Law Enforcement and Animal Control Assistance

Agencies We Assist

AIR works with Law Enforcement  and Animal Control to assist communities with limited resources to pursue animal cruelty and neglect cases. 

  • Animal Control
  • Sheriff's Offices
  • Police Departments
  • Humane Societies
  • Offices of Emergency Management
  • County Animal Issues Committees
  • CART / CERT Teams

Resources We Provide

AIR helps communities understand the current animal welfare laws, assists law enforcement in building cases against abusers, provides skilled Responders to staff and run emergency sheltering while animals are in custody, and works with placement partners to get the animals into safe, reputable rescue organizations. Our services are at no cost to the requesting agency.

  • 40 ft Emergency Animal Response Unit
  • 44 ft Emergency Transport Unit
  • 500 wire cages/500 plastic crates
  • Portable temporary fencing
  • 250+ Emergency Responders
  • Investigative Support
  • Evidence Documentation
  • County Animal Issues Committees

Functions We Facilitate

Our services allow local resources to reach farther with their investigations and enforcement, particularly in circumstances that exceed local capabilities. Here are a few examples of how our Responders help day-to-day:

  • Manpower through our Responder program
  • Socialization of animals
  • Animal Handling and Extraction Team
  • Evidence Documentation
  • Animal transport from scene to shelter
  • Emergency sheltering
  • Evacuation transport
  • Medical (exams, treatment, and care)
  • Behavioral (assessments)
  • Transfer through placement partnerships

Disaster Relief

Animal Investigation & Response (AIR) has certified Emergency Responders who can function under ICS, national and state protocols in dealing with natural disaster relief. AIR provides communities with resources, manpower and equipment to staff an emergency shelter.  AIR can also provide veterinary support and networking assistance for displaced animals in the community to reunite individuals with their lost animals. Our services are at no cost to the requesting agency.

Investigation Department

AIR Investigations Department serves all counties in the state of Texas that requests our assistance for cases of large scale cruelty.

We have assisted authorities in, but not limited to, the following counties: Parker, Tarrant, Denton, Johnson, Collin, Palo Pinto, Hays, Dallas, Grimes, Potter, Bexar, Brady, Rusk, Smith, and so on. 

Our investigations department is overseen by over 5 decades of experience in animal cruelty investigations, animal control, law enforcement, and training to ensure all cases are receiving the utmost attention and expertise.  

Get Involved

AIR is the ONLY mobile animal response unit servicing the entire state of Texas that assists authorities, with large-scale animal cruelty cases, & disaster response.

We are NOT currently accepting reports of animal abuse from the general public. 

If you are looking for resources on how to properly report suspected animal abuse or other animal cruelty related incidents head to our Public Resources Page. 

Public Resources
If you are an AGENCY with a large scale animal situation, a situation that exceeds the scope of your local resources or to request more information, please fill out this quick form and we will contact you as quickly as possible.