puppy Formula

SHOP AND SUPPORT:
Raise money every time you shop when you do your online shopping through iGive.com. There are hundreds of participating online stores including many that you probably shop at already! At no extra cost to you a percentage of your purchase is donated directly to PAWS. The more you shop... The more you give!