Golden Paw Society, Inc.

Golden Paw Society, Inc. GPS: Helping Shelter Cats Find Their Way Into Forever Homes

We rescue cats from kill shelters and care for them at our adoption center until they are adopted.

Follow along and be a virtual part of our rescue mission! Located in Huntington NY Our shelters are filled to capacity with homeless, displaced cats; cats of all ages, many adults, who either sit for several months (day in, day out) waiting to be discovered and who are at-risk of being euthanized if they have or develop health issues or exhibit too much stress in captivity. Regardless of condition

s, no shelter cage is a happy or appropriate place for a cat to be in and cats suffer tremendously in the shelter setting, often surrounded by loud, barking dogs. In order to help us fulfill our mission, we have created a cat center for the cats we rescue! This is a true home-away- from-home for the cats to enjoy while we continue the work of finding homes for them. In our care, each cat we rescue is kept safe, comfortable and tended to medically and emotionally in preparation for adoption. Here, it’s all about the cats, and it’s about letting each one of them know they are wanted and wonderful even though somebody at some point in their lives decided they weren’t. One thing we know for sure: Whatever condition the cats are in when we remove them from the shelter setting, without fail they each begin to transform and come into their own and become the cats they are meant to be. It's an amazing and beautiful thing to see, and once they are adopted they transform even more. THIS is the beauty in what we do and this is the thing that keeps us driven to continue to do more. We are so proud and so excited to be doing this, and we ask for your support. Please visit our website at www.goldenpawsociety.org to see if there is a way you may be able to help us…So many homeless and hopeless cats will appreciate it, as will we!

07/14/2025

The very littlest of our angels, Petunia, is fast asleep.and cozy on a heating pad. She has come so far and is soon going to be able to reunite with her rescued housemates. She has gotten stronger and better every day.

Sweet dreams, sweet angel. You have no idea how many of your dreams have already come true. ❤️

So sorry for the delay on this. Our day has been busy and full, and our hearts are also great and full, because we ge...
07/12/2025

So sorry for the delay on this. Our day has been busy and full, and our hearts are also great and full, because we get to take care of such beautiful little beings in their time of need.

Yesterday we told you about going back to the municipal shelter for three of Petunias housemates. Their pictures are included here but we're holding off on reuniting them right now with Petunia because they are very stressed and she's still healing.

As we told you yesterday they're all kind of fragile as they've been through terrible trauma.

Those dark days are behind them and today has been the first day they've been able to wake up and see sunshine and feel peace in a long while. We will share happy pictures of them as they decompress, in the meantime these are their shelter pictures.

Please welcome Petunia's three very brave housemates to Golden Paw Society.

If you recall last week for our Summer Shelter Run, this little peanut named Petunia was one of the 32 cats we rescued. ...
07/12/2025

If you recall last week for our Summer Shelter Run, this little peanut named Petunia was one of the 32 cats we rescued. She was so excited to meet us in the shelter that we couldn't get a clear shot of her. She was in the isolation room and sick.

Petunia had survived a horrible situation where she and her housemates were left alone in their house in crates for who knows how long after their owner died. They were all found emaciated and covered in f***s and urine. 💔

Petunia was the worst off of those who survived this nightmare (some did not), and even after being rescued from that house and cleaned up and offered food in the shelter, she would not eat.

Complete shutdown, and it was getting to the point where she wasn't going to make it. 😩

We took her immediately upon meeting her! It took a few days of us syringe feeding for her to finally catch on and start eating on her own. She is now eating like a champ (!) but she has a long way to go and is now suffering from terrible upper respiratory infection and eye infections.

We love this little girl more than anything and we want her to be okay. 🙏

After having three quick adoptions with our new group of rescues this week, we ran back today to get three of Petunia's surviving housemates.

They are all fragile and have colds, but they are in better shape than she is and we are hoping that being reunited in a nurturing atmosphere will help all of them.

So back to today's math:
1 + 2 = 3. Three adoptions = 3 new rescues!
and now 3 + 1 = 4. We now have four little peanuts from the same nightmare SAFE with us under one roof!

We will show you their little faces when we introduce them to you tomorrow. Right now they are resting up from the journey and getting ready for their new lives.

