Our Story

4Paws4Claws is a non-profit organization created from a lifetime of resilience, healing, and unwavering love for animals. We rescue, rehabilitate, rehome, and remember — we never forget the ones who touched our lives along the way.

Our Mission

4Paws4Claws is dedicated to providing safe shelter, medical care, rehabilitation services, and permanent loving homes for abandoned, neglected, and homeless animals. Through education, outreach, and community partnerships, we strive to reduce homelessness and improve the lives of both animals and the people who care for them.

A comprehensive approach

Our organization takes a comprehensive approach to animal welfare. Every animal accepted into our program receives essential veterinary care, including vaccinations, spay/neuter services, grooming, and behavioral training to ensure they are healthy, well-adjusted, and ready for placement. In addition, selected animals receive specialized training to become emotional support or service animals, providing companionship and assistance to individuals facing emotional, physical, or mental health challenges.

More than saving animals

Our mission extends beyond saving animals — we strive to improve lives and strengthen communities. By pairing rescued animals with those who need them most, we create meaningful human-animal connections that promote healing, independence, and emotional well-being. Whenever possible, we provide companion animals at no cost to veterans, senior citizens, and low-income individuals and families, while offering affordable adoption opportunities to others who can contribute. Through this approach, we reduce pet homelessness, increase access to supportive animal companionship, and create second chances for both animals and people.

🐾 Rescue

We pull animals from shelters, streets, and hardship.

💜 Rehabilitate

Medical care, training, and lots of patient love.

🏡 Rehome

Careful matching for a family that lasts a lifetime.