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 Foster Animal of the Month
Malone and Capone are two innocent victims that were caught in the cold and ice storms that swept across Texas last week - and boy, are their bodies paying for it.
These two were taken into foster care with Passport for Paws just a week before the weather was reaching its peak harshness. Then, the worst happened. The power went out, the water shut off, and the foster became entirely snowed in - unable to even leave her drive. She didn't think things could get any worse until..they did. Both Malone and Capone became lethargic and pale. They started having diarrhea and refused to eat or drink anything. With the local hospitals and ER's closed, their foster had absolutely nowhere to go.
She watched helplessly as the two declined by the hour and after some time, just couldn't take it anymore. She braved the storm and drove on sheer ice and snow to the closest open hospital, which was 81 miles away. 81. By the time she reached the hospital, she wasn't even able to let out a sigh of relief since both were near death.
They both groaned and whined as she handed them over to doctors and later found out that the two not only had Parvovirus, but that Malone had also turned septic. After days of hospitalizing them and providing them with fluids/nutrients, their situation is somewhat improved, ..but their bill is absolutely staggering. $7,000 for their care so far - and that's not even including rechecks, preventative care, vaccines, etc. We know these are very tough times due to COVID, and the storm in Texas has left people's lives turned upside down. If you could spare a few dollars to help these pups, Passport for Paws would be SO grateful!
*Sadly, Malone did not make it, but Capone is still a fighter!*
These two were taken into foster care with Passport for Paws just a week before the weather was reaching its peak harshness. Then, the worst happened. The power went out, the water shut off, and the foster became entirely snowed in - unable to even leave her drive. She didn't think things could get any worse until..they did. Both Malone and Capone became lethargic and pale. They started having diarrhea and refused to eat or drink anything. With the local hospitals and ER's closed, their foster had absolutely nowhere to go.
She watched helplessly as the two declined by the hour and after some time, just couldn't take it anymore. She braved the storm and drove on sheer ice and snow to the closest open hospital, which was 81 miles away. 81. By the time she reached the hospital, she wasn't even able to let out a sigh of relief since both were near death.
They both groaned and whined as she handed them over to doctors and later found out that the two not only had Parvovirus, but that Malone had also turned septic. After days of hospitalizing them and providing them with fluids/nutrients, their situation is somewhat improved, ..but their bill is absolutely staggering. $7,000 for their care so far - and that's not even including rechecks, preventative care, vaccines, etc. We know these are very tough times due to COVID, and the storm in Texas has left people's lives turned upside down. If you could spare a few dollars to help these pups, Passport for Paws would be SO grateful!
*Sadly, Malone did not make it, but Capone is still a fighter!*