PAWS

Weekend guide

Mt. Airy Restaurant Week and a PAWS promotion: Your weekend guide to things to do

PAWS allows adopters to choose fees for some dogs, cats during 'Match Madness' promotion

paws match madness

Philly zoo, hospital, food bank and animal shelter place Super Bowl wagers with Kansas City counterparts

Philly Super Bowl bets

Dock Street to release hazy IPA to benefit PAWS

Dock Street PAWS

'Mean Girls,' Mutt Strut and apple cider doughnuts: Your weekend guide to things to do

Enter your dog in a costume contest during a fundraiser for homeless pets at the Navy Yard

Mutt Strut

Hot dog cooking competition at Royal Boucherie pits Philly's chefs against one another

Royal Boucherie Hot Dogs

Drink beer and play with pups at launch party celebrating Dock Street's IPA collaboration with PAWS

paws dock street brewery

Take your dog for a stroll to raise money for homeless pets during a festival at the Navy Yard

PAWS Mutt Strut Navy Yard October

Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society, Bean2Bean create new coffee roast to benefit homeless pets

Bean2Bean PAWS coffee roast

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Petapalooza returns to Chestnut Hill with raffles, adoptable pets and 'yappy hour'

Petapalooza

Philly animal shelters seeking 500 new foster homes to combat overcrowding

Philly animal shelters

Gritty referees 'hockey game' played by puppies at Wells Fargo Center

Gritty puppies hockey

PAWS Mutt Strut ends with pet-friendly festival

PAWS Mutt Strut

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Great Wiener Dog Race at Manayunk's Pretzel Park is fundraiser for PAWS

Lucky's Last Chance Great Wiener Dog Race happening in July

You can send a valentine to a dog or cat at PAWS

puppy with person

At Chefs' Night for PAWS, experience the best food from Philly's neighborhoods

Stock_Carroll - Philadelphia Skyline at dusk

This weekend is full of festivals – here's where to go

Midtown Village Fall Festival

Attend a group dog walk at the Navy Yard that ends with a pet-friendly festival

Man walking a dog

Kittydelphia is a two-day festival for cat-lovers

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This year's Lucky's Last Chance Wiener Dog Race will be the largest yet

dachshund

Wands & Whiskey at Eastern State Penitentiary to benefit PAWS

Carroll - Dog near Rittenhouse Square

Shop, dine and save animals' lives during Philly Loves PAWS

Carroll - A dog on Passyunk Avenue in South Philadelphia

Animal welfare groups to transform Philly into 'no-kill' city

No_Kill_Philly_Dog

PAWS Mutt Strut is a group walk and fall festival for pets and owners

Chefs' Night for PAWS will create a mini-Philly under one roof

Philly-area artist prepares to turn NoLibs into 'Kittydelphia'

kawaii kitty cafe

Philly cats to be trained by host of weirdest show on television

Scratch Test: An interview with legendary Philly DJ and instructor Cosmo Baker

Carroll - Cosmo Baker Scratch DJ Academy

South Philly woman guilty of animal cruelty; cat makes 'miraculous recovery'

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Lucky's Last Chance needs dachshunds, for a good cause

Support local animals by shopping and dining during Philly Loves PAWS Day

Local Businesses

Philly startup partners with PAWS to sponsor pets

Lanta

Ninth Annual Mutt Strut heads to the Navy Yard

Dog

Animal shelters may need a patron saint's help for the pope's visit

Oswald Cobblepot

Uptown Beer Garden hosts PAWS 'Yappy Hour'

PAWS yapp hour

The Trestle Inn wants to wash your dog

Dog Wash

Kawaii Kitty Cafe crowdfunds its way toward opening

Huge beer garden popping up in Center City

BeerGarden

Philadelphia's first ‘cat café’ is opening soon

Philly Loves PAWS goes shopping for a good cause

Brown kitten rests in grass

Bartenders compete with cocktails for PAWS

Trestle Inn

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