PAWS Cat City also sells PAWS merchandise, cat toys and supplies, and pet licenses for the City of Seattle. Printed surveys are also available at both locations.ĭownload and view the Cat Adopter Questionnaire (PDF)
You can download, print and complete the survey below to save you time during your visit to Cat City or the PAWS main shelter in Lynnwood. Once completed, our volunteers will review it with you to answer any questions you have and make recommendations tailored to what you’re looking for and who we have there at that time, after which you’ll be invited to go into the rooms to visit. PAWS Cat City’s open-colony setting, with cats and kittens staying in rooms rather than in cages, provides an opportunity for visitors to interact with the cats, see how they interact with each other and get a better sense of each cat’s unique personality.īefore going into the rooms with the cats and kittens, you’ll be asked to complete a questionnaire designed to give us more information about you and the type of cat or kitten you are looking for. Since PAWS opened this urban, cat-only adoption center in 1997 (originally in the Greenwood neighborhood), we have found homes for more than 21,000 cats and kittens through this location. PAWS Cat City is located in Seattle’s University District. PAWS collaborates with government agencies, community stakeholders, other animal welfare agencies and veterinary professionals to create a “safety net for animals.” We rely on hundreds of volunteers in all aspects of our work including caring for the animals, assisting customers, promoting the animals for adoption, and providing temporary foster care. More than 117,000 Seattle-area homes have been enriched by the adoption of a companion animal from PAWS. There are no time limits – regardless of age, health or behavior needs, every adoptable dog and cat has as long as it takes to find their home. No healthy, adoptable animal is euthanized at PAWS. Through our Re-homing Service we accept cats and dogs from guardians who can no longer keep them. These relationships mean we can take in animals from emergency situations such as natural disasters or hoarding cases. We are also proud to be a receiving agency for the HSUS’s Emergency Placement Partner program and ASPCA’s Field Investigations and Response Team. This effort helps animals at risk of euthanasia to have the best chance at finding loving, permanent homes in the animal-friendly Northwest. PAWS welcomes cats and dogs from shelters and rescue groups in areas overwhelmed with homeless animals through our Placement Partner Program. To help keep animals in their homes, we offer animal behavior resources. We keep stray pets safe until we can reunite them with their families and help people find their missing cats and dogs. Our services include a shelter in Lynnwood, a satellite cat adoption center at PAWS Cat City in Seattle’s University District, and a spay and neuter clinic. Read more about PAWS history and milestones. PAWS cares for more than 4,000 dogs and cats each year, provides training and education to strengthen the human/animal bond, and works to end animal cruelty and overpopulation.įrom our beginning in 1967, PAWS has maintained our vision of a community where animals are treated with respect, every pet has a permanent and loving home, and companion animals are spayed or neutered. Just look at the price of pet food, they said.For over five decades, PAWS Companion Animal Shelter has led the way in providing expert, compassionate care for animals in need. This increase in pet surrenders and some abandonments are indicators of what's happening in the community more broadly, Charlton said. "This is the first time that I've seen someone post, ‘I found this pet, I found this dog, or I found this group of pets,’ and I'm like, ‘We have a PSQ for that pet,’" they said. Charlton says sometimes pet owners can't wait that week between filling out the paperwork and going to the shelter. People first fill out a pre-surrender questionnaire, or PSQ. The caseload has picked up to the point that people typically have to wait about a week from the time they contact Seattle Humane to when they can bring their pet in. "On average we'll have 100 requests in our inbox and we're receiving about 50 voicemails a day,” Charlton said. Instead the shelter is on pace to accept closer to 7,000. Seattle Humane was expecting to take in about 4,500 animals. So far this year, Charlton has seen a huge increase in the number of pets being surrendered.
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