ZooTrek is a professional animal population management and transport company based in Florida.
We work with counties, shelters, and rescue partners to move animals safely and efficiently through the shelter system—reducing overcrowding, improving welfare outcomes, and saving taxpayer dollars.
Our approach combines data-driven logistics with compassion to ensure every animal has a pathway to a positive outcome.
Animals are transported to pre-approved rescue and adoption partners across the United States.
Each partner organization is licensed, inspected, and verified to ensure compliance with state and federal laws, and ZooTrek professional standards.
ZooTrek maintains complete documentation for every transfer and destination, which is available for review by contracting agencies.
Every rescue or shelter partner in the ZooTrek network is verified, licensed, and held to humane standards. Each transport is tracked, documented, and reported to the County.
Our goal is placement, not destruction. Animals transferred through ZooTrek are sent to vetted organizations with strong adoption programs.
Under Florida law—specifically §823.15(7)—ZooTrek is prohibited from releasing personally identifiable information about individuals or families who adopt or foster animals. This law exists to protect those adopters from potential harassment or unwanted contact.
That said, ZooTrek provides complete and verifiable reports to Columbia County that track each animal’s transfer, medical treatment, and final disposition, ensuring full accountability within the bounds of state law.
Our integrity demands that privacy and respect for Florida law remain paramount. We will never compromise compliance or personal safety for the sake of public curiosity.
ZooTrek does not perform euthanasia, nor do we make euthanasia decisions.
Our company’s role is focused on transport logistics and population management—helping shelters move animals safely, efficiently, and humanely to approved partner organizations where they have the best chance for adoption.
In cases where euthanasia becomes necessary due to medical or behavioral conditions, that decision rests solely with licensed veterinarians or shelter/rescue leadership operating under state and local regulations. ZooTrek’s mission is to reduce the need for euthanasia by preventing overcrowding, shortening shelter stays, and ensuring animals are placed in suitable environments.
Every life we transport matters to us, and our success is measured not in numbers moved, but in the lives saved. ZooTrek’s model is built to save animals, not end their lives.”
ZooTrek collaborates directly with shelter management to identify animals at risk of long shelter stays or space-based euthanasia.
We use a humane, data-guided process that considers length of stay, health, temperament, and placement potential.
Every decision is made in partnership with the originating shelter to ensure fairness and transparency.
ZooTrek is an independent service provider, but we actively collaborate with humane societies, shelters, and rescue networks throughout the region.
Our role is to support and complement their mission by reducing shelter overcrowding and improving outcomes, not to compete with them.
Every ZooTrek vehicle is USDA/APHIS-compliant, climate-controlled, and sanitized before and after every trip.
Our drivers and handlers are certified in humane animal handling, biosecurity, and emergency procedures.
Animals are monitored continuously during transport to ensure comfort and safety from departure to arrival.
Qualified organizations can apply through the ZooTrek Partner Network Portal.
All applicants are screened for licensing, inspection history, adoption record, and compliance with animal welfare laws.
Once approved, partners gain access to coordinated transport opportunities and data sharing for smooth, humane transfers.
ZooTrek measures success through outcome-based performance metrics, including:
Reduction in average length of stay
Increase in live-release rates
Reduction in county shelter population and cost per animal
Compliance with transport and reporting standards
Our ultimate goal is simple: fewer animals waiting in kennels, more animals safely placed in homes.
