PAWS is headquartered in Lynnwood, Washington, approximately 20 miles north of Seattle.
The PAWS Lynnwood campus includes the Companion Animal Shelter and Spay/Neuter Clinic. The seven-acre property, which houses administration, animal care staff, Education, Development and Public Affairs staff and has dog walking trails, dog and cat kennels, surgery and exam rooms. PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center lives on a 25-acre campus located on State Route 9 in Snohomish, WA. 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. In 2024, PAWS relocated their wildlife rehabilitation center to a brand new, state-of-the-art center located eight miles east of our current headquarters. This specifically-designed campus will serve as a refuge for wild animals in need of care and rehabilitation.
Together, these facilities allow us to fulfill our promise to help cats, dogs and wild animals go home and thrive.
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 Snohomish 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.
