Please read the instructions for each form carefully to ensure your inquiry gets to the right person.
All inquiries received between 5am and 9pm will receive a response within 4 hours.

• Animal(s) Needing Assistance
• Working Cat Program
• Owned Animal Outreach
• Other Requests/Questions

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We are a foster-based rescue which means the number of animals we can take in each year is dependent on the space available in foster homes, the number of animals who can be housed communally, and how quickly our animals are adopted.

At this time we are over capacity and closed for intake. Please review the information below, and if you are not in one of the cities listed, go to bit.ly/greaterhoustonrescues for a list of rescues and Facebook groups that may be able to help you.

If the animal you have found is not friendly enough to be handled by strangers, or you are dealing with a colony of community or feral cats, consider TNR as an option for managing the cat overpopulation problem in your area.

If you are located within the city limits of the following areas, please contact your local municipal animal shelter FIRST for any animals who are friendly enough to be handled by strangers. These organizations are either no-kill (meaning they have a live release rate over 90%) or we have worked closely with them and know that they are a safe place for stray and abandoned pets. For feral or very fearful cats or dogs, please continue on to the form below. *At this time we are over capacity and closed for intake.*

Alvin - Alvin Animal Adoption Center (no-kill) (281) 388-4331
Clear Lake Shores - Bayou Animal Services* (281) 337-3117
Clute - SPCA of Brazoria County (no-kill, nonprofit) (979) 285-2340
Dickinson - Bayou Animal Services* (281) 337-3117
Freeport - SPCA of Brazoria County (no-kill, nonprofit) (979) 285-2340
Friendswood (Galveston County side) - Friendswood Animal Control (91% live release rate in 2020) (281) 996-3390

• for the Harris County side of Friendswood, please contact Friendswood Animal Control to find out if you are within their jurisdiction or Harris County's

Harris County (unincorporated areas of the county) - Harris County Animal Shelter** (98% live release rate so far in 2021) (281)-999-3191
Lake Jackson - SPCA of Brazoria County (no-kill, nonprofit) (979) 285-2340
League City - League City Animal Shelter (no-kill) (281) 554-1377
Santa Fe - Bayou Animal Services* (281) 337-3117
Webster - Webster Animal Control* (281) 316-3709, (281) 332-2426 after hours

*We have a strong relationship with the shelter managers at Bayou Animal Services and Webster Animal Control. They do everything humanly possible to save the lives of every animal that comes through their doors, and consistently maintain well over a 90% live release rate. We support them fully and believe that if you are within their jurisdiction, the stray or abandoned animal you have found will be in excellent hands there.

**Harris County has been working with Best Friends Animal Society for the last two years to become no-kill and so far have maintained a live release rate between 98 and 99% so we feel confident the animal you've found will be safe there.

Starlight Outreach and Rescue’s working cat program places semi-feral cats in safe, outdoor environments where they use their hunting instincts to provide rodent control in barns, warehouses, etc. This program serves as an alternative for those cats who are deemed "unsuitable for adoption" by area animal control facilities and would otherwise be euthanized.

All of our working cats are spayed/neutered and vaccinated before being released to their new outdoor homes.

Starlight Outreach and Rescue is committed to keeping as many pets out of shelters as possible. To do this, we help provide veterinary care for citizens who would otherwise have to surrender their pets due to costs associated with spay/neuter, illnesses, or injuries.

NOTE: this form is NOT for stray/found animals you have had in your possession for less than one week. Please go to "Animal(s) Needing Assistance"

For feral cats or cat colonies, please see Managing a Cat Colony for help spaying/neutering community cats.

At this time we are over capacity and closed for intake. If you have found a stray, please review the information under the "Animal(s) Needing Assistance" tab, and if you are not in one of the cities listed, go to bit.ly/greaterhoustonrescues for a list of rescues and Facebook groups that may be able to help you.

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