2018 Year-End
January 11, 2019
Our 2018 year-end stats are in and we beat 2017’s adoption total by 28. We are happy to report...
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JangoNovember 21, 2018A local shelter reached out to CAWS for help when one of their dogs (8-year old Jango) became extremely...
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TrippNovember 21, 2018Tripp was found (with his two sisters) at just 8 weeks old. All three were scooped up and brought...
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Run free sweet Tippy ToesSeptember 19, 2018Tippy was found in late December wandering the streets, cold and alone. At the shelter, she received a much-needed...
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MagooSeptember 19, 2018CAWS kitten Magoo was adopted with his sister (Rigby) and lived in Wyoming for 3 years. Sadly, the original...
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Popeye and OliveSeptember 19, 2018There are 41 million strays in Juarez, Mexico and this is the story of two of them making their...
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DashSeptember 1, 2018Senior cat Dash was a stray picked up by Weber County Shelter, where he stayed for 4 weeks. His...
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Roo Hops to UtahJune 1, 2018A very small rescue in Texas reached out for help from CAWS, asking if we could take 10 of...
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Cold Morning for OlieJune 1, 2018The temperature was below freezing when the staff of West Valley Animal Shelter came to work that morning. In...
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Brandy, the Obese ChihuahuaMarch 19, 2018As you may remember, CAWS undertook an amazing project back in September 2017, driving non-stop to Austin, Texas in...
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Breck and BaxterMarch 19, 2018Not too long ago, CAWS posted on our website and Facebook that two of our beloved CAWS kitties, Breck...
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Billy the Border CollieDecember 23, 2017Border collie Billy found himself in a small rural shelter after being picked up as a stray. This sweet...
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BebeDecember 23, 2017Bebe has been with CAWS since September 2015, when she was found as a kitten in a feral colony....
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Chico and CharoNovember 5, 2017CAWS was contacted about two newborn kittens that were discovered in a bathroom trash receptacle, thrown away like garbage,...
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TreagerNovember 5, 2017When our CAWS drivers first saw Traeger at Austin, Texas Pets Alive facility, they actually thought he was dead!...
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CAWS Heads to HoustonNovember 5, 2017On September 1, 2017, during a CAWS Dog Coordinators’ “Group Chat”, the idea was born! One of the participants...
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AddieNovember 5, 2017When Addie’s owner passed away, she went to live with the owner’s son. Sadly, that is when the inconceivable...
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MalihaNovember 5, 2017A very young and pregnant tabby (Maliha) was surrendered to a shelter when her owner died. Soon thereafter, she...
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SnuffleupagusAugust 8, 2017Snuffleupagus (Snuffy) was picked up as a stray in Davis County and sadly no one came looking for him....
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JedAugust 8, 2017Jed’s mom was feral, so it wasn’t surprising that he was born in a yard where the feline family...
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SkylarAugust 2, 2017Handsome Skylar had been with CAWS for over a year looking for his forever home and, at the same...
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Scrawny RonnieAugust 2, 2017In May, CAWS received a call from Salt Lake County asking for help with a newborn kitten that had...
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KitaAugust 2, 2017The foster mom says, “I fell in love as soon as I saw her sad, sweet eyes in the...
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Lucky and CharmAugust 2, 2017This is our Lucky Charm Story! Lucky and Charm received their names because they were found in an engine...
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SloaneAugust 2, 2017It started on a Sunday afternoon in West Valley City. A kind-hearted man saw a little white matted dog...
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JumpyAugust 2, 2017his is Jumpy (and Jeffrey’s) story. Jeffrey, a human boy, has loved animals ever since his 1st grade class...
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BellaAugust 2, 2017A local rescuer found Bella lying in the mud by a river, wet and ice cold. She was unable...
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Cairo and Her Six PuppiesAugust 2, 2017Monday morning in Roswell, Cairo and her six puppies (along with 20 other dogs) are scheduled for euthanasia as...
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QuintonAugust 2, 2017A local shelter asked CAWS to rescue a 3-week old kitten that had just been turned over because of...
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ChloeAugust 2, 2017Chloe, a tiny pregnant Min Pin. After at least 12 hours of hard labor with no delivery, Chloe’s owners...
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RooAugust 2, 2017Little Roo came into the Salt Lake Shelter as a stray. It was apparent that this 3-month old kitten...
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TannerAugust 2, 2017Tanner was rescued from death row in a New Mexico shelter just hours before being euthanized. He was found...
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RyleeAugust 2, 2017Rylee’s story begins just before Thanksgiving, after being picked up as a stray and taken to a local shelter....
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ColeAugust 2, 2017Cole and his buddy Scrappy were surrendered to the Vernal Shelter in July of 2015. Cole was morbidly obese...
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RheaAugust 2, 2017Sometimes our focus stories don’t turn out exactly as planned, but they are still successes. Thus begins the story...
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ShadowAugust 1, 2017It takes a village. Shadow entered the CAWS program in June 2015. We thought he had found his “happily...
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FaithAugust 1, 2017Faith was brought to South Salt Lake Shelter by a good samaritan who was tending to a feral cat community....
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WinstonAugust 1, 2017CAWS pulled Winston from a shelter in Vernal, Utah when it was apparent that this morbidly obese Dachshund’s health was...
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ElsieAugust 1, 2017In early August, CAWS was involved in a major cat rescue from a deplorable hording situation. Over 60 cats...
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AxelAugust 1, 2017Axel’s story is another medical success! This beautiful Labrador Retriever was relinquished to a shelter in Utah County because he...
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Ray CharlesAugust 1, 2017Sometimes the best way to explain a success is to put a face with the story! Ray Charles (RC,...
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BootsAugust 1, 2017Boots was saved from a high-kill shelter in Roswell, New Mexico in her final hours. She was emaciated, had...
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OliviaAugust 1, 2017Olivia, a young pregnant cat, was attacked by a dog and severely injured. A neighbor found her and turned her into...
