PAWS (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society)
@phillypaws.bsky.social
Philadelphia's largest rescue partner and provider of affordable vet care. Adopt, foster, & help save lives! Visit us at phillypaws.org
Squid Ink is a lovey guy & could really use your help. This 3-year-old sweetie is having a hard time healing after a collar got stuck under his arm & became embedded there — ouch! Please sign up to foster this gentle grandpa, or donate to PAWS' Medical Relief Fund while gifts are being matched 🩷
48 hours of lifesaving are underway: Medical Relief Fund gifts are DOUBLED for sick & injured pets like Jacuzzi! At only a few weeks old, this fragile puppy was fighting for his life. Found outside, alone & too young to eat on his own, he was brought to PAWS with a dangerously infected leg wound 🧵
Ring in August with a ringworm kitty! We have some adorable new faces in our ringworm ward, as well as some old ones (like our sweet boy Toast). Every one of them is hoping for fosters or adopters to finally choose them so they can leave the shelter behind & start their next chapter! 🧵
Please put your hands together for the incredible heroes who stepped up to save lives during our Everyday Heroes Foster Challenge! 👏 Thanks to these amazing animal lovers, 301 pets left the shelter for foster homes in June & July, allowing us to rescue 399 in their place! 🧵
No senior cat should have to recover in a shelter, specially one as sweet as Rick James. At 13, this stunner should be curled up in a sunny window in a home. He came to PAWS after gastrointestinal issues & painful dental disease became too overwhelming for his family to manage 🧵
SOS: Philly’s shelters are overflowing & we need your help! These 7 puppies were abandoned at PAWS yesterday, just days after ACCT Philly put out an urgent plea that they are over-capacity at 600 animals. It’s all part of a larger crisis we see every year as the weather warms up 🧵
Forget checking the weather app: If you're hoping for brighter days, Sunny Skies is the dog for you! ☀️ This gorgeous girl is the perfect companion for someone who enjoys a relaxed pace & some extra time outside. She loves exploring new places, taking in all the interesting smells & enjoying pets 🧵
Holy moly: We’ve taken in 30+ kittens in the last 48 hours & fosters are urgently needed! More than half are newborn or suffering from treatable illnesses, making them esp. vulnerable at the shelter. Pictured are just some of those seeking foster homes & more in need are arriving at ACCT daily 🧵
Don’t let the grumpy face fool you: Babs is simply the sweetest & is looking for a foster home with ✨you!✨ At ~14, this creaky gal belongs on a soft blanket at the foot of your bed, not in a shelter kennel. She was found roaming near a cat colony but was almost certainly part of a home prior 🧵
Saving lives starts with medical care — just ask Armando. At 5 months old, this sweet boy should be spending his days playing, growing & discovering the world. Instead, a good Samaritan found him with a severely damaged tail & brought him to the city’s shelter 🧵
Murphy is a party on 4 legs! This bright & lovey goofball may be 1 year old, but he’s still a big silly puppy in all the ways that matter. He’s looking for a foster or adopter to show him the ropes — & the snuggles! 🧵
A hero at the 11th hour? That could be you! We’re in the final stretch of PAWS’ Everyday Heroes Foster Challenge & there’s still time to step up & save lives. Since kicking off the challenge on 6/1, 255 pets have found safety & comfort in foster homes, including 40 in the last week! 🧵
PAWS’ Old City Adoption Center is crawling with cuties! 💕 Come visit → phillypaws.org/locations/ol... See who’s waiting to meet you → phillypaws.org/adopt/cats/
Maria Pulcinella@mariapulcinella.bsky.social · 2w agoMeet Jenny + Nugget 👋🏼 @phillypaws.bsky.social
Would you like to foster this very sweet senior? Everyone at PAWS has become a big fan of 11-year-old Rubio! His human is undergoing surgery soon & needs temporary care through our Safety Net foster program while they recover, so we’re looking for a home where he can relax until they’re reunited 🧵
Poor Cowbird is having a tough time in the kennels. We're hoping someone can help this sweet guy trade the stress of shelter life for a cozy foster home! Found stray on one of the summer's hottest days, Cowbird was brought to @acctphilly.bsky.social by a good Samaritan before coming to PAWS 🧵
Foster needed for surgery recovery! Cookie Monster doesn’t crave sweet snacks — all she wants is your love. This sweet senior got extensive dental surgery after arriving at the shelter with a mouth full of bad teeth that left her in constant pain 🧵
Meet Layla & Bailey Boy, the sweetest scruffy senior pair of pups you'll ever meet! These adorable floofs have spent their whole lives together & would love more than anything to find a home where they can continue their next chapter side by side, happily ever after! 🧵
These Everyday Hero Foster Challenge roundups are a great way to start the week! 💙 Since launching on 6/1, 215 homeless pets have found foster homes thanks to our PAWS community… but we're not done yet. With 11 days left in July, we're working toward our goal of 300 placements by end of month 🧵
With local animal shelters at capacity, @phillypaws.bsky.social hopes more fosters and adopters will step up. A Northern Liberties brewery is helping connect kittens with potential future families.
Fostered kittens meet potential new families at Philly brewery pop-up adoption event
PAWS sets a summer goal of placing 300 homeless pets in foster homes so it can rescue 300 additional animals.
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🗣️ Foster heroes wanted! It’s #FosterFriday & the need for dog fosters is especially urgent. Kennels at the city shelter have been at capacity all summer & our ability to save at-risk dogs from ACCT is directly tied to the number of fosters who can open their homes 🧵
Meet Rocky Balboa, a total beefcake with a heart of gold! This friendly house hippo is a certified people-lover who will literally shower you with kisses if given the chance. He enjoys being spoiled with affection & one of his fav activities is sitting next to you, tail wagging away 🧵
Upset tummy for no reason? Sweet Potato can relate! While humans worry whether our next salad will betray us, he’s dealing w/ low-level stomach upset we’re working to learn more about. It may be stress related, so we’d love to get this friendly boy into a quiet foster home to feel more relaxed 🧵
Please help: donations are urgently needed for our upcoming pet pantry event this Saturday! Food insecurity continues to be an acute issue for many Philly neighbors, especially those with pets. PAWS had 200+ applicants for pantry food last month — our highest to date 🧵
It might not be Christmas, but as far as Delilah's concerned, it's never too early to ask Santa to work a little magic! This sweet & snuggly goofball has just one wish on her list: Find a foster or adopter so she can *finally* leave the shelter! 🧵
Meet PAWS’ best kept secrets! Tucked away in our ringworm ward, these cats & kittens are some of our friendliest residents, but are often overlooked for being ringworm-positive. They desperately hope to leave the shelter & finish treatment with a foster or adopter like you 🧵
Superheroes don’t just save the day — they save lives! Fosters have been stepping up for PAWS’ Everyday Heroes Foster Challenge & the rescue mission is still underway. 190 animals have left the shelter since the challenge kicked off, which means we’re 110 away from reaching our lifesaving goal 🧵
Name your-fee-cat adoptions are happening now! These cuties are looking for love at PAWS’ Old City Adoption Center. The shelter is full & every cat who finds a home enables us to rescue another with nowhere to turn 🧵
Maria Pulcinella@mariapulcinella.bsky.social · 4w agoMeet Clomata 👋🏼 @phillypaws.bsky.social
Happy #NationalKittenDay from our nosiest kitten, Digit! She's *very* curious to know when you're signing up to foster 👀 We're recruiting for PAWS' Everyday Heroes Foster Challenge & with dozens of litters & orphaned babies flooding into Philly shelters daily, these fosters are especially vital 🧵