PAWS is headquartered in Lynnwood, Washington, approximately 20 miles north of Seattle.
The PAWS Lynnwood campus includes the Companion Animal Shelter, Spay/Neuter Clinic and Wildlife Center. The seven-acre property, which houses administration and animal care staff (Development and Marketing & Communications staff are located in an office park several miles away) has dog walking trails, dog and cat kennels, surgery and exam rooms, and enclosures to accommodate the rehabilitation of a vast range of wild animal species. PAWS Cat City extends our reach into urban Seattle and is located in the University District. Located in Lynnwood since 1967, we began as a spay/neuter clinic, soon became a shelter for homeless dogs and cats, and in 1981, opened a Wildlife Center to fill a community need to care for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.
Together, these facilities allow us to fulfill our promise to help cats, dogs and wild animals go home and thrive.
Learn more about the future home of PAWS, a 25-acre campus we will be breaking ground on in spring of 2020, located eight miles east of our current headquarters. This specially-designed campus will serve as a refuge for animals in need of care, a destination for people who love animals, and a gathering place where the public and professionals can come to learn about and pursue solutions for animal issues.
PAWS Companion Animal Shelter
PAWS Companion Animal Shelter in Lynnwood houses, cares for, and adopts out thousands of homeless dogs and cats each year. We also house stray pets from a number of local municipalities and provide services to reunite them with their families.
PAWS Low-income Spay/Neuter Clinic
PAWS Low-income Spay/Neuter Clinic in Lynnwood offers low-cost spay or neuter surgeries to pets of qualified low-income individuals.
PAWS Wildlife Center
PAWS Wildlife Center in Lynnwood operates an emergency hospital and specialized recovery facilities designed to rehabilitate sick, injured and orphaned wildlife, restore them to full health, and return them as functioning members of their wild population.
PAWS Cat City
PAWS Cat City, located in Seattle’s University District, is a cat-only adoption center with an open-colony setting that allows visitors to interact with the cats.
