A Washington DC rescue saving stray, neglected, unwanted and abused animals from animal control facilities and placing them into foster and adoptive homes across the DC metro area. In April 2022 DC PAWS joined forces with Petey and Furends, another small foster-based DC rescue, and adoptions are now handled under the Petey and Furends name. The DC PAWS name is still widely searched, so the listing is kept here and points adopters to the active organization.
Check https://www.dcpawsrescue.org or call ahead for current adoption fees.
DC PAWS animals are now adopted through Petey and Furends at peteyandfurends.org. Both rescues are foster-based with no shelter building, so you apply online first and meet the cat once your application is approved. A home visit is part of the process, which is why adoptions are limited to the DC, Maryland and northern Virginia area.
Estimated by applying the AVMA's 2024 national cat-ownership rate (32.1% of households) to the county's real household count from the Census Bureau — a national rate applied locally, not a local survey. Population and housing figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
DC PAWS pulls stray, neglected, unwanted and abused animals out of animal control facilities and places them into foster and adoptive homes.
No. The rescue is foster-based, so animals live in volunteer homes.
Contact the rescue directly, since it does not publish a public shelter address or fixed hours.
Contact the rescue to ask about surrendering a cat.
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