Hi! I'm Coal. I'm a survivor. In April this year, I was picked up after being hit by a car and my future looked pretty grim. I had an open fracture on one leg, and nerve damage on the other leg. I wasn't microchipped, and I had a number of old wounds - but I [...]

Visit Give Our Pets a Hand (GOPAH), where Greater Houston pet owners and animal lovers find simple tips on how to help cats and dogs live healthier and happier lives. GOPAH provides many resources on animal health, behavior, and safety. Also learn about the area’s animal welfare organizations, and discover how you can get involved [...]

In case you missed it, Petco Love (formerly Petco Foundation) has been busy making changes to help keep more people and pets together! In fact, they just launched Petco Love Lost (formerly Finding Rover), a national resource to help easily reunite lost pets using their patented facial recognition technology. Pet companies, animal welfare organizations, and veterinarians have [...]

Blue Buffalo and the Helen Woodward Animal Center launched a program for shelters and rescues to submit their 2020 adoption goals and offered incentives to meet these goals. SOCA’s 2020 goal was a big stretch! 60% increase over last year’s adoption rates. Dogs 262 Puppies 229 Cats 158 Kittens 305 We exceeded our goals for [...]

2020 was a challenging year for everyone, including animal rescuers and shelters across the country. As shelters had to limit the number of animals they accepted, rescue organizations and the communities they serve stepped in. With your help, the Fort Bend community, Saving Our Companion Animals – Fort Bend County (SOCA-FBC) was able to find [...]

Last year, SOCA-FBC started a new Christmas tradition for foster animals. Our goal is to make the holidays a little brighter for the cats and dogs in foster care by granting their Christmas wishes. This year, we partnered with Petco Rosenberg to host the Giving Tree. Here’s how the Giving Tree works… During the holidays, [...]

Winter 2019/2020 the Petco Foundation awarded SOCA $10,000 toward the purchase of a transport van that will allow us to move homeless dogs and cats from Ft. Bend Co. (where we have a surplus) to other locations in northern states (where they have a need). Petco's grant was significant, in that it enabled us to [...]

We're pleased to announce Houston PetSet's latest donation to support SOCA. Most recently, we received a donation that helped us reach our transport program's first year goal - to purchase a transport van, establish adoption partnerships in locations outside of Texas, and to complete our first successful transport in 2020. We're grateful for the support that [...]

We’re thrilled to announce the latest grant awarded for our new transport initiative. The $10,000 grant covered van outfitting costs, direct transport costs, and other expenses. Thanks to Pedigree, we were able to meet our goal for our first transport in 2020! In October, we transported a number of cats and dogs to the Seattle [...]

Thanks to the generous support from the Petco Foundation, Pedigree Foundation, Houston PetSet, Corvette Owners Club of Houston, and other charitable organizations, we were able to purchase our own transport van during the 2019/2020 winter season and to set up adoption partnerships in locations outside of Texas. Our van will take homeless animals from the [...]