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Paws In The City® was founded in 1988 by two individuals who were determined to improve the lives of dogs and cats surviving on the streets in the poorest areas of Dallas.
Over the years, our handful of volunteers consistently has gone to the crime infested neighborhoods of the city to rescue abandoned puppies, kittens, dogs, and cats. We have rescued, spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and placed hundreds of dogs and cats in loving homes and maintain 22 feral cat colonies in the heart of the city’s downtown projects and surrounding area.
We are the sole source of care for these animals, and are the resource for the local residents who are too poor to provide for the needs of their pets. We carry food, water and treats each and every night, 365 days a year, to dogs and cats who have no home but the porch of an abandoned house, and to those who own pets but have no money for their food or veterinary care.
Night after night, we witness first hand the tragic consequences of pet overpopulation.
This year, Paws In The City® has committed to two additional ambitious projects: hosting off-site adoptions for the dogs and cats abandoned at the city’s municipal shelters and spay/neuter education and fundraising through specific outreach programs.
Paws In The City is a nonprofit, 501 (c) 3 organization committed to ending overpopulation, abuse and neglect of Dallas dogs and cats . We are an all volunteer organization with no paid staff.
Why we do it
Nationwide Stats:
12 million animals are euthanized each year in the United States.
That is 1 million a month
1,388 animals an hour
70,000 - The number of kittens and puppies born in the US each day.
10,000 - The number of people born in the US each day.
Local Stats:
In 2004, the city of Dallas impounded 28,686 dogs and cats.
25,699 were killed by lethal injection.
Less than 2000 were adopted or re-claimed by owners.
200,000 - Estimated cats and dogs killed each year in animal shelters in Denton, Collin, Tarrant, and Dallas alone.
Paws In The City
3506 Cedar Springs
Dallas TX 75219
(214) 522-5112
FAX 214-242-2057
Over the years, our handful of volunteers consistently has gone to the crime infested neighborhoods of the city to rescue abandoned puppies, kittens, dogs, and cats. We have rescued, spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and placed hundreds of dogs and cats in loving homes and maintain 22 feral cat colonies in the heart of the city’s downtown projects and surrounding area.
We are the sole source of care for these animals, and are the resource for the local residents who are too poor to provide for the needs of their pets. We carry food, water and treats each and every night, 365 days a year, to dogs and cats who have no home but the porch of an abandoned house, and to those who own pets but have no money for their food or veterinary care.
Night after night, we witness first hand the tragic consequences of pet overpopulation.
This year, Paws In The City® has committed to two additional ambitious projects: hosting off-site adoptions for the dogs and cats abandoned at the city’s municipal shelters and spay/neuter education and fundraising through specific outreach programs.
Paws In The City is a nonprofit, 501 (c) 3 organization committed to ending overpopulation, abuse and neglect of Dallas dogs and cats . We are an all volunteer organization with no paid staff.
Why we do it
Nationwide Stats:
12 million animals are euthanized each year in the United States.
That is 1 million a month
1,388 animals an hour
70,000 - The number of kittens and puppies born in the US each day.
10,000 - The number of people born in the US each day.
Local Stats:
In 2004, the city of Dallas impounded 28,686 dogs and cats.
25,699 were killed by lethal injection.
Less than 2000 were adopted or re-claimed by owners.
200,000 - Estimated cats and dogs killed each year in animal shelters in Denton, Collin, Tarrant, and Dallas alone.
Paws In The City
3506 Cedar Springs
Dallas TX 75219
(214) 522-5112
FAX 214-242-2057
