In conjunction with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s Week of Giving, All Risks Houston headed out to volunteer with Houston Pets Alive! on Friday, October 20, 2017. All Risks is the largest independent wholesale insurance broker in the country, and they are dedicated to giving back to communities through their employees. Paige Addison, Brokerage Underwriter […]
Festering in her house while the streets flooded during and post Hurricane Harvey, Kathleen “Kat” McFadden began researching agencies she could work with that would be most impactful to the community. When she finally managed to get out of her driveway, Kat headed over to Houston Pets Alive! (HPA!) because it was closest agency and […]
Berri Moffett had never formally fostered before, but she loves helping animals and knew fostering was a vital step in getting animals into their forever homes. So Berri decided to join the Houston Pets Alive! (HPA!) family. Talk to any foster parent, and they’ll tell you it is the most challenging and rewarding thing they […]
Anita Shah, an animal and outdoors lover, rescued a puppy in December, and decided she wanted to give back to organizations that made that possible. Anita started volunteering for Houston Pets Alive! (HPA!) in June 2017. She liked how HPA! Was a smaller organization where her help could definitely be utilized. She decided to start […]
Since joining the Houston Pets Alive! foster network in June, Phuong Trinh has dedicated her spare time to fostering kittens. Originally from Vietnam, Phuong Trinh moved to Texas to attend Texas A&M University. After graduation, Phuong spent two years in South America before moving back to Houston with her fiancé in April. It only took […]
As volunteers rushed to care for abandoned pets in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, one Oscar winner quietly stepped up to help. Founder of animal rescue organization Houston Pets Alive!, Andrea Birkelbach, has been busy caring for animals, organizing volunteers and comforting owners faced with relinquishing their pets because they lost their homes. Then one busy morning after […]
HOUSTON (KTRK) — Homeward bound! 70 cats and dogs are going on the trip of a lifetime to find their fur-ever homes in California. Since Hurricane Harvey, local shelters have been packed with more and more animals. So, volunteers with Austin Pets Alive, Houston Pet’s Alive, MAD Dog Rescue and Lucy’s Pet Foundation are sending […]
When Michelle Gregory saw the devastation that followed Hurricane Harvey’s landfall – especially all of the displaced animals – she found a way to jump on a plane from California and travel here to help. Having worked in animal sheltering for the SPCA for five years, and then most recently at a private veterinary practice […]
When Harvey hit and unprecedented flooding consumed the greater Houston area, we felt helpless. We have always wanted to foster, but decided putting it off until after we were married was our best bet. But when the storm hit, we decided fostering was a tangible way to help – and we could no longer wait […]
HOUSTON – Andrea Birkelbach is an animal lover through and through. It’s the reason why she founded Houston Pets Alive! two years ago. It’s a group dedicated to turning Houston into a no-kill city. “Every day Harris County animal shelter sends us a list of who they’re euthanizing and so we pull from that euthanasia list and place […]
