We Can’t Rescue Our Way Out of This Crisis. It’s Time to Turn Off the Tap.

If you live in San Antonio, you’ve seen it: homeless dogs wandering the streets, overflowing shelters, and independent rescuers stretching themselves to the absolute breaking point.

For years, we’ve been trying to bail out a sinking ship with a teaspoon. We keep reacting, trying to shelter and rescue our way out of a systemic epidemic. But to actually solve this crisis, we have to stop reacting and turn off the tap at the source.

The solution isn't building another massive shelter. The solution is already here—it's us.

San Antonio's greatest strength lies in its people: the independent rescuers, the neighborhood advocates, and the everyday residents who care. But right now, that vital network of community assets is completely disconnected. We are fighting a massive battle in the dark, without a map.

Who We Are & Who This Is For

I’m Tom McPhee. For years, I’ve been on the streets documenting the reality of our animal welfare crisis through my work with the World Animal Awareness Society and the San Antonio Pet Promise .

Every day, I meet heroes—people like independent rescuers, fosters, and neighborhood advocates who spend their own time and money helping animals. They are exhausted, underfunded, and isolated from the resources right next door to them.

We are crowdfunding PetNetSA for them .

The Solution: PetNetSA = Pet Network San Antonio

PetNetSA is a being built as a powerful, bilingual interactive mobile app designed to serve as the digital backbone, the Asset Map of the San Antonio Community K9 Blueprint. It puts a real-time, asset-mapping tool directly into the hands of the people who live in and the people doing the rescue and outreach work on the ground.

• Instant Connectivity: Connects rescuers to local resources, Vets Fosters, Supplies, Groomers and Transports serving the region.
• Asset Mapping: Visualizes exactly where our community strengths are, allowing neighbors to support neighbors without getting tangled in municipal red tape.
• Data-Driven Impact: Tracks street-level data so we can proactively target hotspots and stop the cycle of suffering before it starts.

Why We Need Your Help: Built by the Community, Free Forever

To make a real impact, PetNetSA must remain 100% free for the people using it. We refuse to lock this essential tool behind a paywall, and we refuse to rely on slow municipal funding or outside corporate interests that come with strings attached.

To keep our fierce independence, we need the community to fund the tool that will save our community. We have broken this campaign down into two transparent goals:

• Phase 1: The Build ($25,000 One-Time Goal)
  This funds the core software architecture, cross-platform (iOS/Android) development, UI/UX design, database security, and the initial street-level beta launch in San Antonio.
• Phase 2: The Sustain ($1,000/Month Recurring Goal)
  Software requires ongoing support. Our recurring monthly goal covers cloud hosting, continuous bug fixes, technical support, and data security—ensuring PetNetSA stays online and free forever.

Join the Promise: Let’s Build the Map Together

We already have the passion, the people, and the boots on the ground. Now, we need the infrastructure to connect them.

When you back this campaign, you aren't just funding lines of code—you are giving independent rescuers the backup they deserve. You are building the network that will finally turn off the tap on San Antonio’s stray dog crisis.

Here is how you can help right now:

1. Back the Build: Make a one-time contribution today to help us hit our $25,000 development goal and get this app into the hands of rescuers.
2. Sustain the Network: Join us as a recurring monthly micro-subscriber to keep the servers running and the app free for everyone.
3. Share the Mission: Send this page to three friends, local business owners, or animal lovers who believe in a better San Antonio.

We can solve this, but we have to do it together. Please donate today and let’s map the solution.