Folks, Please help if you can! And share the following (via email and
facebook) with those who may want to help. The main Phila shelter
ACCT, who PAWS shelter/clinic and many other animal rescue groups
(including our own City Kitties and Project MEOW) 'rescue' adoptable
animals from, is beyond capacity. If you can't adopt, please consider
providing foster (temporary) care for a dog, cat or kitten(s). Vet
care for foster animals (until time of adoption) is provided by the
organization (ACCT or PAWS). PAWS Clinic/Shelter is 5 minutes away,
at 29th & Grays Ferry. FYI, both City Kitties and Project MEOW
endorse this forwarding. Thanks for reading!
FROM PAWS SHELTER - July 18, 2012:
This is an urgent plea on behalf of hundreds of homeless dogs, cats,
and kittens in Philadelphia whose lives are in danger NOW. Fosters and
adopters are needed immediately to save them, and to make room for the
nearly 100 animals that are pouring into the city’s animal control
shelter (ACCT) every day. Adoption or foster care is their only way out.
Please go to ACCT (111 W. Hunting Park Avenue), or come to PAWS, open
your home to an animal who desperately needs you, and ask others to do
the same. Please do not wait.
Dogs: You can adopt a dog permanently or provide a temporary foster
home and help the dog find a loving adopter. There are dogs of all
sizes, breeds, temperaments, and conditions, and you will get help
finding a good match.
Cats/Kittens: Kittens typically require a 2-8 week temporary foster
home to grow to an adoptable age. There are orphaned litters and those
with mothers. If you wish, PAWS can take the mother into one of our
facilities for adoption once the kittens find permanent homes.
To save a life today, you can:
ADOPT a cat or dog:
from PAWS’ Adoption Center, on the corner of 2nd & Arch Streets.
Visit www.phillypaws.org/adopt for the full list of adoptable animals
and a printable application you can complete in advance.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-7 pm, Saturday, 11-7, and Sunday, 11-6.
Phone: 215-238-9901, ext. 30.
From ACCT (111 W. Hunting Park Avenue). Adoption hours are: Monday
through Friday, 1-8 pm, Saturday and Sunday: 10-5 pm.
FOSTER a dog, cat or litter of kittens:
directly from ACCT (111 W. Hunting Park Avenue).
The variety of animals there is large and ever-changing, and staff and
volunteers are stretched thin, so please go directly to the shelter
rather than calling or emailing in advance.
Foster hours: 9am to 6pm, seven days a week, or by appointment
(contact [email protected])
from PAWS’ Spay/Neuter and Wellness Clinic (2900 Grays Ferry Avenue)
Foster hours seven days a week by appointment: email [email protected]
. Phone: 215-298-9680 ext. 16.
Both organizations will match you with an animal that fits your
household, lifestyle, and experience, and will provide spay/neuter
surgery, vaccinations, and basic veterinary care. Starter food and
supplies may also be available. Foster parents are responsible for
finding homes for their fosters, and both organizations assist by
providing adoption opportunities through special events, online
listings, and help with screening potential adopters.
PAWS can only rescue as many animals as we have space for, so every
person who fosters or adopts enables us to rescue another pet whose
life is in danger. Whether you rescue from PAWS or ACCT, you’ll be
saving double the number of lives: the animal(s) you take into safety,
and the ones who will get the limited shelter space.
Please forward and distribute this plea as widely as possible; the
more people who know the urgency of this situation, the greater the
number of dogs and cats that can be saved. Click here to share on
Facebook. Please do all that you can. They won't make it without you.
Thank you on behalf of the animals,
Melissa Levy
Executive Director
Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
Adoption Center: 100 N. 2nd Street, Phila, PA 19106 • 215-238-9901
Spay/Neuter and Wellness Clinic: 2900 Grays Ferry Avenue, Phila, PA
19146 • 215-298-9680
Adopt • Foster • Donate • Volunteer
www.phillypaws.org
