HOW WE HELP

In 2023, we helped 250+ homeless or unwanted pets in shelters and shelterless communities. By joining the OTAT Collective, we will significantly increase our impact. We help in the following ways:

• Providing veterinary testing and medical care. Most animal shelters in West Texas have no budget for medical care, not even for lifesaving vaccinations, legally mandated protection from rabies, spay/neuter surgery, diagnostic testing, or to assess and treat a range of other maladies.

• Supporting a foster program. Moving pets off the streets or out of shelters begins the process of behavioral and medical rehabilitation that makes rescue possible. 

• Adopting pets to loving, supported homes. We promote and facilitate a responsible process for direct adoption, both locally and throughout the country. We provide lifetime support for our pets and their guardians.

• Coordinating a national transport program. Until we have more manageable numbers of homeless or unwanted pets, we will continue to transport dogs out of Texas to states that aren’t facing crisis levels of dog homelessness. We work with more than two dozen rescue partners, transporters and advocates across the country, with particular support from the OTAT Collective.

• Offering community support to reduce the need for rescue. We are dedicated to keeping loved pets in homes (by alleviating logistical, environmental, financial and behavioral support barriers) and supporting spay/neuter services across the region.

• Building capacity to improve animal welfare.. Through data collection, training, and collaborative projects, we work to increase (or create!) municipal support for animal welfare programs in our region.