Paws Animal Shelter

Saturn

Saturn and her brother Neptune were surrendered by a woman who was going to be homeless in two days and...

Neptune

Neptune and his sister Saturn were surrendered by a woman who was going to be homeless in two days and...

Theo

Theo's owner died, and he was living outside with a group of other cats. Someone was feeding them, and they...

Rita (front declawed)

Rita was dumped at Westville preschool. She was very friendly but very hungry and wouldn't stop trying to go into...

Trixie

Poor little Trixie was abandoned in an apartment in Urbana after her owner moved out. We were able to take...

Romeo

A local man discovered approximately thirty cats living in a barn on an elderly family member's property. Since that time,...

Webber

Webber was found in a corn field in Clark County and taken to a veterinarian in Springfield. They asked Paws...

Rayne

Rayne and her three siblings came to Paws Animal Shelter with their mom, Alley, when they were only a month...

Haily

Haily and her three siblings came to Paws Animal Shelter with their mom, Alley, when they were only a month...

Otis

Otis is a beautiful young cat who was abandoned at an apartment in Urbana. The landlady brought him to us...

Skeeter

Skeeter and his sister Olive were born to a feral mom at a senior apartment complex in Mechanicsburg. The kittens...

Olive

Olive and her brother Skeeter were born to a feral mom at a senior apartment complex in Mechanicsburg. The kittens...

Maggie Mae (declawed)

An elderly lady showed up at Paws Animal Shelter about an hour before we opened. She had a carrier with...

Clementine

Clementine was found as a stray kitten in St. Paris and was brought to Paws Animal Shelter to find a...

Chantilly

Paws Animal Shelter received a call from a lady at an apartment complex in Urbana regarding a cat who was...

Annabelle

Annabelle was found in a feral cat colony in Urbana by a local TNR (trap, neuter, return) group. She had...

Snowball

Snowball was rescued from a bad situation in Woodstock. The woman who rescued him couldn't afford to keep him, so...

Georgie

Georgie and his sister Maddie were found as stray kittens in St. Paris when they were about four months old....

Maddie

Maddie and her brother were found as stray kittens in St. Paris when they were about four months old. They...

Willow

Willow was found in a woodshed out in the country when she was just a kitten. She was very skinny,...

Ginger

Ginger was surrendered because her owner went into a nursing home. As with so many surrenders we take in because...

Ellie May

Ellie May was found as a stray in Urbana, and was trapped by a TNR group (trap, neuter, return) so...

Bailey

Bailey was surrendered to Paws Animal Shelter with Cinnamon in late December 2023. We were told by their owner that...

Taylor

A veterinarian who does spays and neuters for Paws Animal Shelter called us because she had 4 cats trapped and...

Belle

Belle was found as a stray in Conover. She was fed by a very nice person for a few months...

Bella

Bella, formerly Anastasia, was adopted from Paws Animal Shelter about four years ago. She was recently returned and was infested...

Aslan

Aslan came to Paws Animal Shelter with his four siblings and their mom, Lorelei. Lorelei was a stray in Urbana,...

Tinsel

Tinsel and her siblings came in with their momma when they were less than a week old. They went to...

Gail

Gail and her sister Louise were literally thrown out of a moving car at Springfield Hospital. A kind person saw...

Kiwi

Kiwi is a young tiger and white spayed female. She came to PAWS because her prior family had some changes...

Yang

Yang arrived at Paws Animal Shelter with Ying and Buster when their former owner was killed in an auto accident....

Sherbert

Sherbert is a sweet young female kitty that found herself homeless and living on the streets. She found her way...

Ralph

Ralph arrived at Paws Animal Shelter with his three siblings. They were orphaned when they were just tiny. Their momma...

Oscar

Oscar arrived at Paws Animal Shelter with his three siblings. They were orphaned when they were just tiny. Their momma...

Sonny

Sonny and his sister Cher were abandoned in the country in Champaign County with their mom. They were both super...

Sadie

Sadie is a beautiful white and orange young cat who had been waiting to come to PAWS to find her...

Pokey Girl

Pokey Girl and Scooter were born to a "stray" and have been well cared for by their caretaker. She kept...

Brooke

Brooke is a wonderful, beautiful young cat. She was born on a farm and found herself living in a barn...

Charlotte

Charlotte was one of three kittens born under a deck on Berwick Drive in Urbana. The other two kittens were...

Mystic

Mystic was turned in to a veterinary hospital in Springfield, Ohio. They were unable to find a home for her,...

Dasher

Dasher was owned by an elderly man in Springfield who decided he could no longer take care of her. Paws...

Eeyore

Nobel was found as a stray in Mechanicsburg, and was being fed by someone for a year. As an unspayed...

Nobel

Nobel was found as a stray in Mechanicsburg, and was being fed by someone for a year. As an unspayed...

Alley

Alley belonged to an elderly man who passed away. The apartment owner threw Alley and her four young kittens outside...

Coal

Coal arrived with his siblings and their mom, Smokey, when the kittens were just three weeks old. All of his...

Gemma

Gemma was turned in to one of our local veterinarians, and they asked Paws Animal Shelter to take her so...

Ozzy

Ozzy was found wandering as a stray in Urbana when he was only four weeks old, way too young to...

Ginnie

Ginnie was abandoned at the Mad River Farm Market and was brought to Paws Animal Shelter so she could find...

Terry

Terry was abandoned in a house with two other kittens after their people were evicted. They had obviously been there...

Samantha

Samantha was found as a stray in Urbana with her SEVEN kittens! She was certainly not able to keep everyone...

Nova

Nova and her four brothers came to Paws Animal Shelter with their mom, Belinda, when they were 13 weeks old....

Maverick

Maverick and his four siblings came to Paws Animal Shelter with their mom, Belinda, when they were 13 weeks old....

Kipper

Kipper was found in a tote with ten other kittens who were abandoned at Paws Animal Shelter. They obviously had...

Rizzo

Rizzo and sister Olivia were surrendered to the shelter when their person could no longer keep them. We have a...

Charity

Charity came to Paws with a litter of three kittens - she was still a kitten herself. In spite of...

Chaz

Meet sweet little Chaz. Chaz was brought into PAWS when just a week old. The staff stepped in to become...

Peaches

My name is Peaches and I am a Domestic Short Hair kitty who would love to come home with you....

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