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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 Kitkat's adoption status with email updates.
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Kitkat

Domestic Shorthair

Female, 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/Boxer

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

Domestic Mediumhair

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

Weimaraner/Labrador Retriever

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

Australian Cattle Dog/Pit Bull Terrier

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

Pit Bull Terrier

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

Basset Hound

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

Domestic Shorthair

Male, Kitten
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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We'll also keep you updated on Isla's adoption status with email updates.
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Isla

Mixed Breed (Medium)/Australian Cattle Dog

Female, 3 yrs 1 mo
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Austin Texas's adoption status with email updates.
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Austin Texas

Domestic Shorthair

Male, 4 yrs 7 mos
Provo, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Billy's adoption status with email updates.
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Billy

French Bulldog

Male, 5 yrs 6 mos
Ogden, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Travis's adoption status with email updates.
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Travis

Domestic Shorthair

Male, 5 mos
Salt Lake City, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Tank AKA Big Bird's adoption status with email updates.
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Tank AKA Big Bird

English Pointer

Male, 7 mos
Ogden, UT
We'll also keep you updated on Spotty Family Dog's adoption status with email updates.
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Spotty Family Dog

Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 2 yrs 6 mos
Provo, UT

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