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ORGANIZATION: Dallas Pets Alive!

Every week, a few hundred dogs enter the Dallas Animal Shelter. With limited capacity, this means that hundreds are euthanized weekly - for space. It doesn't matter if they're the fluffiest, cutest, sweetest animal - no one is safe there. Keeping animals from entering the shelter is a key part of making Dallas a no kill city. PASS works with families to provide medical, training and financial assistance to families wishing to keep their pet but feel they can't. We will train you how to do this!

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: This position will volunteer with The PASS program as it is a priority initiative of DPA as we work with Dallas Animal Services and the city of Dallas to help reduce the number of animals surrendered to the shelter by counseling pet owners on options such as low-cost vet care and training resources.

We will provide you with resources for the most commonly seen reasons for surrender - training, medical, rehoming resources, etc - and teach you how to offer these resources to citizens to prevent them from surrendering

Salary / Pay Rate: Volunteer

TIME COMMITMENT: 5 hours per month, Saturdays only

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Advise citizens on pet resources to keep animals in their homes.
  • Ensure that everyone who contacts the PASS line receives a response.
  • Ensure that all communications are tracked.
  • Liaise with Dallas Animal Services on logistics of our on-site PASS program.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Must be at least 18 years old.
  • Should have basic knowledge of Google drive and documents.
  • Should live in reasonably close proximity to Dallas Animal Services.
  • Strong communication skills and professionalism.
  • Compassion/professionalism for individuals considering surrender of their pet.
  • Experience in rescue is helpful.
  • Bilingual language ability helpful but not required.
  • Willingness to save lives!

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About Dallas Pets Alive!

Location:

11700 Preston Rd, Suite 660 #263, Dallas, TX 75230, US

Mission Statement

At Dallas Pets Alive, our mission is to promote and provide the resources, education and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals. We take an innovative approach to animal rescue and believe in creating a paradigm shift in the way our community views animal rescue. Adoption is not only the right thing to do but THE thing to do. *OUR GOAL: To one day make all of North Texas No-Kill

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OUR APPROACH

Our organization is run mostly by volunteers, and all of our pets are housed by dedicated foster families throughout North Texas.

We rescue and help the healthy and treatable pets at greatest risk for euthanasia at our partner shelters. We also provide assistance and resources to pet owners having problems so significant that they need to surrender their pets to a shelter.

In our rescue program, we focus on:

  • Rescuing healthy and treatable pets at North Texas shelters at the greatest risk of being euthanized
  • Reducing owner surrender through our Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender (PASS) program
  • Opening kennel space by transporting pets to partners in the U.S. and Canada in need of adoptable animals
  • Challenging the way our community views rescue animals. We believe that adoption is not only right thing to do but THE thing to do!


Please visit our website for additional information: www.dallaspetsalive.org

*At this time, we do not accept court-ordered service hours nor track community service hours.

*Our organization does not currently have an established office location, however in March 2023 DPA opened up an Adoption Container.
More info found here >> https://dallaspetsalive.org/adoption-container/

* Adoption Container YOUTUBE Video: https://youtu.be/cB76d1wbIic?si=8fLIutorDrDzPfEa

CAUSE AREAS

Animals
Crisis Support
Animals, Crisis Support

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

1818 N Westmoreland roadDallas, TX 75212

(32.768772,-96.872795)
 

DATE POSTED

June 21, 2017

SKILLS

  • Animal Care / Handling

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • 3-4 hours per month
  • •Should live in reasonably close proximity to Dallas Animal Services.

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