About Pets Without Parents
Our Mission
Pets Without Parents, founded in June of 2001, is a non-profit, no-kill, all-breed shelter for dogs and cats. Our mission is to place every pet that enters our shelter into a loving, permanent home; to motivate our local community to support our shelter, its no-kill mission, and spay-neuter efforts through donation, volunteer, and adoption opportunities...until every pet goes home.
We strive to create a community that nurtures and respects companion animals, and to someday see that every pet is loved. In order to create such a community, Pets Without Parents functions as a pet adoption shelter, carefully placing pets into forever homes.
We strive to create a community that nurtures and respects companion animals, and to someday see that every pet is loved. In order to create such a community, Pets Without Parents functions as a pet adoption shelter, carefully placing pets into forever homes.
Contact Us
Whether you have a question about the shelter, adoptable friends, events, fostering or anything else, we offer the option to email or phone us.
Visit Us
We welcome you to stop in to see all of our adoptable friends. We are centrally located and offer extended hours to better serve our Columbus community. We are open Monday-Sunday from 12p-8p.
Shelter Staff
Our staff is a team of special people that manage the day-to-day shelter operations, making sure our animals are well cared for until they find their forever homes. They partner with the Board, which provides mission-based leadership and strategic governance.
Board of Directors
Our Board supports the work of the shelter and provides mission-based leadership and strategic governance. While day-to-day operations are led by PWP’s executive director (ED), the Board-ED relationship is a partnership, and the appropriate involvement of the Board is both critical and expected.