Coalitions Create Change for Community Cats
When individuals and organizations form coalitions to help community cats, their impact can be greater as they pool their resources and harness their collective expertise. That’s why Alley Cat Allies...
View ArticleProfile in Compassion: Philadelphia Woman Cares For 80 Community Cats
Compassionate caregiving by extraordinary people is in the news once again. Pat Frederick caught the media’s attention in Philadelphia as she set out to feed 80 community cats around her neighborhood....
View ArticleWait Until 8 Saves Kittens’ Lives
Like most animal shelters, Fort Bend County Animal Services and Harris County Animal Shelter, both in Texas, see an influx of kittens each spring and summer. This is kitten season, and this year, these...
View ArticleEarlier-Age Spay and Neuter Gains Momentum
Alley Cat Allies has long supported pediatric spay and neuter, which is performed when healthy kittens are about 2 months old and weigh 2 pounds. Now the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)...
View ArticlePostcards From the Edge: Saving California’s ‘Fire Cats’
Alley Cat Allies is helping animal rescues keep hope alive for cats and people still recovering from the devastating 2017 California wildfires and 2018 mudslides. Surrounded by the smoke and chaos of...
View ArticleAlley Cat Allies gets Kittens the Help They Need
From Darkness to Light With your support, Alley Cat Allies saved the life of a brave little kitten! In March, a tiny 4-week-old tabby was found huddled alone in a cold, pitch-black utility tunnel in...
View ArticleTroubling Conditions Threaten Community Cats in Hawaii
Community cats—and owned cats who are sometimes outdoors—are facing a grave situation in Hawaii. A cruel plan to outlaw the feeding of cats, interfere with the practice of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), and...
View ArticleMemo to Jefferson: Iowa Communities Report TNR Success
Officials in Jefferson, Iowa, came under fire this spring for their policy of trapping and shooting cats. Following national news coverage, the cruel practice carried out by police officers was halted....
View ArticleAlley Cat Allies Fuels Shelter’s Transformation
In 2006, the Camden County Animal Shelter in New Jersey was stacked floor to ceiling with cages of cats and kittens. The annual intake was more than 6,000 animals, and the total save rate was under 50...
View ArticleA Profile in Compassion: Rita Flygar
It started with a community cat colony close to her Rockville, Maryland, neighborhood. Rita Flygar and her husband, Ray, tag-teamed to carry out Trap-Neuter-Return. She took on trapping the cats while...
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Hurricane Harvey: Checking In 14 Months Later
Bones is now a spokescat for CATNIP Foundation, which rescued him during Harvey. More than a year after Hurricane Harvey ravaged parts of Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, rescue groups are still...
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Planned Giving Profile: Lynn Kennedy, Ph.D.
When Lynn Kennedy, Ph.D., decided to update her estate plans, she said she included Alley Cat Allies because we “make cats’ lives better.” Lynn Kennedy poses with her cat Bangkok. Lynn grew up...
View ArticleAlley Cat Allies Provides Lifesaving Support in Hurricane Michael Aftermath
Days after Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle, Alley Cat Allies provided local shelters and organizations with emergency funds to save animals affected by the deadly storm. The...
View ArticleStanding Against Cruelty In Shelters
Alley Cat Allies, together with our supporters, put an end to the cruelty by closing the Spencer County Animal Shelter in Indiana. The abuse was so awful it’s hard for us to even write: The shelter was...
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Planned Giving Profile: Wendy Averill
Amber, a valued member of Wendy’s family. Cats have always been a part of Wendy Averill’s life, whether she’s caring for her own cats, or carrying out Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). “There’s a majesty,...
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Profile in Compassion: Keith Williams
Since January 2010, C% has saved over 32,000 community cats with Trap-Neuter-Return On any given morning, you’ll find Keith Williams, founder and president of nonprofit Community Cat Coalition of Clark...
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The Transformers: San Jose Embraces Shelter-Neuter-Return
The SNR program at the San Jose Animal Care Center keeps thousands of cats in their outdoor homes and out of the shelter When Alley Cat Allies visited the San Jose Animal Care Center earlier this year,...
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From Recovery To Reunion: True Tales Of The Camp Fire Cats
The Alley Cat Allies Recovery Center® continues to work around the clock to care for cats who survived California’s deadliest wildfire in November 2018. The Camp Fire devastated the town of Paradise...
View ArticleGranted: Alley Cat Allies Provides Grants to Help Animals in Need
Mopsey Malone and Salvador are playful, healthy, and thriving cats. But last fall, their fate was uncertain. The team at the nonprofit CATNIP Foundation found the felines in a Louisiana trailer park...
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From the Field: Amazing Organizations in Barcelona Protect Cats
Hello, it’s Molly Armus, Alley Cat Allies’ Staff Attorney! In my work, I’m always connecting with officials and advocates to educate about and implement laws and policies that protect the lives of all...
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