Dec 08, 2021
We’ve all the time recognized that pets are at larger danger in Texas than in different states.
As a result of local weather inflicting extra breedings and a scarcity of assets in rural elements of the state, shelters are all the time dealing with an inflow of pets that want properties. It wasn’t till a storm rocked everybody’s worlds in Texas that we’d discover a answer on the right way to assist save these deserving lives.
The thought was born out of Winter Storm Uri. Pets wanted to get out of Texas — quick. Their lives have been in danger and the clock was ticking. It was then that APA! – with its nationwide outreach arm American Pets Alive! – set out on a mission to get 1,000 pets out of Texas into heat properties safely, and that we did.
In a matter of simply 4 weeks, we hit our aim with our 1,000th pet being an lovable cat named Charlie. Charlie traveled all the way in which from Laredo, TX to KC Pet Mission in Kansas. His journey up north was made particular by having a first-class seat in a personal aircraft flown by our volunteer pilot good friend, David Nelson. As soon as he landed at KC Pet Mission, it was solely a matter of days till he discovered his without end house. Learn how he discovered his household as soon as he landed in KC.
The success of this mission opened the door for a brand new concept. Why would we cease at simply 1,000 lives once we may proceed to save lots of pets from throughout Texas who’re dealing with demise? APA! may act as a pit cease for these pets whereas they await the transportation that will take them to numerous states throughout the nation. And so, the APA! Hub Transport Program was born.
Our transport crew connects with shelters in Texas which can be dealing with a scarcity of assets and area which frequently result in the undesirable resolution to euthanize their animals. Now we’re in a position to present them with another. Northern shelters typically face the other drawback. As a result of climate, within the winter months, many shelters have rows and rows of empty kennels with traces of individuals ready to undertake. There’s no purpose animals ought to die within the south when there are folks ready to undertake a shelter pet within the north.
“The APA! Hub Transport Program embodies the true spirit of Austin Pets Alive, by way of innovation, resourcefulness and the fixed dedication to lifesaving,” says Clare Callison Maddie’s® Nationwide Director of Pet Provide & Demand. “By this program, we’re in a position to convey our hard-working Texas shelter companions into the nationwide pipeline of assist. It means a lot that we’re not solely saving the lives of cats and canine in Texas shelters, however we’re serving to to attach adopters to the love of a shelter pet, regardless of the place they dwell within the nation!”
All of the faces you see listed below are animals that have been saved because of your assist of our transport applications. Whether or not it was by bus, aircraft, prepare, or automobile, these lives discovered their second likelihood in loving properties all throughout the USA. They have been welcomed with open arms as folks lined as much as convey them house.
As of yesterday, 2,228 lives have been saved by way of the Austin Pets Alive! Hub Transport Program and American Pets Alive! transport work. Lives that have been as soon as going to finish earlier than that they had an opportunity to even start now get a recent begin in a brand new state. Along with you, we are able to be sure that no pet in Texas ever will get left behind. Rush a donation now to make sure pets like these pups get the possibility to be rescued from euthanasia at rural, overcrowded shelters and adopted in properties. Your present will probably be DOUBLED till December 31, because of a beneficiant $100K matching present, so don’t wait to develop into a lifesaver in the present day!
