The cats are super friendly! I went in not to adopt but just to pet the cats and to keep them company :)

This Adoption center is amazing! We had such a great experience with them even though we ended up not adopting a pup because of compatibility with our senior dog. They were so accommodating, patient, professional and helpful. They allowed us to take a pup home for a "sleepover" to see if he was compatible over time with our senior dog. The pup was so amazing, but was too high energy for our senior dog and very sadly we had to bring him back. The pup was greeted with so much love when we brought him back that we know that he was not "traumatized" or saddened or discouraged by our inability to adopt him. We will be going back to them once we are ready to adopt another dog! Thank you PAWS Staff! read more

My friend is finally ready to adopt again, so we went to this shelter, as we live nearby. The woman at the desk was appallingly rude, and frankly, ruined our day. Shame on her for for discouraging a wonderful dog person, and for depriving the dogs of a potential forever loving home. read more

The adoption processes at this shelter are terrible. I was approved to adopt a kitten. Came into the shelter and fell in love with a kitten and was told they didn't have time that day to complete the paper because they had someone they were already assisting with an adoption. They had me schedule an appointment for the next day and I was told there were no other applicants ahead of me. When I came in the next day the kitten had been adopted to someone else. Their excuse was that they don't hold kittens. If that's the case then they should have done my paperwork the day before. Terrible way to handle things. I even tried paying for the adoption fee the day before and was told they couldn't do that in case something happened and I couldn't take the kitten and they needed to refund me the money. Seriously I was ready to take the kitten home that day. What is the point of posting pictures of their available animals and scheduling appointments for a specific animal or even coming into the shelter to see what animals they have. What to see what you potentially will not get when you come to your appointment. These people should be ashamed of themself. Seriously don't know how you sleep at night! I would give this shelter zero stars if I could. read more

I've adopted several cats from Paws over the past 20 years or so. Recently I adopted a 6 year old male cat and an 8 month old female kitten. After I got them home it became apparent that they had been treated well and given lots of love. I ended up with two great furry friends. read more

My daughter adopted a cat from p.a.w.s expecting the cat was healthy. After bringing the cat home she notice the cat had labored breathing. She took the cat to her vet and with a standard exam revealed a herniated diaphragm. She then contacted p.a.w.s, they became defensive and stated "to have found this issue it would have been necessary to cut the cat open."which is inaccurate according to multiple vets. These vets informed us that this would be obvious in any basic health exam. We are now being told it will cost in upwards of 7 thousand dollars to save this otherwise beautiful member of our family. When we contacted p.a.w.s with this information, they offered no help, no support, and no solutions. In fact they were unprofessional and otherwise rude. I highly recommend you consider another adoption agency for all future adoptions. read more

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I adopted a young dog last fall whom was thought to be malnourished. Very skinny. Had high content of hookworms found out after I adopted him. Then found he had a hard time keeping up playing with dogs even though he wasn't even a year old. He got out of breath and stopped to pant. My vet did blood work first and all was fine. Next did x-rays as she wondered if he was in pain. She randomly took an x-ray of his abdomen and found his organs were in his chest. He had chronic diaphragmatic hernia. I adopted him this way from PAWS. He was hit by a car as a younger puppy I found out. He needed a risky abdominal surgery or else his life would be shortened. I loved him and wanted to save him. Surgery done by experts in Portland estimated bill at $6000. My friend set up a GoFundMe page to help me save my dog. I asked PAWS if they could help. All they did was offer a few resources of organizations who could help whom I already had applied for assistance from. Nothing else. I took my dog to Portland Emergency Vet Clinic for surgery. He had complications the next day. Surgeon wanted to do another exploratory surgery to see why so much air was coming out of his chest tube. Had to come up with an additional $6000. Asked PAWS again if they could help out of desperation. They only gave me well wishes for a speedy recovery for my dog. I put so much effort and money and I couldn't stop. I took out an emergency loan. Surgeon couldn't find any leak in a lung or anything wrong after second surgery. Then I got a call an hour later saying my dog had passed away. PAWS adopted out a dog with a MAJOR medical condition that he obtained when he was younger in Texas as I found out he was hit by a car. I asked the director if they would consider waiving an adoption fee for me to have another dog since the one I adopted FOUR months ago died and the answer was "NO". I recently ran into someone affiliated with PAWS whom asked me how my dog was. Shocked, I told her the story and she had no idea. PAWS did not even share my Gofundme page amongst the staff and people there! I had shared it via email. She felt bad and had tears which created tears on my end. She contributed personally to help me with my loan payment. Her generosity touched my heart. I have since adopted a dog from Pope Memorial Humane Society in Thomaston. They were extremely helpful and kind. They will cover a recheck test for heartworm on my dog since he was positive at their cost. If by chance, he was still positive even though treated before adopted out, they will cover the treatment cost. They care about the animals. Pope provided a much better experience. I don't think I will ever get over the trauma I went through in losing my young dog who was only a year old. read more

