Community awareness for animals in need

See animals in need, right where you are.

Nearpaw puts reports from your neighborhood on a map. Share what you find, see what others have shared, and get calm alerts for the area you choose.

Nearpaw is not an emergency or rescue service. For urgent danger, contact local animal control or emergency services.

How it works

Three simple steps

  1. 1

    See reports near you

    Open the map and tap a badge to read the story, see how recent it is, and read community updates.

  2. 2

    Report an animal

    Add a photo, drop a pin, describe what you saw. It appears on the map right away.

  3. 3

    Get calm alerts

    Choose an area and radius. We notify you when a report is published there — nothing more.

Built so help can find it

The exact spot, not a guess

Every report shows the exact spot where the animal was seen, so anyone nearby can find it quickly. Your name and contact details are never shown.

Where we’re active

Browsing and reporting work wherever you are.

Where advertising goes

Nearpaw shows labelled ads in the list only — never on the map or while you report. We publish what we allocate to animal-welfare groups, and how we decide. How we allocate