Houston has a stray animal crisis with hundreds of thousands of strays roaming the streets. Behind every homeless animal is a human story.
Sometimes a family is navigating a life-changing medical diagnosis. Someone lost their job and is struggling to provide for their family, let alone a pet. Someone is a victim of domestic violence and is focused on their safety only. Someone is entering addiction treatment. Someone is new to the country and doesn’t know that pets can’t survive on the streets here. Someone is facing deportation. The list goes on and on. While there are cases of blatant neglect, not everything is black and white.
We cannot have progress in animal welfare without taking care of people first.
Caro’s Canines Rescue didn’t want to be just another dog rescue. We knew from the beginning we wanted to implement a foster-based rescue program to save homeless Houston dogs, but we also recognize that true impact requires addressing the root case.
Our mission is twofold:
To rescue and rehabilitate homeless dogs through a compassionate foster network, and to provide education, resources, and structured support to individuals and families who need help caring for or responsibly rehoming their pets.
Our Team
Caroline DuBose, Director
Caroline grew up in Houston with an unmistakable love for dogs, always more interested in her stuffed animals than baby dolls. She would endlessly scroll Petfinder looking for dogs to rescue growing up.
In 2020, she finally began to explore her passion and started fostering. Although her very second foster, Myles, was a “foster fail,” this launched her work over the next six years in the rescue community. Over that time, Caroline has fostered almost 50 dogs and worked as a euthanasia list volunteer at the city shelter where dogs are euthanized for space. Witnessing the homeless pet crisis firsthand and the systemic gaps contributing to the problem made it clear she had more to offer.
Caroline still lives in Houston with her two rescue dogs, Myles and Marcy, who continue to inspire and fuel her commitment to creating meaningful, lasting change in animal welfare.
Claire Treacy, Board Member
Claire grew up in a rural area of Houston around tons of animals including dogs, horses, cats etc and formed a love for caring for animals at an early age. Claire is now a dedicated rescue advocate with extensive experience fostering dogs, mainly medical and senior cases. She shares her home with her four rescue dogs, including one who is senior hospice baby, and has a special place in her heart for older animals in need of safety and dignity.
She has volunteered at a high-capacity shelter in Houston, advocating for dogs at risk of euthanasia and networking with rescue partners to secure lifesaving placements. Through her professional work as a social worker, Claire has also seen firsthand how systemic barriers impact families’ ability to keep their pets, shaping her commitment to compassionate, community-centered rescue efforts.
Sreya Raju, Treasurer
Sreya is a dog-lover, raised in a loving home in Houston with multiple rescues and adoptees. She is a strong believer that each and every animal deserves the best that the human race has to offer, and that it is our fundamental responsibility to protect all living creatures.
Sreya is a long-time donor to animal welfare programs in Houston and beyond. She is excited to play an active role in Caro’s Canines and make a difference in her hometown community.
Haley Beach, Board Member
Haley has been involved in rescue for nearly 17 years. Growing up in the heart of Houston, she asked her mom to start fostering at the age of 11 and what began as helping with feedings and cleaning quickly turned into a lifelong calling. Throughout her rescue journey, she immersed herself in every aspect of rescue, transporting dogs, assisting with medical cases, caring for parvo and distemper puppies, helping with births, administering IV fluids, and visiting and taking care of dogs at local shelters.
Now on her 90th foster, Haley has cared for dogs who stayed a single night and others who needed months of patience and healing. Though she has only foster failed once with her soul dog, Summer, every dog who has passed through her home has left a mark. Haley is deeply committed to Houston’s dogs and believes each one deserves safety, love, and a real chance at a better life.