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Houston Pets Alive! is committed to helping you keep pets happy and healthy. Here are some additional resources to help.

Surrendering a Pet or Strays

At Houston Pets Alive! (HPA!), our mission is to save animals from imminent euthanasia at high kill shelters. To make room for those animals, we are unable to accept owner surrenders or strays. For no-kill rescue alternatives that may be able to help with owner surrenders and strays, please refer to these lists:

• No-kill rescue alternatives for dogs
• No-kill rescue alternatives for cats

For additional information, other rescues in the area, and advice on how to re-home a stray or personal pet, see below.

Comprehensive Resources

Give Our Pets A Hand (GOPAH) provides greater Houston pet owners and animal lovers with information needed to help pets live healthier and happier lives. Find comprehensive information and resources to help your pets or other companion animals in the community.

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Low Cost Vetting

Download a list of additional low cost clinics.

Rehoming A Pet

  • Do you have an HPA! pet? If you adopted a pet from HPA!, your contract requires you to surrender your pet back to HPA! Contact information for returning your animal can be found in the adoption packet that was sent home with you.
  • Are you moving? Remember that getting a pet is a lifelong commitment and you promised this animal that you’d keep it forever. Try your very hardest to identify an apartment or home that allows pets.
  • Do you have financial issues? Check out this amazing guide with financial options and organizations that can help you afford your pet.
  • Other reasons? Post on the following sites to ask for assistance:
  • Need more information? Visit this page to find additional information on rehoming a pet based on what we have learned from successful adoptions.
  • Need tips to market your pet? Download the Marketing for Adoption sheet

    1. If you are on Facebook, you can join the Austin Pets Alive PASS Community group, found at https://www.facebook.com/groups/PassAPA . They help ALL of Texas with rehoming, not just Austin, and have over 60K followers on their page, so it’s a great way to spread the word over a large area. If you aren’t on Facebook, you can also go to their website NEW APA PASS Form (jotform.com) and complete a case form.

    2. You can also create an online profile for them on Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet. Once you create a profile, they will go on the Adopt-A-Pet rehoming site, and will automatically pop up on our website, which gets approximately 15,000 local views a month. Be sure to use this coupon code to have your listing fee waived: RCXHAQTL2U8AD8Z. You will also find answers to some frequently asked pet questions here.

    3. Reach out to friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues! If you find someone interested in fostering or adopting a pet, or if you need assistance yourself, we can provide essential supplies such as pet food, kennels, leashes, collars, and more. Please contact lidia.melendez@houstonpetsalive.org to arrange a pickup date for these supplies. Additionally, if you or they require information on low-cost veterinary services, we can provide a list of available resources. Thank you for your support!

    4. Lastly, we hold in person adoption events a couple of times a month. Our SSR (self rehoming) program owners are welcome to join us at the events, so your pet(s) will have the opportunity to meet potential adopters face to face. Once you create an online profile (on Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet or  NEW APA PASS Form (jotform.com)) you will receive information on how to participate in our adoption events.

    1. Those interested in participating must ensure that the pets are fully vetted (including all vaccines: FVRCP, FeLV and Rabies for cats and DHPP, Rabies, Bordetella for dogs) and must currently be on flea prevention. Medical records must be brought to our events as well to reflect that.
    2. Must sign a waiver in order to participate.
    3. Must also be available to stay with the pet(s) throughout the entirety of the event. As they are not HPA! pets, we do not take responsibility for any issues that may arise.
    4. Lastly, Pet Bios will be great! We can share as much information on a kennel card as you’d like. Pictures are a plus!
    Once we have exhausted all possible routes to Self Rehome, our last resort will be finding which animal shelter serves your jurisdiction (area).  Please keep in mind there will be a wait at any municipal (city) shelter since most are over capacity and have limited amounts of space. There may also be a fee associated with surrendering a pet to any animal shelter. 
  • First, we suggest typing in your home address Here to locate your jurisdiction (area): ARC GIS Map
  • Next, click anywhere on the background to reveal the “Search Result – Regional Government” arrow. This will display information about participating animal shelters, including their address, phone number, and website.
  • We strongly recommend reaching out to them regarding their Owned Pet Surrender procedures, as most shelters will require an appointment.

Download our rehoming guide.

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