Our mission is to change the lives of animals in Cartagena by changing the culture of animal abuse and neglect present in and around the city. Our mission statement can be broken down into three simple parts. 
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One: providing safe homes in Colombia and the world. We have successfully adopted out almost 200 dogs and cats within the United States and Canada.

Two:  our capture, spay/neuter, vaccinate, and release programs. These small campaigns will be implemented within communities with high populations of stray animals in an effort to substantially decrease the need for future spaying and neutering and reduce the horrible cases of starvation and neglect that so many of the animals here in Cartagena are currently undergoing.

Lastly, the third, most important component of our mission statement is education. As  many of our Cartagena Paws Team Members are educators and counselors, we understand very well the importance of educating the community about animal rights and awareness in order to help diminish the animal abuse, neglect, and illegal trafficking of exotic animals that is currently taking place in Cartagena.

Rescue.
Rehabilitation.
Adoption.

OUR FUNDRAISING GOALS

Our fundraising efforts work to meet two main goals. The primary need is to offset the immediate medical & vet expenses of our rescues.  Many animals have experienced years of neglect or abuse and require a range vaccinations and surgeries for their rehabilitation. Our long term focus is to raise funds to build our own Educational Based Animal Rescue Center so we may educate the community about animal rights and needs, while saving lives at the same time.

Learn More About OUR FUTURE CENTER HERE

SPONSOR TODAY!

​Cartagena Paws would like to encourage you to SPONSOR animal today. 

Sponsoring is a great way to help our cause, whether you plan to adopt or not! Each month in our newsletter, we will post a Sponsor Spotlight of an animal waiting for a sponsor to be rescued. 

By being a sponsor, you are committing to financially supporting a specific animal from rescue to health and adoption.  You will be kept updated on all animal bills and needs, as well as receive videos and pictures so you can also participate in loving our new rescue.  

If you can sponsor, please do!  It is an amazing way to support our mission to save the street animals of Cartagena, one life at a time. 

Contact Maureen at moe@cartagenapaws.com to sponsor! 

Rescue | Rehabilitation | Adoption

If you are interested in adopting one of our dogs or cats (and currently live in Colombia due to the CDC restrictions), complete an application on our adopt page or contact moe@cartagenapaws.com