About Paws In Shelters

Paws in Shelters exists to assist in the establishment of an continued support for a municipal animal shelter in Rensselaer County, NY.

It was started by a group of loosely organized Rensselaer County residents who are concerned with the welfare of our companion cats and dogs and the facilities available to them when they become lose, are found to be stray, experience abuse, have to surrendered, are abandoned, or are deemed dangerous.

The group was initiated after the Mohawk-Hudson Humane Society informed the County and Town officials of Rensselaer County that it could no longer take in animals from the county of Rensselaer, as it was experiencing overcrowding of its own facilities. This notification happened in November of 2022 and took effect in January of 2023.