Animal Cops: Houston (2003)
The dedicated team at the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a private charity, responds to a variety of distress calls involving an average of more than 100 animals per day. This series documents the work they do, from the initial investigation through, in some cases, the animals being adopted into loving homes.
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Episode 1 - Hoarder
Release Date: 2011-09-07Eight officers from the Houston SPCA answer the call from an animal hoarder who admits he is in way over his head.
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Episode 2 - Breeder
Release Date: 2011-09-12Investigator Randy Farmer is called to a suspected dog breeding facility and discovers dozens of dogs in poor health. And a suspected cockfighting operation is investigated.
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Episode 3 - Frozen
Release Date: 2011-09-13Police investigate a dog breeding facility where more than two hundred Rottweilers are found when a freak ice storm hits.
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Episode 4 - Trapped
Release Date: 2011-09-14A mare named Bella has become stuck in a muddy creek and is slowly sinking. As time quickly runs out, the Animal Cops battle to save her life.
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Episode 5 - Vanished
Release Date: 2011-09-15After investigators give the owner of three horses a warning about their care and conditions, the horses disappear.
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Episode 6 - Fragile
Release Date: 2011-09-19The SPCA carries out a rescue operation of over sixty cats from a decaying house, while investigator Debbie Michaelson discovers newborn puppies hidden in a disused shed.
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Episode 7 - Chase
Release Date: 2011-09-26Investigator, Maverick Wagner, tries to rescue an emaciated cat trapped in an empty house. Plus, Debbie encounters a pack of feral dogs and a grieving widow's potbellied pig.
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Episode 8 - Survivors
Release Date: 2011-10-03Maverick seeks justice for the death of two huskies and fears there could be a third. SPCA investigates the death of horse, and rescue a dog trapped under a house.
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Episode 9 - Aftermath
Release Date: 2011-10-10The SPCA enters the brutal world of illegal cockfighting when police surround the organisers in a nearby wood. Back at the shelter, two very ill horses shock the team.
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Episode 10 - Abandoned
Release Date: 2011-10-17The Houston SPCA investigators discover a horse that has been left alone outside in a vacant parking lot.
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Episode 11 - Wounded
Release Date: 2011-10-24Debbie attempts to bring an injured horse's owner to court and seizes numerous other neglected animals. Meanwhile a dog shot by a pellet gun is rushed to the SPCA hospital.
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Episode 12 - Endurance
Release Date: 2011-11-07Debbie is horrified to find a herd of emaciated horses and Maverick rescues a dog with a serious leg wound. Plus, the team rescues some livestock during a heat wave.
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Episode 13 - Storm
Release Date: 2011-11-14Maverick Wagner races to save an injured kitten that's fallen down a drain. Plus, investigators hurry to rescue a donkey buried up to its neck in mud.
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Episode 14 - Denial
Release Date: 2011-11-21 -
Episode 15 - Heat
Release Date: 2011-11-28 -
Episode 16 - Most Unwanted
Release Date: 2011-12-12Houston SPCA looks back on some of the most heartbreaking cases that dealt with animals that just were not wanted.
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Episode 17 - Heatstroke
Release Date: 2012-01-23 -
Episode 18 - Heart of a Hero
Release Date: 2012-01-30 -
Episode 19 - Heatwave
Release Date: 2012-02-06 -
Episode 20 - Emergency
Release Date: 2012-02-13 -
Episode 21 - Wildfire
Release Date: 2012-02-27