CECDFW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
OVERVIEW
Creature Education and Conservation DFW (CECDFW) is a Texas-based animal sanctuary and community-support organization dedicated to the wellbeing of animals, people, and the planet. As needs in our community evolve, we continue expanding services that help individuals navigate medical, mental-health, or socioeconomic challenges by ensuring they do not lose their beloved animals during times of crisis. From sanctuary care and dog rescue to crisis pet boarding, nature education, wildlife advocacy, and climate-action outreach, CECDFW provides compassionate, holistic programs that strengthen families, reduce emotional distress, and inspire environmental responsibility.
OUR CORE
FRAMEWORK
Pillar I:
Animal Sanctuary
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Pillar II:
Rescue, Foster, & Human–Animal Support Services
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Pillar III:
Nature Conservation, Environmental Education & Climate Action
WELLBEING, EDUCATION, OUTREACH, & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
We help individuals facing medical, mental-health, or socioeconomic hardship keep their beloved animals safe during crisis. From temporary pet boarding to behavior support, ESA guidance, and emergency resources, we reduce emotional distress, prevent surrender, and keep families whole.
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Working with community partners, we do our best to facilitate the following programs and resources:
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Crisis boarding
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Owner support
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Pet retention
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Nature deficit education
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ESA support
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Owner training workshops
Support animals strengthen mental health, keep people with their pets, and protect the planet with us!
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Join us in creating real change through sanctuary volunteering, dog rescue support, human–animal services, community outreach, conservation education, and climate-action engagement. Whether you care for animals directly or help with advocacy and education, your involvement strengthens families, restores ecosystems, and builds a more sustainable future.
If you are experiencing difficulty keeping your dog due to medical, mental-health, or socioeconomic challenges, please contact us at info@cecdfw.com. We may be able to provide temporary, short-term boarding for your beloved pet while you enter inpatient rehabilitation, hospitalization, undergo surgery and recovery, relocate for safety, recover from a natural disaster, or manage temporary housing situations where pets are not allowed. Our goal is to help individuals in crisis keep their pets safe, preventing emotional distress and reducing the risk of worsening mental-health symptoms during times of hardship.
*** Services are dependent on availability, safety assessments, and organizational capacity. Temporary boarding may not always be available, and no-cost support is determined on a case-by-case basis. Certain situations, behavioral needs, medical requirements, or resource limitations may prevent us from accepting an animal at a given time. We encourage individuals to contact us as early as possible so we can explore options together and help connect you to additional resources if possible.***
Bridging the Nature Deficit
Through education, advocacy, and community engagement, we empower individuals to understand the interconnected importance of conservation, animal welfare, and addressing the global warming crisis. By championing real-world solutions, we inspire collective action and advocate for policies that protect nature's biodiversity, restore ecosystems, improve animal welfare, and build a sustainable future.
"There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or to accept responsibility for changing them."
- D. Waitley
A Great Way To Help Your Community
Help us help animals, people, and the planet! There are multiple ways you can show support!
1. PayPal @cecdfw
2. Shop at Walmart: Login to your Walmart account. Go to Giving and impact. Search for Creature Education and Conservation DFW. Select us as your nonprofit of choice, click the button next to Round Up to opt-in. Please remember check to select the light blue Round Up box above the total amount (BEFORE you complete your transaction).
3. Shop at Kroger: Login to your Kroger account at www.Kroger.com/communityrewards to select NK506 as your nonprofit of choice! By linking your Kroger card to NK506, Kroger donates to Creature Education & Conservation DFW to support their efforts to care for rescued animals every time you shop, at no cost to you.
4. We appreciate all forms of donations including dog food, kennels, crates, supplies, and more...