Letter to the Nevada Assembly Committee on Natural Resources Concerning A.B. 209, Cat Declawing
On behalf of Alley Cat Allies and our over 9,200 supporters in Nevada, I urge you to support A.B. 209, Cat Declawing. If enacted into law, A.B. 209 would prohibit declawing, also known as onychectomy, a painful procedure which involves the surgical amputation of the last joints of an animals’ toes.
Alley Cat Allies Veterinary Hospital Provides Cutting-Edge Care in Louisiana
The Becky Robinson Alley Cat Allies Veterinary Hospital Saves Lives in Louisiana
East Bay Regional Park District Still Advancing Cat Killing Policy
Despite local and international outcry against its shooting of 13 cats in October and November of 2020, the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) in Oakland, California, is continuing to greenlight lethal removal of cats in its extensive network of parklands. Alley Cat Allies is pursuing multiple options to stop the killing. Alley Cat Allies […]
Congress Again Considers Bill to End Cruel Big Cat Industry
After passing in the United States House of Representatives with bipartisan support late last year, the Big Cat Public Safety Act is once again up for a vote in Congress. If enacted into law, this bill, H.R. 263, would be the country’s strongest measure to date against the cruel industry that rips months-old Big Cat […]
Bill to Ban Cat Declawing on the Table in Rhode Island
As support to outlaw the cruel practice of declawing cats grows, Rhode Island is now considering its own declaw ban bill that would Keep Cats’ Claws on Their Paws throughout the state. Alley Cat Allies is rallying citizens in Rhode Island to contact their House of Representatives in support of the bill, HB 5616. If […]
Alley Cat Allies Applauds Austin’s Law Against Declawing Cats
AUSTIN, Texas March 4, 2021 Alley Cat Allies, the global engine of change for cats, celebrated a vote by the City Council of Austin, Texas, to prohibit the practice of declawing cats. “Declawing is an excruciatingly painful procedure that causes lasting psychological and physical harm to cats. It would be like cutting a person’s finger […]
Harmless Cat Community Massacred and Mutilated in Australia
Alley Cat Allies Fights to End Senseless Cat “Culls” In the dead of night on December 17, 2020, community cats living on the Stockton Breakwall in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, became victims of what was called a “cull,” a word that whitewashes the reality of what occurreda brutal and pointless […]
Alley Cat Allies Condemns East Bay Regional Park District Vote to Recommend Policy of Shooting Cats
OAKLAND, Calif. Feb. 25, 2021 Alley Cat Allies president and founder Becky Robinson today condemned a vote by a committee of the East Bay Regional Park District in California that recommends a policy of killing cats in the parks. “It is unconscionable to think that any policy which allows for the lethal removal of cats, […]
From the Field: Surviving the Texas Winter Storm
There are a lot of things I left behind when I moved away from northern Virginia to greener (or at least warmer) pastures. I left snow shovels and rock salt for the new owners of my home. I donated my heaviest snow boots and jackets. I ditched four-wheel drive. I wouldn’t need any of it in California, where […]
Bill to Affirm Legality of TNR in Virginia Tabled by House
On February 17, members of the Virginia House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Sub-Committee voted 5 to 3 to table SB 1390, the bill that would affirm Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) for community cats as legal in every Virginia community, meaning no further action on it will be taken this year. The decision was made despite the […]