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MATH?? On a FRIDAY??? In the SUMMER???? YES!!!!! (But have no fear! This is Rescue Math and is truly mathing!)Yesterda...
07/11/2025

MATH?? On a FRIDAY??? In the SUMMER????

YES!!!!! (But have no fear! This is Rescue Math and is truly mathing!)

Yesterday we told you about Riley being adopted.🤩 Now, two more of our new-32 rescued shelter cats have been adopted!

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We are so thrilled for Farrah and Abby! These two little long haired beauties quickly captured attention and stole the hearts of their humans! Congratulations girlies!!!

Now stick with us because 1 + 2 = 3 and we are not wasting ANY time on this Freedom Friday! Hint hint! 🤗🤗🤗

The first of our new-32 has been adopted! Last week's Summer Shelter Run brought us 32 rescued shelter cats! Riley's...
07/10/2025

The first of our new-32 has been adopted!

Last week's Summer Shelter Run brought us 32 rescued shelter cats! Riley's sad little shelter pic the day we met her is on the right.

Few days later, Riley snagged herself a home with a prior adopter and we must say...being home and happy sure looks good on her! 🥰

Love is the greatest gift of all! ❤️

Yes it's the middle of the night but we thought it was worth mentioning that we have a tiny little peanut on our premise...
07/10/2025

Yes it's the middle of the night but we thought it was worth mentioning that we have a tiny little peanut on our premises who goes by the name of Paige. 🥰

She's all grey and she has green eyes, so some might be tempted to suggest she is a Russian Blue, which we are all for if that will make someone notice her. 😬

She's also very tiny and her little face is kind of pressed in, which suggests there might be some Persian in her bloodline. 😲

Basically, what we're trying to say is that there is something truly amazing and unique about this little fur person we have in our presence. You could search the WHOLE world over and you will never find another one like this one. A Persian Russian Blue!! (Or, is she a Russian Blue Persian?? 🤔)

Paige. 9yo. Purrfect.

Awaiting discovery at our Adoption Center in Huntington Station NY. PUHLEASE put a stop to her wait!!!

07/09/2025

To be filed under, IF CATS COULD TALK LIFE WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER

If you are a stickler for details then this girl is for you because she gets it.

10yo Caty's back story contains a lot of sadness. Her owner became hospitalized, leaving Caty and her 18yo kitty housemate with no place to go but a town shelter. We rescued them both several months ago and her housemate has since sadly passed. 💔

Caty had been quite shut down for a long time, in the shelter and during her first few months with us, and she also inconsistently used her litter box... which we knew was a potentially disastrous problem because nobody is looking to adopt a cat who will not consistently use the litter box.

A full vet exam and blood work ruled out any potential health cause for this problem.

We didn't know what to do. We tried all different types of litter choices - still the inconsistency. Having her roam free with the other cats made it worse, as she would hole herself up somewhere and not use any litter box. 😩

After many, many hours of losing sleep worrying about her and wondering what the problem could be it dawned on us... maybe she is one of those cats who will not use a litter box once the litter is soiled, even if by her. 🤔

As a last ditch effort, we placed TWO litter boxes in her crate. That was approximately 2 months ago, and she has literally used the litter box(es) consistently from that day forward. 🤩

Can you imagine her frustration all this time? Can you imagine having such a strong need and having nobody around you understand it??

The most awful part of this is that countless cats lose their homes every year due to litter box issues. Countless cats in animal shelters lose their lives every year due to litter box issues. How many of them have had this particular extremely meetable need???

The most wonderful part of this is that Caty has received her second (and third and fourth and 5th and every) chance needed for her truth to finally be revealed and for her life to finally be able to move forward with happiness. And now maybe Caty's story can help other cats to be understood!

So meet our special needs kitty, Caty. Sweetest cat in the world. Affectionate and loving, purry and soft, and the only thing she needs that is different from any other cat is TWO available litter boxes. Heck, we will even supply the litter boxes if necessary to the human who sees her and accepts her for who she is! 🥰

Available now, after waiting way too long, at our Adoption Center in Huntington Station, NY.
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So you know how sometimes there are things that are so bad that you just can't talk about them?We have had one of those ...
07/08/2025

So you know how sometimes there are things that are so bad that you just can't talk about them?

