Animal Rescue & Adoption
Started in a spare bedroom. Now home for hundreds a year.
In 2009, a Tacoma veterinary technician started fostering animals out of her own house because the local shelter was full. Fifteen years later, Harborview Animal Rescue runs a full adoption center, a foster network across the South Puget Sound, and a clinic that keeps pets healthy and home.
Voices of trust
Why adopters keep coming back.
“Biscuit was eight years old and had been passed over for months. The night we brought him home he slept curled up right against my side of the bed like he'd always lived there. Senior dogs give back so much more than people expect.”
Adopter, Tacoma
“We started as a foster family for a litter of kittens, sure we'd give them back. Six weeks later we were signing adoption papers for two of them. Fostering let us fall in love at our own pace.”
Foster-to-adopt family, Lakewood
“Juniper hid under my couch for the first two weeks and wouldn't eat if I was in the room. The team at Harborview walked me through it step by step. Now she sleeps on my chest every night and headbutts me awake for breakfast.”
Adopter, Puyallup
Hours
Mon–Fri · 11:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday · 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday · Noon – 4:00pm, adoptions only
Communities we serve
Tacoma
Lakewood
Puyallup
University Place
Gig Harbor
Why adopt with us
500+ Adoptions a Year
No-Kill Shelter
Foster Program Available