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Community Animal Welfare Society

Animal rescue in Salt Lake City, UT

Founded in 1992 the Community Animal Welfare Society ( CAWS) is one of the oldest no-kill animal rescues in Utah. Over the last 20 years CAWS, our fosters and supporters have saved thousands of lives including over 600 last this year. As the largest foster home network in the state of Utah we focus on high risk pets in need of additional care and rehabilitation

Contact —
Email adopt@caws.org
Phone (801) 328-4731
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Salt Lake City, UT 84103
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Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.

Adoptable pets at Community Animal Welfare Society

We'll also keep you updated on Chopper's adoption status with email updates.
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Chopper

Australian Cattle Dog

Male, Adult
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Nox's adoption status with email updates.
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Nox

Cattle Dog

Male, Young
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on River's adoption status with email updates.
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River

Australian Cattle Dog/Border Collie

Male, Adult
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Dakota's adoption status with email updates.
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Dakota

Australian Cattle Dog/Labrador Retriever

Female, Senior
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Shinzo's adoption status with email updates.
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Shinzo

Australian Cattle Dog/Border Collie

Male, Senior
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Mikey's adoption status with email updates.
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Mikey

Cattle Dog/Hound (Unknown Type)

Male, Adult
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Frankie's adoption status with email updates.
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Frankie

Cattle Dog/Shepherd (Unknown Type)

Male, Adult
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Jax's adoption status with email updates.
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Jax

Australian Shepherd/Labrador Retriever

Male, Young
Salt Lake City, UT
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Rescue FAQs

We serve the Wasatch Front in Utah specifically Salt Lake, Davis and Utah Counties.

Additional adoption info

Since we make a lifetime commitment to any animal that comes into our program, we only adopt out animals to people in our area..

If you are interested in adopting a CAWS cat or dog, please fill out the online application at http://www.caws.org/application/, email adopt@caws.org or call 328-4731. For the most timely response applying online is recommended.

We respond as quickly as possible but as we are a volunteer based organization and do not have full time staff, we respond as quickly as possible.

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Pets at shelters & rescues near Community Animal Welfare Society

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Orem, UT 84058

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Ogden, UT 84403

Utah Lost And Found Pets

1905 West 4700 South #402, (Mailing Address ONLY),
Taylorsville, UT 84129

We'll also keep you updated on Titan's adoption status with email updates.
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Titan

Pit Bull Terrier

Male, Young
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Toph Cheeks's adoption status with email updates.
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Toph Cheeks

American Pit Bull Terrier

Female, 5 mos
Provo, UT
We'll also keep you updated on 89230 Kodiak's adoption status with email updates.
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89230 Kodiak

German Shepherd Dog

Male, 3 yrs 10 mos
Spanish Fork, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Webber's adoption status with email updates.
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Webber

Domestic Shorthair

Female 1 mo
Spanish Fork, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Vinny the Baby Face Golden Boy's adoption status with email updates.
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Vinny the Baby Face Golden Boy

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 1 yr 1 mo
Provo, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Hyperion's adoption status with email updates.
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Hyperion

Domestic Shorthair

Female, 1 yr 2 mos
Grantsville, UT

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