Episode 1
Hoarder
45m
Eight officers from the Houston SPCA answer the call from an animal hoarder who admits he is in way over his head.
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
Breeder
45m
Investigator 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 3
Frozen
45m
Police investigate a dog breeding facility where more than two hundred Rottweilers are found when a freak ice storm hits.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 4
Trapped
45m
A 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 5
Vanished
45m
After investigators give the owner of three horses a warning about their care and conditions, the horses disappear.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 6
Fragile
45m
The 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 7
Chase
45m
Investigator, 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 8
Survivors
45m
Maverick 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 9
Aftermath
45m
The 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 10
Abandoned
45m
The Houston SPCA investigators discover a horse that has been left alone outside in a vacant parking lot.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 11
Wounded
45m
Debbie 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 12
Endurance
45m
Debbie 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 13
Storm
45m
Maverick 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.
Where to watch Animal Cops: HoustonEpisode 16
Most Unwanted
45m
Houston SPCA looks back on some of the most heartbreaking cases that dealt with animals that just were not wanted.
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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