Alley 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 Bethesda, Maryland, where Jakob Martin had been working. He heard the kitten’s distressed cries through the darkness. Since the kitten’s […]
Earlier-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) and other veterinary groups are slowly moving in this direction. In a recent decision, the AVMA endorsed a recommendation that veterinarians spay and […]
Postcards 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 the blazes, hundreds of cats were displaced from their homes. Alley Cat Allies provided grants to two local groups, Outcast Cat Help (OCH) […]
Wait 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 two Texas shelters were prepared with Alley Cat Allies’ Wait Until 8 program. Here’s how it works: When people find litters […]
Profile 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. A photographer captured her in a daily routine that takes five hours: Going from colony to colony, and from one street to another, to […]
Alley Cat Allies Reaction to Court Ruling Against Texas Cat-Killing Veterinarian
AUSTIN, Texas A Texas court has rejected appeals from Kristen Lindsey, whose veterinary license was suspended as punishment for shooting an arrow through the head of a cat, Tiger, and bragging about the killing on social media. One of the court’s rulings upheld a state board’s decision that allowed Lindsey to resume practicing on a […]
Hernando County, Florida, Approves TNR Program
Hernando County, Florida, is making lifesaving change for its cats and community. Alley Cat Allies was proud to be present on April 24, when the Hernando Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a countywide Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program. The program will be run by Hernando County Animal Services in close partnership with PetLuv Non-Profit Spay & […]
Kristen Lindsey Loses Both Cases in Texas Court
Update November 19, 2018: Kristen Lindsey Petition Slowly Moves Forward The Texas Supreme Court has requested a full brief on the merits of the Kristen Lindsey case. This means the justices decided Lindsey’s petition to appeal the restrictions on her veterinary license is worthy of additional scrutiny. Lindsey’s brief is due Dec. 17. The brief […]
Cities Around Jefferson, Iowa, Choose Trap-Neuter-Return Over Bullets
If officials in Jefferson believe they can’t afford humane, effective programs to address cats, they need only to look to neighboring Iowa communities to find model programs and practices. Many towns and counties throughout the state haven’t been rounding up and killing cats by gunshot to address cat populations. Instead, they’ve been running humane programs […]
Letter to the Editor: Support for Cats in Charles Town
Published in The Journal on April 20, 2018 By Becky Robinson, president and founder Alley Cat Allies Bethesda, Maryland: As the global engine of change for cats, Alley Cat Allies supports the dedicated people who are caring for outdoor cats in Charles Town (The Journal, March 20). Their method, Trap-Neuter-Return, has been proven worldwide as the only […]