Interested in free transport and home checks for dogs, cats, & small animals (Photos)

Do you want to adopt or rescue a dog or other small animal? Would you save a shelter animal if the animal weren't so far away? Do you wish you could volunteer to help animals more? Would you foster an animal if it could be transported to you? Well, there is good news because you can with help from a nationwide transport group called Kindred Hearts Transport Connection (KHTC).

KHTC is run by all volunteers who work together to arrange and transport animals within the United States and sometimes to Canada. Most of the people who use them do so via Facebook through a Facebook referral from a friend. The majority of people do not even know that they exist or maybe they have heard the name but know nothing else about how they operate and that is the reason for this article, so let me explain how it works for you.

Once someone contacts KHTC, they are told to fill out an application. Of course, the application process involves getting all the information on where the animal is and where they are going; their temperament; health etc. Then they either request a copy of the home check that has been done or they arrange one. They do require it include photographs and they do a vet check, as well as talking to the adopter or rescue after reviewing the application. If the dog is a Pit Bull breed, then they take additional steps and ask further questions to ensure that the dog is going to a good home where it will work out. For instance, they would not transport a dog aggressive dog to a home. In addition, when they do transport a dog aggressive dog they will transport them alone with no other animals in the vehicle. Most times, they only transport two animals per vehicle at a time anyways due to space.

Once the application has been received and processed, they begin building the run sheet and filling it with approximately 100 mile legs by volunteer drivers begins. This means each volunteer uses their own vehicle and their own gas money to drive the animal up to 100 miles each depending on what is needed. KHTC is working on arranging the transport during the same time as the required quarantine which is about two weeks, depending on where the animal is traveling to and from. KHTC adheres to all state and federal transport regulations. Right now because they are booked solid, they are unable to schedule transports for about four weeks.

Once the animal is in transport, the drivers call in each time they hand of an animal to ensure that everything is going well and all the trade-offs have taken place as they are supposed to. When the transport arrives at the final destination: the adopter or rescue, KHTC does not stop there. They talk to them, check everything out in person and if they notice anything wrong and not as it should be, then they will not just leave the animal there: they will take the animal with them and leave. While this very rarely happens because they are so thorough in trying to verify everyone and everything involved to ensure the safety and well-being of the animal while in their care and long-term, it is still nice to have the peace of mind in knowing that they will be going to an approved home that has been checked.

This is where you come in, as they need more volunteers. At Kindred Hearts Transport Connection when someone asks for their assistance in transport, they ask that they volunteer to help with a transport or home check in their local area when they can, when and if needed. This means the more people working with KHTC, the more transporters they have, which means animals they can transport which means more animals are getting rescued. They need more volunteers so they could get their average transport time back down to about two weeks. This also means they would be able to get more people to help with in areas where they really need more transport help such as in the entire Midwest and West coast. Since they do home checks also, this would make more people available to help with that as well.

KHTC has some strict guidelines which focus on thwarting dog flippers, brokers, breeders, fighters, baiters, and hoarders. KHTC is not just a transport company that you pay and they just take the animals where they are told to take them: KHTC is a group of caring animal advocates who are working together to ensure the safety of these animals and to help save as many lives as they can by providing a no-cost transportation and home check service. They transport for rescues, adopters, fosters, any and all combinations of safe homes or facilities. KHTC even helps to reunite families, by transporting dogs that went missing or were stolen back to their families. KHTC states, “We have 100% safe transport record and the most educated and safest drivers in the volunteer industry.”

If you would to fill out an application to volunteer and or for transport with Kindred Hearts Transport Connection (KHTC) and take advantage of their services, please click here. While KHTC transports for free, they are always in need and grateful for donations to be used towards gas money. If you would like to donate to KHTC, you can send your donation to them at their pay pal account kindredheartstransport@gmail.com. KHTC is in the process of getting their 501 c 3. KHTC also uses a Facebook group which you can request to join by clicking here. In addition, they have a Facebook page KHTC’s Success Stories so you can check it out and see for yourself how Kindred Hearts Transport Connection (KHTC) is helping to save animals.

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