Mission: Paws & more animal shelter, also known as washington county humane society, is a private, adoption guarantee shelter located in washington, iowa. "paws" stands for "providing animals with shelter", while "more" stands for the loving care and treatment we give to every animal who passes through our door. We provide humane care to all animals needing protection, seek suitable homes for animals without owners and provide euthanasia only when medically or behaviorally necessary.

Programs: The shelter provides animal control for washington county as well as implementing a volunteer class program which currently has over 130 participants. In addition, the shelter provides a place for community service work and has a pet therapy visitation program weekly allowing elderly nursing home residents to interact with various pets. In 2017 paws and more animal shelter took in 813 animals.