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Caring for Cats. Connecting Communities. Changing Northern Nevada.

A holistic, cage-free rescue and sanctuary rooted in compassion. Because every cat deserves more than a shelter - they deserve a sanctuary.

Cutie P.A.W.S.

Providing Animal Wellness & Sanctuary

Our Mission Matters

Who We Are

Cutie P.A.W.S. is a community-centered rescue that blends medical care, holistic wellness, and the belief that healing happens best when cats feel safe, understood, and loved. 

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Our work focuses on:

✔ TNRh — Trap · Neuter · Rehabilitate whenever possible

✔ Lifelong sanctuary for cats who lose their housing, who have high cost medical needs, or those that cannot safely return outdoors

✔ Whole-health care and trauma-informed handling

✔ Rural outreach and support for underserved communities

✔ Emergency boarding for families in crisis

✔ A foster-driven wellness model

✔Creating a healing haven where both people and cats can feel safe, supported, and able to heal together

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What Makes Us Different 

We don’t just “trap, neuter, return.”
We practice TNRh — Trap · Neuter · Rehabilitate, giving community and feral-born cats a chance at healing, socialization, and adoption when life outdoors is no longer safe.
We are building the first holistic, whole-health cat sanctuary in Northern Nevada — where care is gentle, cage-free, and grounded in compassion.

Our Promise To Northern Nevada 

To show up with compassion

To support families in crisis

To reduce suffering through

humane, effective population

care

To create a sanctuary where

cats heal, people connect and

our community grows stronger - together. 

We meet every cat and every person with understanding, dignity, and care. Hardship can hit anyone — and when it does, we show up with compassion first.

We provide emergency cat boarding, crisis foster care, and a safe hub for families navigating homelessness or instability. No one should have to choose between help and their pet.

Our TNRh approach prevents thousands of community cat births, reduces suffering, and helps cats live healthier, safer lives. Together with partners across Northern Nevada, we build long-term, humane solutions.

​Our sanctuary is a place where cats heal, people connect, and community grows stronger. Through education, outreach, and lifelong care for our Purrmanents, we lift up cats and the people who love them.

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While We Build Our Sanctuary…

We’re accepting foster applications now, building our volunteer team for 2026, and creating a compassionate network that will become the heart of Cutie P.A.W.S.

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