Rescued Pets Movement
Each week, Rescued Pets Movement saves hundreds of animals from area shelters, often from the euthansia list and has saved over 91,000 lives since our founding in 2013. With your help, RPM makes new beginnings possible for homeless pets throughout Houston and surrounding areas. Donate today to help us continue our life-saving work!
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Why is there a demand for rescue animals in other parts of the US?
What does RPM need most to continue saving lives?
Why can’t these pets find forever homes in Houston?
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How Rescued Pets Movement Works
Each year, tens of thousands of animals enter Houston area shelters. With most all animal shelters and other animal welfare organizations operating at capacity (and often overcapacity), RPM has been critical in dramatically reducing the number of animals euthanized each year at BARC (Houston’s City Shelter) and other area shelters by transporting thousands of homeless animals to other areas of the US where there is a demand for them.
Rescued Pets Movement works every day to impact the lives of countless cats and dogs. We celebrated our 10th anniversary in September 2023!
Rescued Pets Movement Provides
Love, Transport, and Second Chances.
Our model is simple – The Greater Houston Metropolitan area has a very high number of homeless pets needing homes. Sadly, there just are not enough homes here for all of the homeless animals in need. We rescue Houston’s homeless animals from the shelters here and send them to other parts of the US where there are lots of people wanting to adopt homeless animals like the ones we have right here in Houston. And it works! We drove over 1 million miles in 2020 alone, to bring homeless pets to their forever homes in places like Colorado and Virginia, and with your donation, we can continue our amazing, lifesaving work.
Your Donations Make A Difference!
Over 91,000 Animals Saved since our founding in 2013
More than 1.5 Million Miles Driven
Average of 266 Pets Transported per week
$150 - RPM’s cost to transport 1 homeless pet from Houston to its new life
$425 - total average cost per homeless pet to provide all medical care and transport it from Houston to its new life
Have items to donate? Here are lists of what we need and what we currently have enough of right now! Click HERE to see a PDF of both lists.
What We Need
- Baby wipes
- Bandanas
- Bath towels/beach towels (used is fine, but must be clean and dry)
- Batteries (unused in package)
- Beds (dog & cat, used is fine, but must be clean and dry)
- Blankets (used is fine, but must be clean and dry)
- Bleach
- Bottles (for puppies or kittens)
- Brushes
- Calming treats and supplements
- Car seat covers
- Caribiners
- Cat carriers
- Cat food (dry kibble or wet/canned)
- Cat litter (non-clumping preferred for our clinic, but other types also accepted for our foster families)
- Cat toys
- Catnip
- Chew toys
- Churu
- Cleaning supplies
- Crates
- Dental chews
- Digital scales (for weighing pets)
- Dog crates/kennels (pop up/wire)
- Dog food (dry kibble or wet/canned)
- E-collars/surgical recovery cones
- Emergency flashlights
- Exercise pens
- Extension cords
- Flea combs
- Flea prevention
- Food (dog and cat, wet and dry)
- Food storage containers (pets)
- Freezer packs (for coolers)
- Grocery bags
- Grooming clippers
- Grooming gloves
- Grooming scissors
- Hand gloves (medical or cleaning)
- Hand sanitizer
- Hand soap
- Hand towels (used is fine, but must be clean and dry)
- Harnesses
- Heating discs
- Heating pads
- Kiddie swimming pools (plastic)
- Kitten food (dry kibble or wet/canned)
- Kongs
- Laundry detergent
- Lick mats
- Lint rollers
- Litter boxes (thoroughly cleaned and in good shape, or new)
- Miracle nipples (for bottle feeding)
- Microchip scanners
- Nail clippers (pets)
- Odor neutralizer
- Paper towels
- Peanut butter (without birch sugar or xylitol)
- Pee pads
- Pill pockets
- Plastic tote bins
- Playpens
- Poop bags
- Pooper scoopers
- Potty pads
- Puppy food (dry kibble or wet/canned)
- Puppy pads
- Rescue sanitizing spray
- Sanitizing wipes
- Scrubbers (for cleaning)
- Sharpies/permanent markers
- Sheets (used is fine, but must be clean and dry)
- Slip leads
- Sponges
- Syringes (new, unopened, for medicine)
- Tape (medical)
- Tarps for outdoors
- Thermometers (new only)
- Thunder jackets
- Tick prevention
- Toilet paper
- Toothbrushes (new only)
- Towels (used is fine, but must be clean and dry)
- Toys (meant for pets)
- Training pads
- Trash bags (all sizes needed)
- Treats
- Waste bag dispensers
- Waste bags/poop bags
- Wipes (baby wipes, pet wipes)
- Ziploc bags (all sizes needed)
Not Needed Right Now
- Automatic feeders
- Batters (used or open)
- Bedding (thick comforters)
- Belly bands
- Bitter apple spray (anti-chew deterrent)
- Bottled water (for volunteers)
- Bowls (food and water)
- Can openers (manual or electric)
- Car seats (pets)
- Carpet cleaners
- Cat condos
- Cat trees/scratch posts
- Climbing trees
- Collars
- Conditioner (pets)
- Collapsible bowls
- Diapers (pets)
- Dog booties/shoes
- Dog clothes and accessories
- Dog houses
- Dryer sheets
- Ear cleaner
- Elevated feeding stations
- Expired pet medication
- Food (expired/opened bags) *** We accept opened food and give it out to street feeders, but this is not an item RPM directly uses
- Fountains (water)
- Frisbees
- Gauze (medical)
- Grooming spray
- Grooming tables
- Leashes
- LED collars or tags
- Lime dip
- Litter scoopers
- Mats (feeding)
- Medicine (prescription)
- Muzzles
- Outdoor cat houses
- Outdoor dog beds
- Pet ramps
- Pet strollers
- Pet toothbrushes
- Pet toothpaste
- Pet wheelchcairs
- Pillows
- Portable water bowls
- Prescription diet food
- Prescription pill bottles
- Puzzle games
- Rawhide bones
- Scratching posts
- Shampoo (pets)
- Shed control products
- Snuffle mats
- Stain removers
- Supplements
- Tennis balls
- Toys (meant for kids)
- Training clickers
- Vitamins
- Water bowls
- Water hoses
- Whistles
- Window perches
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Why I Foster…
“We started fostering after our personal pets all passed as we hope to travel extensively. Fostering fills the void when we are home and our goal is to fill them with love before their journey. It’s always hard to let go but the posts from other fosters make you know that you are not alone. Plus, there’s always another to help. RPM has made such a difference for Houston area animals. I always feel supported and heard.”
Rescued Pets Movement
The Jack C. Alexander Building, 2317 w. 34th St., Houston, TX. 77018
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- Tuesday 9am-6pm
- Wednesday 9am-6pm
- Thursday 9am-6pm
- Friday 9am-6pm
- Saturday 9am-6pm
- Sunday 10am-4pm