Transporting Indiana Shelter Dogs to Receiving Shelter Partners Where They Find Adoptive Homes

2016 Recipient of the Indiana Distinguished Hoosier Award for the State of Indiana Governor’s Office

Receiving Shelter Partners
BEREA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS; CLEVELAND, OHIO
CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE; OHIO
GEAUGA HUMANE SOCIETY; CLEVELAND, OHIO
GRANNY ROSE ANIMAL SHELTER: DIXON, ILLINOIS
HAPPY TAILS HUMANE SOCIETY; ROCK FALLS, ILLINOIS
SECOND CITY CANINE RESCUE; HANOVER PARK, ILLINOIS
HUMANE SOCIETY OF HOBART; HOBART, INDIANA

The CanINE Express Transport Project humanely transports shelter animals from south central Indiana, — areas with pet overpopulation — to shelters in areas in our country where there is a need for well-socialized, healthy cats and dogs.  This interstate project, that began with its maiden voyage in December 2004 and currently has more than 30 partner shelters, has successfully transported 12,700 Indiana shelter dogs and 1,569 shelter cats. A benefit that wasn’t visualized at the project’s beginning is that our partners have shared best sheltering practices including spay/neuter education, medical care, promoting adoptions, increasing volunteerism, and political activism to build and grow state legislation related to animal issues.

Our project does not transport Indiana shelter dogs to private adopters, only to our receiving shelter partners in Cleveland, northwest Illinois, northern Indiana, and the Northeast.

You can “virtually” ride the CanINE Express by clicking on this YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VLw74gRnGg

A huge thank you to the wonderful team at Enterprise Rental Car for providing our vans each month!  

Thank you to the Tony Stewart Foundation, Pet Friendly Services of Indiana, the Humane Society of the United States, ASPCA, the PETCO Foundation, Enterprise Rental Car Foundation, and private donors for providing funding of this Project.

The CanINE Express gladly accepts donations to support the Project.
The CanINE Express Transport Project is an IRS aproved 501c3 non-profit
organization. EIN# 87-0921602

100% of your donation is used for transport expenses of van rental, gasoline and road tolls.

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ITEMS NEEDED

  • Visa or Mastercard gift cards for gasoline
  • Intermediate or large plastic dog crates
  • Kitchen and large trash bags
  • Paper towels
  • Non-toxic cleaner
  • Cable ties to hold crates together
  • DRIVERS ALWAYS NEEDED