DC PAWS Rescue
DC PAWS Rescue is a partner of Best Friends, working together to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country
The Best Friends Network is made up of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations, and other animal welfare groups — all working to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country.
From DC PAWS Rescue
DC PAWS Rescue salva animales callejeros, abandonados, no deseados y maltratados de las instalaciones de control de animales y los coloca en hogares adoptivos y de crianza seguros, comprensivos y amorosos en Washington, DC y sus alrededores. Creemos que hay más que rescatar que colocar a los animales de refugio en hogares permanentes. Creemos que el rescate debe apoyar a las personas que apoyan el rescate y satisfacer las necesidades de los perros y gatos en su viaje hacia un hogar definitivo. Estamos comprometidos a: -brindar el mejor nivel de atención posible a los animales que rescatamos; -proporcionar a todos los animales que rescatamos las herramientas necesarias para tener éxito, tanto médicas como conductuales; -educar a los adoptantes, adoptantes y voluntarios sobre los beneficios de los métodos de entrenamiento basados en la ciencia, humanos y sin fuerza, y comprometerse totalmente al uso exclusivo de tales prácticas de entrenamiento para los perros y gatos bajo nuestro cuidado; -tratar a todos los voluntarios, adoptantes y adoptantes con respeto, compasión y cortesía; -proporcionar a nuestros adoptantes, voluntarios y adoptantes las herramientas y la capacitación necesarias para tener éxito; y -educar al público sobre la custodia responsable de las mascotas, los beneficios de adoptar y las necesidades de los animales en instalaciones de control de animales con alta mortalidad.
How is your community doing when it comes to lifesaving?
Our partners support each other and inspire their own communities to increase lifesaving of dogs and cats across the country.
Animals in District of Columbia need your help
You can make a world of difference in the lives of cats and dogs in your community when you work with DC PAWS Rescue and Best Friends to support homeless pets and save more lives.
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Who we are
Best Friends Animal Society works alongside thousands of animal shelters, rescue groups, and other animal welfare organizations to save the lives of cats and dogs across the country and to make the entire country no-kill in 2025.
The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their own communities.
Ranging from animal shelters and rescue groups to spay/neuter and trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) organizations, they collaborate with Best Friends to save even more lives in every corner of the country.
Best Friends provides marketing help, fundraising events, webinars, grants, and other resources so that, together, we can Save Them All.
Interested in becoming a partner? Visit bestfriends.org/network »