A Cat’s Tale

Did you know that the City of Frisco Animal Services does not have an animal rescue or temporary holding center for any pets picked up, day or night, by Frisco Animal Services?

Imagine your favorite Whiskers escapes out your back window. Luckily, a concerned Frisco resident sees a stray, your pet they don’t recognize, and leaves a message with Frisco Animal Services (FAS). As your kitty darts through the neighborhood, it miraculously avoids Frisco’s heavy traffic while a FAS field officer returns the call and travels to the last known location in the report. Fortunately, the officer sees your pet, and if Whiskers is willing, she is captured and placed in a small steel box in a windowless truck to sit all alone until you are contacted. That is if she is registered, chipped, or wearing current tags, and you’re fortunate enough to be at home or available when they call. If you’re not, she will ride along with others all the way to North McKinney for drop-off at Collin County Animal Services that same day.

Can you imagine? Your Whiskers sitting in a scary box in a truck until she is taken to the county shelter where she is placed in a kennel or cage surrounded by strangers, barking dogs, and crying cats. She may be safe, but now you, equally stressed and frightened, have to console your children, or take off work, or wait until the next day to travel outside of Frisco to the shelter in McKinney, Plano, Denton, Allen, Little Elm, or The Colony.

• In 2021, of the 496 dogs and cats rescued, only 135 dogs and cats were returned to their Frisco owners
• 135 dogs and cats were transported to CCAS

While the number of FAS pet rescues may seem low, their numbers do not account for thousands of pets Frisco and Collin County residents and rescue groups personally save every day—and in a city of 200K+, we would venture to say every hour of every day. And besides, these numbers really don’t matter when it is your Whiskers that is missing.

Now, imagine the same scenario if the City of Frisco had a holding facility conveniently located in the heart of the City, making it easier for you and your pet to be reunited sooner. What if Frisco provided area rescue groups (20+ in Collin County) or Frisco residents a building where they could drop off wandering strays? This is the first of many goals Frisco’s Pet Project would like to see added to the City of Frisco.

Will you please help us to Keep Frisco Pets in Frisco and add your name to Sign Our Petition Do it for Whiskers! Do it for your Frisco pet!