4 Paws Rescue Team, Inc.
P.O. Box 2908 Merrifield, Virginia 22116About this shelter
4 Paws Rescue Team, Inc. in Merrifield, VA
4 Paws Rescue Team, Inc. is a foster-based, volunteer-run cat rescue located in Merrifield, Virginia, in Fairfax County, roughly 10 miles east of Washington, DC. For over 30 years it has focused exclusively on saving cats and kittens throughout the DMV area, having found homes for more than 13,500 cats to date, including over 500 adoptions in 2025 alone. The organization is entirely volunteer-run, and 96 cents of every donated dollar goes directly to the cats and kittens in its care. It is one of 25 animal shelters and rescues serving Fairfax County, offering adoption, fostering, and volunteer opportunities to the community.
Before you go
Adopting from 4 Paws Rescue Team, Inc.
Adoption process
Applicants select a cat, submit an online adoption application and contract, wait about a week for application review, then pay the adoption fee once approved, prepare their home, and pick up their new cat following 4Paws pickup procedures.
- Service area
- Northern Virginia and the DMV
- County
- Fairfax County
- Animals served
- Cats
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