Our Story
In 2012, Founder Briana Sherrer moved from Minnesota to Texas. She had volunteered for a rescue organization in Minnesota and wanted to continue fostering pets in her new home. That’s when she discovered of the severe overpopulation of unwanted animals in Texas shelters.
Minnesota and other states in the U.S. don’t battle the same issues as Texas with overpopulation and euthanasia rates at shelters. Briana joined forces with other amazing animal-loving friends in Texas, and put together a plan to help dogs and cats escape their untimely deaths in shelters by securing their placement in Minnesota or Wisconsin with one of our foster-based rescue partners.
With Briana’s rescue contacts in Minnesota, we focused primarily on transporting code red or medical need pets to Minnesota and Wisconsin with many of them being adopted prior to arriving to their rescue.
Passport For Paws began by helping a few dogs per month get out from Texas shelters, and now, the rescue is transporting an average of 80 animals monthly to Minnesota and Wisconsin. The organization’s network of fosters and transporters are completely volunteer-based and vital to Passport for Paw’s growth and success.
Every animal has their own, unique story and holds a special place in our heart.
Minnesota and other states in the U.S. don’t battle the same issues as Texas with overpopulation and euthanasia rates at shelters. Briana joined forces with other amazing animal-loving friends in Texas, and put together a plan to help dogs and cats escape their untimely deaths in shelters by securing their placement in Minnesota or Wisconsin with one of our foster-based rescue partners.
With Briana’s rescue contacts in Minnesota, we focused primarily on transporting code red or medical need pets to Minnesota and Wisconsin with many of them being adopted prior to arriving to their rescue.
Passport For Paws began by helping a few dogs per month get out from Texas shelters, and now, the rescue is transporting an average of 80 animals monthly to Minnesota and Wisconsin. The organization’s network of fosters and transporters are completely volunteer-based and vital to Passport for Paw’s growth and success.
Every animal has their own, unique story and holds a special place in our heart.
How We Are Different
Passport for Paws is a 501(c)3 volunteer-based rescue committed to saving code-red animals from local Texas shelters.
Local Texas rescues can’t keep up with the animal demand. Passport for Paws alleviates the burden by fostering and transporting animals to rescues throughout the US. In most cases, our animals are adopted prior to arriving onsite. In 2017, we saved 551 animals, in 2018 we made it to 957, in 2019 we had 1,015 animals, but we topped the charts in 2020 with 1054!
Unlike other non-profit rescues that operate on adoption fees, Passport for Paws solely operates on donations. We rely on the support of the community and our business partners to save animals.
Local Texas rescues can’t keep up with the animal demand. Passport for Paws alleviates the burden by fostering and transporting animals to rescues throughout the US. In most cases, our animals are adopted prior to arriving onsite. In 2017, we saved 551 animals, in 2018 we made it to 957, in 2019 we had 1,015 animals, but we topped the charts in 2020 with 1054!
Unlike other non-profit rescues that operate on adoption fees, Passport for Paws solely operates on donations. We rely on the support of the community and our business partners to save animals.
Featured Volunteer of the Month
We are proud and pleased to announce Steve Dextor and Bob Smith as volunteers of the month! In 2020, P4P was blessed to save and transport 1054 dogs and cats thanks to our wonderful transport team! Without these two amazing volunteers, we couldn’t save ANY animals. They rearrange their lives to save our animals. We wouldn’t be P4P without them! Bob lives almost 3 hours away from our transport location in Keller and drives all the way down to drive our van. Steve not only helps with our transport to MN, he also helps a lot with our local transport help. Getting animals to and from shelters and vet appointments. On top of transporting, these two also foster for us when we’re in a bind! It’s safe to say that this month we had to do two fosters of the month! Thank you again, Steve and Bob!
Featured Medical Foster Animal of the Month
Snow White, the mama, and Her Seven Dwarf babies, where dumped in a box and left in a park in the Corsicana area. When they were brought into the shelter they were so covered in fleas and flea infestation that most of the babies were almost hairless. All seven had coccidia and roundworms, as well as severe unrelenting upper respiratory infections (URI), requiring multiple rounds of antibiotics and medicated Nebulizer treatments, as well as hospitalizations, IV treatments. Xrays, and ultrasounds. Two of them, Dopey and Sneezy then also fell victim to distemper. Dopey, who is always the smallest maxed out at 5 pounds and dropped to 4.3 pounds at his lowest. Sneezy also lost several pounds. They are being syringe fed chicken baby food as well as other nutritional liquids. They are both receiving Sub-Q fluids, medicated nebulizer treatments, anti nausea medicine, appetite stimulant medicine, bowel movement medicine, and topical treatment for the skin sores and hair loss associated with distemper. Sneezy is showing neurological signs, and is having head tics and weakness in his back legs. They are also being given over the counter medicines to help make their coughing more effective to dislodge and expel the mucus and secretion from their lungs and nose. It’s a minimum of five hours a day process for EACH puppy!!