TRAPRS - Trapping, Rescue, and Pet Recovery Service

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TRAPRS - Trapping, Rescue, and Pet Recovery Service

We specialize in trapping, rescue, and rehabilitation of lost and stray pets.
501(3)(c) nonprofit organization

08/30/2025

Help us give this sweet girl a new life!

Many of all know and love Baloo. (Photo 1)
He was dumped in Westlake, limping and peeing blood.

We all assumed he was hit by a car until we took him to the vet. The best guest was blunt force trauma- most likely someone intentionally kicking him. He fought his wild UTI and kidney infection for weeks and he has recovered beautifully in foster.

But now... in the exact same area, a female dog has appeared who looks to be his sister, she is also limping and terrified. And seeking help. (All other photos are of her)

We need a foster home to say YES so we can get her into our vet quickly.

She's been allowing two residents of a senior living facility to befriend her. But runs from everyone else. They can't foster her, so we need a family who can.

It was about to storm this afternoon, so she’s VERY temporarily staying in their apt but we need a foster home right away.

You know the drill:
✅ medical
✅ supplies
✅ support
All covered by us.

You:
💪Jump in with both feet, keep separate initially from resident pets + kiddos, and in it for the long haul with us.

🏡Apply to foster: bit.ly/fosterforTRAPRS
�Can’t foster, but still want to help?
❤️‍🩹Support her care!
Donate here: https://givebutter.com/gSoXcJ
Venmo:
PayPal.me/theTRAPRS

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08/29/2025

🥹 Manny made it. ❤️‍🩹
But we still need your help!🙏

Manny had his emergency surgery and it was successful. They were able to remove the large mass that was his left liver lobe and multiple other nodules on various lobes of the liver, all which were bleeding. The surgeon also removed his spleen. There is a lump on his hip that has to be looked at, but it is hopefully benign and not a priority for right now in case it’s something worse and would cause more internal bleeding if poked. 🫠

Manny spent two more days in hospital at risk of still internal bleeding and was anemic to the point where he was possibly need a blood transfusion at any moment.

The hospital ran out of blood during this and it was a bit scary there for a minute.

(Blood supply shortages in vet med aren’t uncommon, and this isn’t the first time our team has had that scare.)

He has pulled through it all and will be able to get discharged and headed home to continue his healing in his loving foster home.

His total bill increased and we’re only 1/3 of the way to our goal.

Please consider helping us with Manny’s care!
https://givebutter.com/fPgvpm

Venmo:
PayPal.me/theTRAPRS

08/26/2025

😭 We don’t know how we’re going to pull this off, but we have to try.

Sweet Manny is heading into emergency surgery NOW. His bill is at $8,000 and this comes at a time where we’ve got medical bills coming out of our ears, new intakes, and so many dogs in heartworm treatment.

Manny has been through so much since we rescued him — he had mast cell tumor, an amputation, and then heartworm treatment. He’s been doing amazing until suddenly he crashed this weekend. He became lethargic with heavy breathing and coughing. We rushed him into the regular vet and x-rays showed a mass on his liver.

Due to the high potential for internal bleeding, he was immediately hospitalized at AVES. He was anemic and in limbo for a blood transfusion overnight. Thankfully we made it through the night and he had the ultrasound this morning which identified the size and location of the tumor. However it was unclear if it had metastasized to his gallbladder or if his spleen was also affected.

The next step this afternoon was an urgent CT scan to determine if this was going to be operable or what decisions we had to make.

We just got the glass-half-full news that it is operable🙏😭, and it had not moved to the gallbladder. There is a lesion on the spleen so we will remove that at the same time. This is just considered an accessory organ in dogs and he will live fine without it.

The liver surgery should remove a mass in full and with the best guess of the type of cancer, it has a high rate of survival and low rate of recurrence.

Manny does have a mild to moderate risk of bleeding out during the surgery or during recovery. But the doctor is confident in moving forward with the surgery.

We know y’all have helped us rally before when we have these sudden and scary situations with dogs already in our foster program that we are not anticipating. 😭💪

Can you help us save Manny once again?
💙Venmo
💙PayPal.me/theTRAPRS
(note: these two donation methods are the fastest and get the funds to us immediately so we can get the money to the vet)
💙Fundraiser page: https://givebutter.com/fPgvpm

other donation methods available at the link in our bio!

08/25/2025

It’s all Gravy, baby!😭

20 days. A dog with a will to survive. A team and a family refusing to quit. A community willing to jump in, help support, grant us access to crazy places at 2am and knock on doors. A 5,000 acre preserve + countless surrounding trails and neighborhoods. 12 cameras. 5 traps. 4 thermal drones. 2 sets of tracking dogs. Hundreds of miles hiked. Countless calls to property owners. Hours and hours spent tracking and moving gear. Barely any sleep. Jumping into creeks and over fences, climbing cliffs, making friends with wildlife.

