About

Rescued Pets Movement is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides a second chance for thousands of Houston's homeless dogs and cats through rehabilitation and transport to forever homes in communities throughout the country that have a need for adoptable pets.

RPM's goal is to reduce the number of homeless dogs and cats on Houston's euthanasia list. We do this primarily through our partnership with BARC Animal Shelter & Adoptions (the City's pound) and the help of over 350 volunteers and foster parents who foster our animals for a two-week period while they are fully examined and treated at our veterinary clinic. Once ready, they are loaded onto our own vans and transported to awaiting agencies in other areas of the nation that place them in new, permanent homes. In our first year and a half of existence, RPM has, among other things, (1) transported over 7,500 dogs and cats to new homes; (2) helped BARC increase its live release rate from 45% to a high of 81% in January 2014; and (3) of the 220 rescue groups permitted to pull animals from BARC, pulled on average 63% of all pets saved.

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