{"id":324431,"date":"2026-06-05T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/324431\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:02:08","slug":"austin-pets-alive-transports-70-pets-from-overcrowded-texas-shelters-by-air-to-new-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/324431\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Pets Alive! transports 70 pets from overcrowded Texas shelters by air to new homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin Pets Alive! says 70 pets from a severe overcrowding situation in Texas have been transported to new homes.<\/p>\n<p>The animal rescue organization says that their Transport team helped rescue 21 Shih Tzus from a rural area outside of Austin two weeks ago, those dogs arriving severely matted and flea-covered.<\/p>\n<p>Seven of those Shih Tzus were among the 70 animals transported by air to new homes, including 21 cats and 49 dogs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/lockhart-isd-launches-initiative-to-cut-screen-time-boost-recess-and-outdoor-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Lockhart ISD launches initiative to cut screen time, boost recess and outdoor play<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those animals were flown to future homes thanks to APA!&#8217;s Transport Program, which was developed during Winter Storm Uri in 2021 when thousands of rescued pets were at risk because their shelters had no way to care for them during the freeze.<\/p>\n<p>APA! says that the Transport Program has helped over 10,000 dogs and cats find homes across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin Pets Alive! says 70 pets from a severe overcrowding situation in Texas have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-324431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}