Animal Cops: Phoenix (2009)

Its life and death for a heat exhausted domestic rabbit who has been abandoned in a parking lot. The Phoenix set out to catch the fast and furry before it’s too late. Investigators support an emotional owner who must surrender their animals.

Animal Cruelty Investigators tread carefully on the trail of a set of bloody footprints that belong to a dog in distress. The fire department lends a hand to reach a cat stuck 40 feet up in a palm tree.

As summer arrives temperatures soar above 100 degrees the elite team rescue an underweight Rottweiler chained out in the blazing sun. The search is on for kittens trapped under roof tiles. A dog attacked by coyotes fights for its life.

The Arizona Humane Society Field Dispatch Team rescues a mother and nine puppies from a storm drain. A neglected dog with a bad leg injury is rescued and three kittens and their mother are found and get a lifesaving operation.

Mark Smith and Ruthie Jesus seize two huskies who have been tied up and left without water in the heat while investigators Ruthie and Kelly Mallon climb onto a roof, which is over 150 degrees Fahrenheit, to save the lives of four kittens.

Animal cruelty investigators rescue a skunk and a cat trapped together in a storm drain. Puppies at risk of a life-threatening disease are saved from a hoarder’s house. An abandoned snake with a horrifying injury is found on a golf course.

Investigators chase an injured dog through a canal, while trapped ducklings are returned to their mom. Then, investigators address a cock-fighting operation while a kitten gets a lucky break and a dog’s future changes with a life-changing operation.

Twelve cats are rescued from a hoarder’s house, while investigators seize six dogs from a house whose owner has been evicted. A feral cat with an injured paw is saved and finds a home in the Gilbert Police Department.

Attempts are made to rescue two hostile cats living in a hoarder’s house. A German Shepherd puppy undergoes life saving surgery to remove rocks from her stomach. Investigators save a kitten whose injuries have made it too scared to move.

A new law is passed that makes it illegal to keep a dog on a chain in high temperatures, which causes confrontations between Animal Cruelty Investigators and angry home-owners. Animals with car accident injuries are set on the path to recovery.