100% worth it! 💪
(We’re actually pretty sure that Gravy ended up with less damage than all of us.🤣)

Full story of this wild adventure coming soon. Stay tuned! A huge thank you to every single person who helped with this insane case. 🙏🥹

WELCOME HOME, GRAVY! 😭👏💙

08/04/2025

🥹 From dumped like trash, to loved and part of the family. 🫶

A few weeks back, the 911 style call came in “7 puppies were just dumped in a dog park. It’s about to storm!” It was 102° and Texas was in the middle of the horrific floods.

Where were we going to put seven puppies with a moments notice?

Without hesitation a kind neighbor, Alex🫶, opened his home to all of them as a temp landing spot. He bought us what our team needed - time. Alex didn’t think about the big bite he’d just taken off🤣 just that he didn’t to help. Alex: we literally could never have done this without you! Thank you💙

From there, we shared with all of you and the community stepped up — sharing them all around town until we had enough foster applications for everyone to have a safe landing spot. 🏡

Our team rushed around doing interview calls and home checks, coordinating supply pick up and transports for each of the babes.

To our foster parents: THANK YOU will never be enough. Y’all just said “come on in!” with no notice and opened your homes and hearts to these little souls.

Now in their foster homes, they are in the middle of their vetting and many of them are already set to be foster-to-adopt, while a couple of them will be available soon. (Mr. Fox says pick me!)

🙏Taking on 7 pups was a huge undertaking for our team and they will all have their exams, dewormer, shots, and spay/neuter and microchip before adoption. 😅

• HOW TO HELP •

🙏 Help us cover their medical + care
🔗 Fundraiser page: https://givebutter.com/ep7
Venmo:
PayPal.me/theTRAPRS
Wishlists and other donation methods linked in our bio too!💙

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08/02/2025

🚨LOST DOG - AUSTIN, TX🚨 Barton Hills | South Lamar

Help us find Penny! She was visiting at a family friend’s home and escaped through a gap in the patio. She was outside for only just a few minutes. 😭

She was last seen wearing a PINK CHECKERED COLLAR. She is also battling some skin issues right now and will have patches of fur missing.

We need everyone in this area to be hyper-vigilant and alert us if you spot her!👀

It is VITAL that you do NOT CHASE her and please help us get the word out right away!

🏡Let’s get her home safe!🙏

If you spot her:
🚫 Do NOT call for
🚫 Do NOT chase
🚫Do NOT pursue in any manner

✅ Call (or text!) the hotline immediately with sighting details!

☎️ 844-287-2777

08/01/2025

NOODLES👏IS👏HOME!!!👏

Full story soon!💙

07/25/2025

💙👏✨UPDATE: 7/31/25: Noodles is home safe! Story coming soon. 👏💙 A huge thank you to our amazing community for your support, your shares and your unwavering cheering us on!

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STOLEN DOG - AUSTIN, TX🚨

UPDATE 7/27/25: the vehicle has been recovered.
Everyone can stop the search for the red Honda
Civic.

Please keep your eyes peeled for Noodles! 👀🔎
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Help us find Noodles! He was stolen early this morning while inside his dad’s red Honda Civic license plate TX NGC 0023. 🚘

LAST SEEN: 📍South Austin along I-35 between cross streets of Woodward & Oltorf

‼️NEED TO KNOW: With a vehicle theft, Noodles could be anywhere!

The thief could be miles away with Noodles still in the car, or he could have dropped Noodles off along the way.

🙏Please keep your eyes peeled for both the red Honda Civic and/or Noodles!

➡️ Noodles is a friendly but a shy dog and likely traumatized right now. If you see him free, as always with our lost dog cases:

🚫 please do not call or chase him
☎️ call or text immediately if seen with location details 844-287-2777

Please share this post far and wide. HE COULD BE ANYWHERE & we need all eyes!!

07/10/2025

😭 Summer is just really getting started and apparently so is puppy dumping season.

Sensei was abandoned earlier this week, tied to a tree and left in the woods with no food or water in the heat of the Texas July sun. 😡

Thankfully, a kind human stepped up to foster her and said YES to her arrival late in the evening with no experience and a willingness to help.

We can barely catch our breath with the rate we’re going right now and the calls are nonstop.

“A family moved out and left 3 dogs — can you help?”
“There’s a pregnant mama about to burst but everyone is scared of her. Can you come get her?”
“Someone dumped a mama and pups in a field near me. What do I do?”

These are all actual messages just in the last 24 hours alone.

With all nearby shelters, not just Austin, now BEYOND max capacity with the floods — the dumping is worsening by the minute.

Help us keep going. We can’t save them all, but we can sure try.

• HOW TO HELP •

🏡Can you foster?
bit.ly/fosterforTRAPRS

🙏 Supplies + donations
Donate: https://givebutter.com/VlzUet
Venmo:
PayPal.me/theTRAPRS
Wishlists:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1X2R7V2CNUB1G?ref_=wl_share
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/34CSXRYGVL8Y8?ref_=wl_share

🏡Want to adopt? View adoptables:https://www.petfinder.com/search/pets-for-adoption/?shelter_id%5B0%5D=TX2431&sort%5B0%5D=recently_added

or submit an app for matchmaking!

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