Our team found Tom, sick and alone, and eating rat poison. He’d been living as a stray all 5 years of his life so far, and well...it shows.
His survival skills must have been to make friends with every creature he met, because this cat doesn’t have a mean bone in his body! 1/4
Our Community Outreach Team met 9-year-old Topher living as a stray, and that was just the tip of the iceberg.
Besides the expected ailments of a longtime stray cat, like much-needed dental care and being FIV+, Topher had BB pellets from a BB gun embedded in his skin. (1/2)
Our Community Outreach Team met 9-year-old Topher living as a stray, and that was just the tip of the iceberg.
Besides the expected ailments of a longtime stray cat, like much-needed dental care and being FIV+, Topher had BB pellets from a BB gun embedded in his skin. (1/2)
Yogurt was kicked out of his outdoor cat colony when his caretaker found out he was FIV+. As an outcast, Yogurt was then repeatedly attacked by other animals.
Neighbors tried to help by giving him human medication for his injuries, not knowing it was toxic to cats (1/3)
(2/2) Super affectionate Topher holds no grudges against us humans!
He reminds us of our sweet Tom from earlier this year, who found his loving home with a little help from
@mrfishtopher
- let's find the same for Topher now! He deserves the best after all he's been through ❤️
3/4 Now, we’re thrilled to say he’s ready for a home! Tom is FIV+ and FeLV+ which means he’s looking for a cat-free home, or fellow FIV/FeLV+ cat home, and our Adoption Team will be happy to tell you all about what that looks like.
2/4 He was, however, in desperate need of medical attention. And the odds were seriously stacked against him. But Tom’s faith in our medical staff never faltered, because he took any opportunity to ham it up for a little extra love and attention!
(3/3) Now that he’s fully recovered, he’s looking for a family to continue giving him the good life he so deserves!
Help us save more pets like Yogurt this Giving Day, June 20th! Have your donation matched right now at
Happy Gotcha Day to Stella!
On this day in 2012,
@BarstoolBigCat
adopted Stella! Since then, she’s done some pretty big things - like become CEO of a coffee company, and seen her best friend Dan through major life milestones. ❤️
4/4 Right now, you can help save twice the lives with a donation thanks to our $25,000 Year-End Gift Match from Bill Little. A gift today will help us save so many more lives like Tom’s in the next year ❤️
In typical orange cat fashion, Alfie decided he was done being a stray and brought himself to PAWS.
Every year, our Community Outreach team makes outdoor cat shelters to help strays around Chicago survive the cold winter, and we have one in our Medical Center parking lot. (1/3)
#dollypartonchallenge
? We thought this was the Dolly Paw-ton Challenge. 🤷♀️
🐶🐱: Ford, Wyman, Garfield, Ralph. Every single one of these guys is available for adoption!
(2/3) When our Community Outreach team met him, they noticed he cried out in pain when he tried to eat. This poor guy was at his lowest. Our team brought him back to PAWS for care, and the very next day, got him into surgery to treat a badly ulcerated tongue and 7 rotted teeth.
Our team found Tom, sick and alone, and eating rat poison. He’d been living as a stray all 5 years of his life so far, and well...it shows.
His survival skills must have been to make friends with every creature he met, because this cat doesn’t have a mean bone in his body! 1/4
A few very important things about Sherri:
1. Is smol.
2. Is fluffy.
3. Is just waiting for you to tell her she's doing a great job.
Sherri's spent the last few weeks as a neonate orphan in a foster home and we'll be the first to say it - you're doing great, Sherri! 🐱❤️
Gent’s gone from a stray kitten born into a cat colony to triple-threat model/rug connoisseur/ping pong ball chaser. Give them the chance and homeless animals can do just about anything. 🐱❤️🐶
#caturday
29 lives were saved today: 21 dogs and eight cats.
We’re operating differently these days, with masks, gloves & lots of distance but the animals still need us. Judging from the 1400+ adoption applications we’ve recently recieved, we need them too.
#PAWSChicago
#RescuersNeverRest
Before being rescued by PAWS, mama Mirage spent a few days hanging out at alone at a Dollar General in Arkansas.
Now, she’s just happy to be here.
Happy to have ya here, Mirage!
Congratulations to our 4,000th adoption of this hectic, different year - Janet and her new mom, Jennifer!!! 🎉
She's a seven-year-old foster fail and holy moly, does she look good in the red alumni bandana.
#PAWSChicagoAlumni
Meet Bambina! This five-year-old Beagle mix has stress-triggered seizures that can be difficult to regulate in shelter life. That's why she's looking for a quiet, long-term foster home with a lot of love. Learn more by emailing foster
@pawschicago
.org.
He is the life of parties he has never attended.
He lives vicariously through himself.
He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels.
Ollie is... the most interesting cat in the world. And his adoption fee is half off this month!
Meet Ollie:
After adoption, Bach was diagnosed with a condition that left his liver located in his chest cavity. His family came to us for help. Afterall, once a PAWS pet, always a PAWS pet. We performed a difficult surgery to correct his organ placement & the little guy came out on top!
Not only is Octavia adorable, she’s tough as nails.
Even though a scary dog encounter left her with a fractured pelvis, we’ve learned nothing can hold her back - to her, every new day’s the best ever!
Welcome to PAWS, you resilient little nugget.
