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Thousands of pets throughout the Houston area have found permanent, caring homes through CAP’s award winning adoption program. Adoptions are the highest priority at CAP. Our staff members are always willing to work with each individual adopter to make that perfect match at the CAP shelter.
Adopt cats and kittens, puppies and dogs, and small animals from CAP today!
Click here to learn about our adoption fees, requirements and applications. For more specific questions about featured adoptions, contact Adoptions @ CAP.
To enable seniors to acquire a pet and enjoy the many benefits a companion animal provides CAP offers free adoptions of pets over 7 years of age to senior citizens over 60. Please visit our shelter to view and meet the wonderful "senior" animals who are waiting for a second chance at a forever home.
CAP matches prospective pet adopters with shelter animals. Anyone interested in a particular type of dog, cat or other small pet can fill out a Pet Match request card. If and when that type of animal finds refuge in our shelter, our staff will try to make the purr-fect match! Come visit the shelter, and if there are no available pets matching the breed you are looking for, ask about completing a PetMatch card.
CAP is able to adopt out many animals to happy forever homes. Adoptive families often share their joy below with pictures and stories on our Happy Beginnings page. Help us make this possible for all our homeless animals through a donation to CAP today!
Citizens for Animal Protection is a non-profit organization, founded in 1972, which shelters, rescues and places homeless animals for adoption with loving families. CAP advocates respect and compassion for animal life and provides humane education to help prevent cruelty to animals.
CAP speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves through the following programs and services: Shelter & Care; Pet Adoption; Spaying & Neutering; Pet Care Counseling; Lost & Found Pets; Feral Cat Assistance Program; Pets for Seniors; Humane Education; and Pet Supply Shop.
CAP offers a range of vital services. But, of course, these services cost money. Your tax-deductible contribution to Citizens for Animal Protection is one of the most satisfying and worthwhile investments you can make for pets and people. Your dollars can mean the difference between life and death for an animal in trouble. Please help us help them. In return you get a really good feeling inside. And that, we believe, is the Greatest Dividend of all. Donate today!
Caring for pets in need through sheltering, adoption, education, spay/neuter, low-cost wellness and community outreach.
CAP is committed to sheltering, rescuing and placing homeless animals in loving homes. CAP advocates respect and compassion for all animal life - we speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. CAP also provides humane education to prevent animal cruelty and raise awareness in the community of the needs of animals.
To fulfill our mission, CAP has developed and established many successful programs and services to enhance the lives of pets and people in the Greater Houston Area and surrounding counties. Some of these programs are unique in Houston, such as our Feral Cat Assistance Program (FCAP).
Visit CAP today to find the love of your life, get pet supplies, learn about humane issues facing our community or volunteer to help Houston's homeless pets.
Only a pet gives you unconditional love. Only a pet responds to you with complete trust, loyalty and affection. Yet, too often pets’ human companions reject the responsibilities that are warranted by this unbounded love, and the animals find themselves deserted by the families they trusted. You've seen them yourself: the bewildered, homeless kitten that wanders into your yard; the starving pony locked in a barren pasture; the lost dog trotting down a busy highway, looking for its home. And you've seen the reports: thousands of animals suffer and die cruelly, the victims of man's inhumanity to his "best friends."
But there is a way you can help. Your contribution, large or small, will allow Citizens for Animal Protection to protect these helpless victims from further suffering. We invite you to visit CAP's busy shelter and see for yourself how people like you have made a difference for the animals. Donate Today!
As Bertrand Russell said, "The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge." The good life with your animal companion begins with love, also empathy, kindness, patience, and other virtues. Our animal friends also require care - training, protection, exercise and play, feeding and veterinary visits - that you can better provide through understanding of a pet's health, safety, nurtitional, and other needs. To that end, we have provided tips and guides on a wide variety of topics:
CAP is dedicated to animal protection with a focus on pet adoption, spaying and neutering, the pet overpopulation crisis, pet care and responsibility, and the humane treatment of animals. We believe that all companion animals deserve a chance to live their lives in loving homes – free from harm.