We have had one of those things lingering and driving us a little bit crazy.

😶

You've met Munchie.
We love this boy.
And we are waiting on the very edge of our seats to find out if he has cancer or not.

A biopsy has been done on his nose and we are anxiously awaiting results.

But he's also got suspicious tissue within his eyelids and we need to biopsy those as well.

So basically it's one edge after another that we are, and will be, sitting upon for the next few weeks.

Every second of being able to love this boy is worth it. ❤️

We originally wanted to spare you of all of this angst, but then we remembered there is power in prayer, and we would really appreciate it now if you could please offer some up for Munchie.

Doesn't have to be anything official or formal. Good vibes and high fives are welcome too! Basically, any optimistic energy sent this way for this boy would be completely appreciated!

The great news is, he is super happy and content and has NO idea any of this is happening. 🥰

We will, of course, keep you posted and, in the meantime, we will continue to post pics of Munchie because he blows us away. This was him just a few hours ago tonight. 😍

One of these things is not like the other...Can you spot the difference?🤔 😜Everything we do is based on creating this di...
07/07/2025

One of these things is not like the other...

Can you spot the difference?🤔 😜

Everything we do is based on creating this difference for shelter cats.

Removing sad and confused cats from shelter cages, and allowing them to be their best free and happy selves at our Adoption Center, is just the best thing ever! 🤩

"But, you're all volunteers? Don't you want to get paid for all you do??"

Seeing the transformations that happen here every single day makes every.single.day.
feel like payday!

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(Pictured is Farrah, one of the 32 cats rescued last week for our Summer Shelter Run. Available at our Adoption Center in Huntington Station NY)

Don't mind us as we obsess a bit on Colette and the difference a few days have made for her. You saw her playing in th...
07/06/2025

Don't mind us as we obsess a bit on Colette and the difference a few days have made for her.

You saw her playing in the video we posted earlier today. Blindness doesn't stop her from loving to play! It doesn't stop her from anything.

She spent the first year of her life living in conditions that were so disgusting that her eyes were permanently damaged from the filth of it, and yet she's one of the lucky ones because she survived where many others did not. 💔

She was then rescued from that horrible situation to spend over a month alone in a shelter cage. (Pic on left)

Seeing her running around our Adoption Center (on right) being the zany, happy little girl she is meant to be is everything.

🥰😍🤩

Thank you for helping to make this happen by supporting our shelter cat rescue mission! ❤️

07/06/2025

Just a typical Sunday at our Adoption Center, nothin' much to see here - oh, except for these two MIRACLE survivors enjoying playing together!

She is Colette, a kitten who is blind due to the horrid conditions of the home she was born into.

He is Jack Sparrow, a senior who has some chronic congestion issues due to those same conditions.

Both survived the same terrible hoarding situation and then endured the isolation of living in shelter cages alone for weeks. We have had them for a few days and in our house filled with many other cats, these two have naturally gravitated to each other to share their newfound joy. 😭

Skip the fireworks!! This is the only display you will need to see today!! Our Summer Shelter Run Reveal is finallll...
07/04/2025

Skip the fireworks!! This is the only display you will need to see today!!

Our Summer Shelter Run Reveal is finalllllllllllllllllllllllllllly here and we are celebrating Liberty and Freedom for 32 Shelter Cats on this Independence Day!!

Every single Shelter Run we do is loaded with emotion due to the cats we meet; this Run has been a tad EXTRA loaded due to health concerns of some of the cats we met - waiting upon a biopsy for one, another we pulled for hospice who may or may not be hospice after all, another who had NO chance of making it unless we got her - and just the number of purrfect little faces that would not let us go, forcing us to juggle our space a bit to fit them in.

It's OK! We did it, we got them! Thanks to YOU and your support, our Adoption Center is now fully loaded with so much cuteness and SO many grateful cats that it's hard to take! (and, we have our list of those to go back for as soon as space allows!)

The pics here are of the cats as we met them in their shelter cages, hence the sadness. This is why we do what we do. We can't wait to turn all of these sad little frowns upside down!

Get ready to falllll hard and fast in love with each one of them as we welcome them to Golden Paw Society!!

thank you thank you thank you soooo much for your generous donations that make every bit of our shelter cat rescue mission possible!!

HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE!!

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