PAWS Costa Rica

PAWS Mission

“To provide no-kill solutions to reduce the number of homeless cats and dogs through education, rehabilitation and re-homing.”

According to the Humane Society of the US, a single female cat can have three litters a year with an average of five kittens per litter. In only seven years, she and her offspring could potentially produce 420,000 cats. In just six years, one female dog and her brood can produce as many as 67,000 puppies!

Welcome to Our Site!

PAWS - Pets of Aguirre Welfare Shelter welcomes you to our site.

PAWS was founded to address the issue of homeless animal in the Quepos, Manuel Antonio, and Aguirre areas of Costa Rica.

Thank you for visiting our new home on the Internet. We’re excited about connecting with our friends and neighbors all over the world. We’re just getting started and we will be adding new information and updating our website daily. So be sure to visit often. Feel free to contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

You can help!

Join PAWS! Donate! Adopt! Volunteer! Sponsor! Help spread the word: place a www.PAWS.cr link on your website, become a fan on the PAWS Facebook page . You CAN make a difference – as little as $10 will pay for the neutering of one animal and stop the needless suffering of thousands. Click on one of the links above and get started today! Help us help them.

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