Animal Cops: Phoenix, formerly titled Animal Planet Heroes: Phoenix, is an American documentary

Documentary

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 reality television series that premiered in 2008 on Animal Planet

Animal Planet

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. The program follows the work of the seventeen emergency animal medical technicians employed by the Arizona Humane Society (AHS) in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

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The AHS employs ten full-time veterinarians, most at their on-site hospital called "Second Chance." The AHS takes in more than 50,000 animals per year; 10,000 of these are rescued. During 2005, the AHS found homes for 18,028 companion animals in their work in preventing and prosecuting animal cruelty in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

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The series is part of an umbrella rotation of shows known collectively as Animal Planet Heroes, along with shows set in New York

New York

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 (Animal Precinct

Animal Precinct

Animal Precinct is an American documentary reality television series that originally aired from June 26, 2001, to February 4, 2008, on Animal Planet...

); Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

 (Animal Cops: Detroit); Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

 (Animal Cops: Houston); Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

 (Miami Animal Police

Miami Animal Police

Miami Animal Police is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on January 5, 2004 on Animal Planet. Produced by Lion Television, the program is set in Miami, Florida and the surrounding Miami-Dade County, an area of more than...

); and San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

 (Animal Cops: San Francisco). This is the first show that used the umbrella designator in its title.