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 Brenda Hall as our first recipient of foster of the year! In 2020, P4P was blessed to save and transport 1054 dogs and cats, and Brenda fostered a whopping 107 of those! She TIRELESSLY tends to the bulk of our HW + dogs, caring for them through their 3 month treatment protocol and making sure they get all the meds and TLC they need during that very difficult time. Almost every transport she is bringing some one's pet so they don't have to drive, she gathers all our HC's for us and acquires and stores food for our rescue. She is an animal lover to her very core and NEVER passes up a stray on the road, in a field, or down the street. She brings them home and cares for them with confidence that one of our Rescue Partners will tag them, never asking for anything in return. We are blessed to have her on our team and in our lives! Thank you, Brenda!!!
Featured Medical Foster Animal of the Month
*Warning graphic photos*
The horror that was Kimora's life is hard to come to terms with, let alone write about. But here we are, trying to do our best to share her story so that she doesn't have to carry it on her own.
Kimora was breathing profusely, starving, and heavily pregnant when she was first found on the side of the road. The kind soul who found her, shocked by her condition, coaxed her into her car and brought her home. It was then she realized just how far gone Kimora's condition was and heard from locals that Kimora had been purchased years prior solely for breeding purposes. She learned that Kimora had spent her life on a chain, tethered to a tree, having litter after litter. She lived in filthy conditions with no access to vet care and little to no access to food or water. Somehow, someway, Kimora managed to escape though before those who had her could rip another litter of puppies away from her.
After realizing she was going to need extensive care, her finder reached out to rescuers at Passport for Paws, who kindly took Kimora in, and advised them on the rumors about her past. She was then taken to the hospital where doctors learned that Kimora was infested with a heavy load of heartworms - so much so that a stressful event could easily cause her to go into heart failure; like giving birth. She was also suffering from pneumonia and bronchitis. Because of this, rescuers had her monitored as she went into labor and by some miracle, she made it through the entire birth without complications. For a moment, Passport for Paws thought Kimora and her babies would be okay. Sadly, they were very wrong.
Just three weeks after giving birth, Kimora became very lethargic and sick. She suddenly developed a severe infection of the mammary gland called mastitis and overnight, Kimora's infected mammary gland became so swollen and inflamed that a hateful red abscess formed. Her fever spiked, and she was in excruciating pain. Her foster rushed her to the vet where she was hospitalized for several days, on IV fluids and injectable antibiotics in the hopes she would not become septic. With her life in the balance, Kimora could no longer feed her tiny pups. Rescuers found a solution for this and were helping the babies get through the absence of their mother when, suddenly, tragedy struck again. Three of Kimora's pups got extremely sick. Jocelyn, the little runt, Gwen and Moira were the first to get sick, throwing up and having bloody diarrhea. They were rushed to the vet where they tested positive for an array of worms and parasites - ones that had been passed on in the womb. They were hospitalized and deemed stable after a few days but they are still in the first steps of their recovery. The other four pups have similar symptoms, although less severe, for now.
Kimora, too, is slowly recovering, but still has a long road ahead to health. We know so many animals are hurting, but if you could spare a small donation for Kimora and her pups, Passport for Paws would be incredibly grateful, as the vet bills continue to mount with the total estimated at $4,000. Sharing Kimora's story with other kind-hearted friends and family would be so appreciated as well. Please help us show Kimora there really are kind, generous people who love and care for her. Thank you so much.
The horror that was Kimora's life is hard to come to terms with, let alone write about. But here we are, trying to do our best to share her story so that she doesn't have to carry it on her own.
Kimora was breathing profusely, starving, and heavily pregnant when she was first found on the side of the road. The kind soul who found her, shocked by her condition, coaxed her into her car and brought her home. It was then she realized just how far gone Kimora's condition was and heard from locals that Kimora had been purchased years prior solely for breeding purposes. She learned that Kimora had spent her life on a chain, tethered to a tree, having litter after litter. She lived in filthy conditions with no access to vet care and little to no access to food or water. Somehow, someway, Kimora managed to escape though before those who had her could rip another litter of puppies away from her.
After realizing she was going to need extensive care, her finder reached out to rescuers at Passport for Paws, who kindly took Kimora in, and advised them on the rumors about her past. She was then taken to the hospital where doctors learned that Kimora was infested with a heavy load of heartworms - so much so that a stressful event could easily cause her to go into heart failure; like giving birth. She was also suffering from pneumonia and bronchitis. Because of this, rescuers had her monitored as she went into labor and by some miracle, she made it through the entire birth without complications. For a moment, Passport for Paws thought Kimora and her babies would be okay. Sadly, they were very wrong.
Just three weeks after giving birth, Kimora became very lethargic and sick. She suddenly developed a severe infection of the mammary gland called mastitis and overnight, Kimora's infected mammary gland became so swollen and inflamed that a hateful red abscess formed. Her fever spiked, and she was in excruciating pain. Her foster rushed her to the vet where she was hospitalized for several days, on IV fluids and injectable antibiotics in the hopes she would not become septic. With her life in the balance, Kimora could no longer feed her tiny pups. Rescuers found a solution for this and were helping the babies get through the absence of their mother when, suddenly, tragedy struck again. Three of Kimora's pups got extremely sick. Jocelyn, the little runt, Gwen and Moira were the first to get sick, throwing up and having bloody diarrhea. They were rushed to the vet where they tested positive for an array of worms and parasites - ones that had been passed on in the womb. They were hospitalized and deemed stable after a few days but they are still in the first steps of their recovery. The other four pups have similar symptoms, although less severe, for now.
Kimora, too, is slowly recovering, but still has a long road ahead to health. We know so many animals are hurting, but if you could spare a small donation for Kimora and her pups, Passport for Paws would be incredibly grateful, as the vet bills continue to mount with the total estimated at $4,000. Sharing Kimora's story with other kind-hearted friends and family would be so appreciated as well. Please help us show Kimora there really are kind, generous people who love and care for her. Thank you so much.