Animal Welfare Association

Animal Welfare Association (AWA) is South Jersey’s oldest and largest no-kill shelter, but we are so much more than a shelter. AWA's vision is to be "A Place Where Happiness Begins" by helping to create a compassionate community, by serving as a resource for pet lovers/pet owners in need, and by envisioning achieving zero tolerance for companion animals needlessly suffering and dying in our South Jersey community. AWA works with the community to prevent rehoming of pets whenever possible to reduce the number of pets coming into the shelter. Providing such services as affordable pet health care and low cost spay/neuter surgery through our clinic, offering pet food pantry for those in need and offering behavior training resources