Since the 1980s, PAWS has operated one of the largest emergency hospital and recovery facilities in the Pacific Northwest, designed to rehabilitate sick, injured and orphaned wild animals and return them to their native habitats. It is the only center of its kind in Washington State equipped with immediate and continual veterinary expertise and services, 365 days a year.
We have stretched to meet the needs of the animals but we are now at a critical point of capacity. In addition to a lack of space, aging wildlife facilities are at the end of their lifespan and in dire need of replacement. PAWS must expand to continue offering the highest standard of care for wildlife.
The future is a 25-acre site in southwest Snohomish County, where PAWS is building a new wildlife center to match our high standards of care. Spaces are designed with the flexibility needed to respond to each species’ unique needs, decreasing stress, and enabling them to heal and return to the wild more quickly. The large, secluded site provides the necessary buffer from urban life and allows for further expansion to meet future needs.
Construction of the Wildlife Hospital and outdoor recovery habitats at the new PAWS Wildlife Center is now complete, and the project has entered the final phase of construction: the Wildlife Care Unit and Outdoor Aquatics Complex. Thanks to our generous community, momentum for this transformational project continues to build. Our fundraising efforts remain a top priority in 2023 as we work together to make this lifesaving, purpose-built campus a reality.
Your special gift can help build the new PAWS Wildlife Center.
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