Paws Animal Adoption Center - Animal Shelters Near Me - Camden, Maine

Many friends and associates tried to help get him back. Finally I went to a meeting with PAWS, which unbeknownst to me, was being recorded. In this meeting Director Shelley Butler and Manager Meghan Austin were condescending, rude, needlessly confrontational and outright bullies. They acknowledged Fabio was my dog, but vindictively refused to return him. Realizing PAWS was never going to let me have my dog back, I left the meeting in tears. They told me they'd take possession of him. In real distress, I returned to Arkansas without my constant companion Fabio. I filed a small claims action seeking the return of Fabio, and learned he'd been adopted out. I hired an attorney, who found that Fabio, always playful and trustworthy, who had met many new people on his trip to Maine and never bitten anyone prior to this, had bitten someone, and been returned to the shelter. In the care of this shelter he became a three-time biter -further evidence of the stress, confusion, and abuse and maltreatment Fabio was subject to by local PAWS animal shelter. In August Attorney MacLean located Fabio, transferred to a Humane Society shelter in Portland Maine where animals with problematic behaviors are euthanized; the plan was to euthanize him that coming weekend. And they would have, too. PAWS unlawfully and vindictively deprived me of my hound dog, Fabio. Then they sent him to a kill-shelter -intentionally failing to tell them that the owner was known- all this PAWS management did in an attempt to ensure that I never saw my dog again. Mid-Coast Maine deserves better local animal shelter management! read more

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Very fair and reasonable adoption fees. I was honestly surprised. Buying a puppy from a breeder is so much money, and a lot of adoption centers charge high amounts for puppies too. We adopted our puppy Moose (formerly known as Royce) from P.A.W.S a couple months ago. Included in his adoption fee was rabies, microchip, neuter, and first vet visit. They also gave me a 15% off coupon to the Loyal Biscuit. My only complaint is: how they have things scheduled is hard for me because of my work Schedule. Friday's and Saturday's are the best days for me to be able to drive down and do everything I need to there, unfortunately, they don't do anything on those days and I have to try and take time off work to do those things. But over all, I had a great experience and we absolutely love our new family member. read more

Wonderful experience! The animals are so well cared for and the staff are compassionate and have the best interest of the animals in mind at all times. read more

I have gotten four cats from this adoption center. The first set was a pair of brothers. The first passed away in the middle of the night after 8 months. The second passed just after his 4th year, also suddenly. When I received the next set of brother/sister, the brother became ill very quickly and when taken to the vet, we were told that the shelter should have never let this cat be adopted because of how sick he was. The vet told us to return the cat. We kept his sister, who is now just over 3 years old. We recently went to try to find a house mate for our current cat. We found a 1yr old which didn't have any information other than his name. We put in our application for adoption. We received a call the following business day saying that the shelter let someone else adopt the cat because that family also took his brother. We never knew that this cat had a brother, much less were given a chance to adopt both of them. My experiences have convinced me to never adopt from this shelter again. read more