Save a Life for Just $25!
Help an animal like Bella receive vital care and begin the journey to a loving forever home. Your gift brings hope and healing to dogs and cats in need.
If you need help with a wild animal, use our online self-service or call 425-412-4040.
Help an animal like Bella receive vital care and begin the journey to a loving forever home. Your gift brings hope and healing to dogs and cats in need.
Help give lifesaving care, safety, and a second chance to an animal in need right now. With your gift, a cat, dog, or wild animal receives immediate care, compassion, and the opportunity to heal and thrive.
PAWSwalk is our annual 21-day walk-from-anywhere challenge held each June. Save the date for June 7-27, 2026! Participants can walk solo or form a team with friends, family, or coworkers—and every mile logged helps animals in need. Thanks to our Mile Matching Sponsor, each mile walked during the event becomes a $1 donation to PAWS, making every step count. Interested in participating next year? Email us at [email protected].
PAWS Wild Night is a spectacular dinner and fundraising gala. It brings together PAWS supporters and community leaders to celebrate all we’ve accomplished for animals—and highlight the critical work still ahead. We are thrilled to host PAWS Wild Night on October 24, 2026 at Fremont Studios in Seattle – an iconic venue that beings the PAWS mission to life.
Support PAWS by hosting your own fundraiser! Whether it's a happy hour, in-store promotion, or special event, you can unleash your creativity to help animals in need. You can also dive into the virtual realm with an online fundraiser.
PAWS Academy is an on-demand learning library featuring fun and engaging videos and activities for students in grades K – 5. Youth will learn about some of the issues that animals face, how PAWS helps animals, and ways to help animals in our communities.
Looking to invest in yourself while making a difference for animals? Check out the many volunteer opportunities at PAWS!
PAWS foster families are a special type of volunteer who are trained to provide temporary care for cats and dogs in their own King and Snohomish County homes.
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PAWS recognizes we are part of a society where systematic and institutionalized racism is pervasive and unacceptable. We know we must do more to stop racial discrimination and bigotry.
The new PAWS Wildlife Center in southwest Snohomish County is now open. Learn more about this world-class facility and how it's helping PAWS help more animals in need.
Our lobby at the PAWS Companion Animal Shelter in Lynnwood remains closed while we are building something PAW-some! The shelter, and all other PAWS services, remain open. We’ve just adjusted our adoption process slightly.
If you are interested in adopting a specific cat or dog at our Lynnwood location, please follow our current Steps-to-Adopt process, and fill out an animal adoption form for our adoption’s queue. All other PAWS services and locations are available.
Thank you for your patience and we can’t wait to give you a peek inside!