As of 2016, PAWS New England has over 100 volunteers, all unpaid, donating their time for one reason only: the love of the dogs in our program and those dogs we have yet to meet. We’ve grown in so many ways. We now have many veterinary partners that work with our dogs and share our passion. They offer us veterinary care at reduced costs, as much as they can. The number of transportation companies we can utilize has grown immensely as well which allows us to bring up more dogs than ever before. Our foster network—essential to our life-saving work—continues to grow. The importance of foster families cannot be understated. They are vital lifelines for the dogs that come through our program. Most importantly, after Initially working solely with the Tipton County Animal Shelter, we have in the last few years begun working with several groups in Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri and Louisiana. When we can, we assist with the local surrender of dogs when no other options are presented to an owner or their family, but this is not the Mission of Paws New England. Our Mission remains to rescue dogs who would otherwise be euthanized in our southern states. We greatly value the relationships we have with our southern sister rescues and shelters who, together with PAWS and many other rescue groups in New England, are making a difference. The movement of our southern partners to help the dogs in their area has grown exponentially over the last ten years as well. More and more of the people in those regions are working extremely hard in their own communities to start spay and neuter programs which can drastically reduce the influx of dogs/cats into the shelters to begin with and are reaching out to adoption partners to get their shelter dogs moved, not euthanized. This growth is undoubtedly going to continue until hopefully, one day, the statistics show we are all winning the fight. Euthanasia, often of healthy unwanted dogs, is the still number one cause of death in dogs under the age of two years. Until that statement is no longer true, PAWS New England will continue on the mission we first started with – getting loving, deserving adoptable dogs into the homes of loving, deserving families who want them.
1. Find a dog. Check out our list of currently available dogs. The list is updated regularly, so if you don’t find the perfect match today, check back soon! 2. Submit an Adoption Form. When you find a dog you like, submit an Adoption Form. Your form gets routed to one of our adoption coordinators, who will contact you to discuss your decision to adopt. (We are staffed entirely by volunteers, and sometimes it can take us a few days to contact you. Sorry in advance!). Unfortunately, you may not be the only one interested in adopting a particular dog. If you don’t get your first choice, don’t worry! PAWS has plenty of great dogs in need of loving homes. 3. Bringing your new dog home. After you’ve been accepted, your dog’s foster parent will coordinate with you to get your new pack member home. Sometimes our dogs are still being fostered with one of our volunteers in South. We partner with a few wonderful pet transportation services. Click here to learn more. PAWS charges a fee - much smaller than you’d pay if you purchased a dog - for all of our adoptions. This helps offset the cost of rescue and rehabilitation, and allows us to save more lives.
Barrington RI 02806 | 0 mile away
The Barrington Partnership for Animal Welfare (BPAW) is an independent, non-profit 501c3 organization that relies on volunteers and private donations for its successful operations. Barrington PAW works collaboratively and cooperatively with the town of Barrington and its animal control officer, however, we have no direct affiliation with the town and we receive no municipal or other government sup
Bristol RI | 5.1 miles away
Bristol RI | 5.1 miles away