Animal Transport Resources

APA! Transport Program - Austin. This program has helped save thousands of lives by providing the resources, vet time, health certificates, vaccinations, and transport coordination required to move shelter pets out of Texas. Some pets travel to their new homes by plane and others in one of their transport vans. The program is supported by rescue partners, volunteers, and donors.

Dog Is My Copilot - Jackson, WY. They transport animals from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers where loving families are waiting to adopt a new pet. Visit them on Facebook. 307-359-5452

Flying Shepherd Ranch - Supports local and out-of-state rescues through flight transport, vet care assistance, rehabilitation and advocacy. This nonprofit organization assists Colorado dog and cat rescues, shelter volunteers and independent rescuers in saving dogs and cats facing euthanasia in out-of-state high kill shelters. They pick up dogs, predominantly—on occasion a few cats—to fly them from Texas, New Mexico and Arkansas to Colorado rescues or adopters.  Visit them on Facebook! 

Houston Petset - Houston. This group facilitates twice-monthly transports of animals to rescue partners in the Midwest. Since Hurricane Harvey, Houston PetSet has transported thousands of pets to their forever homes.

Operation Kindness Interstate Animal Transport Program - Carrollton. This Interstate Animal Transport Program, launched in July 2022, aims to decrease the euthanasia of dogs and cats across Texas and the southern states by safely transporting animals from southern U.S. source shelters to northern U.S. destination shelters and rescues, where there is a greater demand for animals, via ground and air transport.

Pilots To The Rescue - Based in Brooklyn, NY. The mission of this group is to prevent at-risk animals from being euthanized by transporting them via air and ground transportation to give them the best chance at adoption. Volunteer pilots fly animals from critical situations to safety, ultimately saving lives. In the case of an animal rescue emergency, call 212.404.6936.

Rescued Pets Movement Inc. - Greater Houston area. This 501(c)(3) organization provides a second chance for thousands of homeless dogs and cats through rehabilitation and transport to forever homes in communities throughout the United States and Canada that have a demand for adoptable pets. The dogs and cats saved from BARC (Houston’s City Pound) and other area shelters are fully examined and treated by their partner veterinarians. They are then placed temporarily in foster homes with their volunteers until they are ready for transport to their new homes.

San Antonio Pets Alive (SAPA) “Headin’ Home” Program - San Antonio. This program transports dogs from Texas to northern states with higher adoption rates to find them forever homes and helps free up space in shelters in Texas, saving more lives by moving dogs to areas where they are more likely to be adopted quickly. The program partners with transport services, like Dog is My CoPilot, to get the dogs to their new destinations. 

Save Them All Pet Transport - Specialized Care and Transport of Vulnerable Rescue Dogs and Cats. They specialize ONLY in large, chartered rescue transports (25-40) of rescued shelter dogs and cats. They are USDA registered transports and carry transit certifications for Connecticut and Rhode Island. Their primary area of operation is the central and eastern time zones and they sub-contract with several USDA REGISTERED vessels located in the central time zone that travel to Pacific time zones and ground transport to eastern Canadian provinces surrounding New England states. I did not see anything indicating they provide services in Texas.

Take Me Home Transport - Austin. Helping dogs and cats in Central Texas find forever homes through nationwide shelter partnerships. Life-Saving Transport for Texas Shelter Dogs and Cats. Based out of Austin. Email them for more information!

Texas Animal Fosters and Transporters (FB page). This group finds foster homes & transporters for animals in Texas and volunteers to be a foster home or driver. It is not a group for posting shelter or stray animals if there isn't already a rescue backing. This isn't a group for fundraising either. This also isn't a group for breeders or people looking to re-home their pets.

Texas Cat Coalition - Corpus Christi. This is a small foster-based rescue that is dedicated to saving special needs and critically sick or injured cats. They sometimes partner with others to transport adoptable cats out of Texas. Visit their Facebook page. Click here to email them.

Three Little Pitties Rescue - Friendswood, Houston area. Community spay/neuter programs, community outreach, transport to the Pacific Northwest and East Coast when local adoptions are not a good fit. Their mission is to save the lives of dogs and cats from desperate situations and provide them with loving, forever homes. They transport 300 pets every two weeks. Visit them on Facebook!

Wings of Rescue - San Diego. This is a 501(c)3 that flies pets from at-risk shelters and disaster areas to safe havens.

Day of the Dogs - Dedicated to increasing live release rates of homeless animals in shelters. Unsure if they provide services in Texas.

The groups listed below will be checked out and possibly added to the list! Check back with us soon!

SWATT (Southwest Animal Transport Team)

Project Freedom Ride

God’s Dogs Rescue

Take Me Home Transport Dog Rescue

Highway hounds

Three Little Pitties Rescue

Highway Hounds

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