#caturday
Great having our friends from
@PAWSChicago
stop by the office. Being able to give back to the place I rescued Stella from 12 years ago this March is the best. Thanks to everyone who has bought and enjoyed
@StellaBlueCoff
. You’re all part of this. Here’s to many more big checks!
Move over Marmaduke, catch ya later Clifford, there’s a new gentle giant in town and we’re obsessed with him! This is Dennis (0% menace) and he’s 80lbs of hunk that we scooped up from local animal control. (1/2)
The PAWS pups had too much fun saving democracy today at InDogCision 2024 with all their new friends from The Daily Show!
Special thanks to
@TheDailyShow
@DailyShowDogs
and
@HeadCountOrg
for helping register people to vote and raising awareness for pet adoption today. These
Thank you
@MattForte22
for your big heart on and off the field – appearing on the cover of the PAWS Chicago Magazine serving as our bully breed ambassador. Congratulations on your retirement! 🐻
@ChicagoBears
#22Forever23
(2/3) During a dog walk at our Medical Center, the pup seemed particularly interested in the kitty shelter.
Alfie was hanging out inside! He was very happy to see us and get a bunch of cuddles and food, and now he’s in foster care getting more TLC while he recovers from a cold.
(3/3) Alfie is FIV+ and needs dental surgery, which we will provide for him here at PAWS, but we expect he’ll be ready for a loving home later this month!
Friendship conquers all! 🐱 🐱 After being declawed as an adult, Caspian spent years terrified, hiding, & totally shut down. But everything changed when we paired him with Pancake. They taught each other confidence & are now blossoming in foster care!
Give a warm welcome to the 66 homeless animals who arrived at PAWS this morning from our Louisiana rescue partners affected by Hurricane Delta. 🐶❤️🐱
#PAWSChicago
Hey…Flapjack sees how hard you’ve been working on that presentation, and he’s really proud of you. And that email you re-wrote 3 times? Nailed it. Go take a break, he’ll keep your seat warm until you get back.
Find your new favorite co-worker at
Mimosa arrived at PAWS with matting so bad, it was painful for her to walk, or even stretch her legs.
When dogs arrive in this kind of state, they haven’t felt the love and care of a human in quite some time. However, model patient Mimosa sat so patiently and- (1/3)
There are still several cats looking for families here at PAWS, and we're hoping you can work a little magic and help us find them homes. 🐱❤️
Please email adoptions
@pawschicago
.org if you'd like to adopt, or share if you might know someone who is!
🐱: Billy Jean, Volt, Hazel
From scared, sweet boy who was days away from euthanasia at his former shelter to our curious little angel cat, Terk’s a force to be reckoned with.
Right now, he’s healing from a respiratory infection in a foster home and tackling life head-on. 🐱❤️
#PAWSChicago
Thank you Stella and Dan for always being a friend to homeless pets! A portion of proceeds from every Stella Blue Coffee purchase at benefits PAWS Chicago!
Astra:
A- mazing
S- weetest little land hippo
T- he - and we can't stress this enough - best girl
R- EALLY cute
A- doptable
This sweet girl's a recent mama who was found wandering the expressway without her puppies. Help us give her the best dang future:
Rumor is that Mighty Mouse and Fritz are so fluffy because their fur is full of secrets. 🐱💖
They’re a magical bonded pair and, just like the other 135 currently adoptable cats, they’re looking for a home together: (linked in our bio)
#pawschicago
Two years (and two days) since I walked out the doors of
@PAWSChicago
with my new family. Thanks for giving a scrawny street kitten a chance to become a puffed up house cat.
Shiny + Oh So Bright – the Summer/Fall 2018 issue of the PAWS Chicago magazine featuring
@SmashingPumpkin
's
@Billy
Corgan and Chloe Mendel is here! Read more about William’s new album and tour and Chloe’s faux fur business that supports homeless animals:
What
@PuffMagicKitty
wants,
@PuffMagicKitty
gets.
We present to you, a thread of TINY KITTENS. 🙌 Have a tiny kitten of your own? Probably the whole entire world would love to see them.
Lizzo did her ear toss, checked her nails and she’s feeling good as HECK because 3,000 homeless pets from PAWS have found a home this year! ✨
#PAWSChicago
Our 5,000 adoption of 2019 is... RANI! 🎉 This VERY good girl is finally going home after 453 days in our care. Her former foster family fell head over paws in love with Rani, so much so that they're looking past her medical issues to welcome her home for the holidays. ❤️🐶
"Hello, I'm new here." More than 15 bottle baby kittens came into our program over 48 hours - that's a lot of mouths to feed! You can help by fostering! Email foster
@pawschicago
.org to find the right match.
Can't foster? Chip in items from our
#Wishlist
:
Earlier this month, a Chicago police officer came across a tiny, stray pup named Jem. He looked for her family, gave her a bath, and took her to CACC. Last week, he tracked her down at PAWS and adopted her. 🐶❤️
Happy forever, Jem!
#PAWSChicagoalumni
HELP: Pele, a recent
#PAWSChicagoAlumni
, stopping by to ask for help on behalf of fellow Chicago pets!
Our Pet Food Pantry is running low on some much-needed supplies, like cat food. If you’re able and willing, please donate to our Amazon Wish List at