Episode 1
Survivors
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Where to watch Animal Cops: Houston
TV series
Animal Cops: Houston
2003TV-PG10 seasons9.4 / 10
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Animal Cops: Houston premiered August 11, 2003. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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 2
Mini Horse Power
45m
Investigators try to keep 30 starving horses alive; investigation leads to a dead dog tied to a fence.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 3
Exotic Cat House
45m
Raid on a dog fight finds injured dogs and lots of money; house contains more than 100 exotic hybrid cats.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 4
Busted for Cruelty
45m
Emaciated pit bulls are found during a homicide investigation; over 200 starving chickens; horse is unable to stand up.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 5
Intentionally Vicious
45m
Cat is brought in severely burned and the teen owner is the prime suspect; dog is shot; 55 rabbits run rampant in small house.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 6
Brutal Beating
45m
A pit bull is shot and beaten to death within an illegal dogfighting ring; a boxer dog has mysterious burns up and down her back.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 7
Helpless Horses
45m
A dog is shot and left fighting for its life; investigators find a neglected horse that has suffered a fatal injury.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 8
Down and In Danger
45m
Cruelty investigators seize 11 battle-scarred pit bulls during a dogfighting raid while the ringmaster is taken into custody.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 9
A Little Pixie Dust
45m
The Houston SPCA helps out a three-legged Labrador; rescuing a missing dog in need of urgent medical attention.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 10
Super-Sized Seizures
45m
A 100 dog rescue leads to an armed siege; over 30 cats and dogs seized at the home of a cat collector; 220 dogs seized from puppy mill; 140 hybrid cats seized.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 11
Caught on Tape
45m
Police and SPCA investigators try to bring to justice a pet owner caught on camera abusing a puppy; struggling to get a horse to stand after a collapse.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 12
Wild-Eyed Stallion
45m
Chief Investigator Boller saves horses from slaughter at a livestock auction by outbidding buyers from meat markets. Investigators are called in to round up some starving cattle.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 13
From the Horse's Mouth
45m
The dedicated team at the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a private charity, respond 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 14
Charlie the Mule
45m
Investigators transport a desperately ill mule back to base for emergency medical treatment. Later, the SCPA join the sheriff's department in a night-time raid.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 15
Bovine Burglary
45m
Investigators check out a report of stolen cattle and find a dozen cows abandoned by thieves beside a busy freeway.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 16
Wet and Wild
45m
Investigators seize seven horses from a filthy, waterlogged field. The rescue turns dramatic when the horses show no inclination to leave peacefully.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 17
To the Max
45m
When SPCA Investigators are called to a remote property, they encounter one the worst causes of neglect. They find one horse dead and four more barely alive.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 18
Hard to Forget
45mfinale
The investigators of the Houston SPCA recall their most unforgettable cases. The team deals with an amazing ten thousand cases every year.
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Cast
Robert Leigh
Credits
- Created by
- Paul Berriff
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 144
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
Animal PlanetUnited States
ITV StudiosUnited Kingdom
Themes
animal copsanimal crueltyanimals