It was estimated there were over 150 million companion animals in U.S. homes in 2018. Clearly, pets are a source of joy and comfort to their human companions. They are, in fact, valuable members of a family and as such, should be treated with respect and love. Yet more than 6.5 million animals enter shelters each year.
Our Humane Education Programs are an integral part of our strategy to improve the lives of all animals. We hope that once people understand how to take care of their pets and that it is a life-long commitment, the number of unwanted animals entering our shelter will decline. Our goal is not only to help animals, a worthy goal in itself, but to help people through animals.
Through education, we strive to foster a more compassionate and caring community that will support and create better practices for animals rooted in understanding, respect, and citizenship.
You can view more information on CAP's programs, animal care and animal protection by clicking on the following topics:
In order to become a CAP Foster, you must be 18 years or older, and you must complete a foster application. Once it is approved by our team, you will be invited to attend Foster Home Orientation and Medical Training here at the shelter. Fosters are required to complete orientation and everyone in the home from parents to pets must be up to date on their vaccinations.
Apply today with our online foster application and get ready to join our wonderful foster program, if you have any questions please contact our foster coordinator. PLEASE REMEMBER: this is a MEDICAL BASED foster program that places currently unadoptable or unhealthy pets into caring foster homes. The majority of pets going into foster homes will require daily medications.
The CAP Foster Program does not admit animals directly from the public. All animals placed into the Foster Program must first be surrendered to the shelter, evaluated by shelter staff, and recommended for foster care by shelter management. Please do not contact the Foster Home Coordinators with surrender / intake inquiries.
FOSTER MYTHS VS FACTS
Myth: My place is too small, I don't have the room to foster
Fact: Fostering doesn't actually take up that much space. Foster cats and kittens can be set up in a spare bathroom, bedroom or laundry room, and can be kept in a large kennel while you are away for safety. We usually recommend dogs be kenneled while you are away also.
Myth: I can't foster because I have other pets
Fact: It is highly recommended (and required in some cases) that foster pets be isolated and kept separate, so your own pets will be away from them for the most part. We recommend isolating new foster pets for 1-2 weeks so they will have time to get healthy and to ensure they are not carrying illnesses that were not apparent when they were surrendered to the shelter. In most cases we can supply a kennel/crate for your foster pet to stay in while you are away.
Myth: I'm worried I will get too attached to my foster and won't be able to bring them back for adoption
Fact: Obviously your foster pet is the cutest animal in the world and deserves the best home possible. It will be hard to say goodbye, but know that pet will live a long and happy life because you fostered them in their time of need. Also, saying goodbye means you are making room for new foster pets!
Myth: I have a 9-5 job and don't have time to foster
Fact: Fostering some pets surprisingly requires little time during your busy day. Give them attention in the morning before work and spend quality time with them in the evening to make sure they are adjusting and doing well. Many pets are on daily medications which can also be given before and after work. Keep foster pets kenneled when you are away to keep them from getting into trouble.
Myth: I can't take on the financial responsibilty, I just don't have the money
Fact: CAP covers all basic medical care including spay/neuter, all vaccinations, microchipping, deworming, veterinary evaluations, x-rays, surgeries and bloodwork. If able, we can help provide food and supplies, but ask that you help with that as much as possible so we can provide our pets onsite with adequate supplies. CAP relies on donations for food and most supplies for ALL of our pets, any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Myth: I have children so I can't foster
Fact: You can certainly foster if you have children! With supervision, children have the opportunity to learn how to care for pets, play with them and socialize them. Just be sure that your children wash their hands before and after handling the foster pet. Also, keep in mind that if your child has a weakened immune system or is easily susceptible to communicable diseases, you may want to take extra precautions when they are interacting with your foster pets. Be responsible and only take foster pets that are friendly with children and never leave them unattended with each other.
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