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 rescata animales callejeros, abandonados, no deseados y maltratados de centros de control animal y los coloca en hogares de acogida y adopción seguros, comprensivos y cariñosos en Washington, D.C. y sus alrededores. Creemos que rescatar animales va más allá de encontrar un hogar permanente. Creemos que el rescate debe apoyar a quienes lo apoyan y atender las necesidades de los perros y gatos en su camino hacia un hogar definitivo. Nos comprometemos a: brindar el mejor cuidado posible a los animales que rescatamos; brindar a todos los animales que rescatamos las herramientas necesarias para su éxito, tanto médicas como conductuales; educar a adoptantes, familias de acogida y voluntarios sobre los beneficios de los métodos de entrenamiento basados en la ciencia, humanitarios y sin fuerza, y comprometernos plenamente con el uso exclusivo de dichas prácticas de entrenamiento para los perros y gatos bajo nuestro cuidado; tratar a todos los voluntarios, familias de acogida y adoptantes con respeto, compasión y cortesía; brindar a nuestras familias de acogida, voluntarios y adoptantes las herramientas y la capacitación necesarias para su éxito. y -educar al público sobre la tutela responsable de mascotas, los beneficios de la adopción y las necesidades de los animales en instalaciones de control de animales con alta tasa de sacrificio.
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 »