Our Work to Protect Cats

Alley Cat Allies works worldwide to protect and improve the lives of cats, from those who share our homes to community cats who live and thrive outdoors. Through direct, lifesaving care, law and policy change, humane education and resources, and so much more, we’re creating a better world for cats and kittens—community by community.

Improving Communities for Cats

Alley Cat Allies protects and improves the lives of cats across the United States and around the world by championing non-lethal, evidence-based policies and programs and providing critical resources.

Protecting Cats from Cruelty

Alley Cat Allies stands against all acts of cruelty to cats. We seek justice for cats who have been harmed or killed, and to reform the failed judicial system to increase prosecution of animal cruelty.

Law and Policy

Alley Cat Allies educates decisionmakers, provides expert testimony, and rallies citizens in support of nonlethal laws and policies for cats. We believe all animal laws must be rooted in evidence-based science and compassion.

Humane Education

Alley Cat Allies’ extensive online resources and in-person outreach bring humane education about cats and kittens to grassroots groups, individuals, and leaders to empower them to improve their communities.

Confronting Deadly Misinformation

Millions of cats’ lives are threatened by misinformation, disinformation, junk science, and baseless claims. Alley Cat Allies works to set the record straight and stop the killing.

Developing Cat Care Best Practices

Alley Cat Allies sets the standard for the humane and effective care of cats, especially community cats who live outdoors. Our best practices, developed through decades of experience, help advocates the world over protect and improve the lives of cats and kittens.

Founded in 1990, Alley Cat Allies is the leading advocacy organization for cats with a mission to transform and develop communities to protect and improve the lives of all cats and kittens. Together with our over 1.4 million supporters, we work toward a world where cats are valued and every community has humane and effective programs and policies to defend them.

Through our fearless advocacy, humane care, education and outreach, and law and policy activism, we equip and mobilize citizens, advocates, grassroots groups, shelters, veterinary professionals, and elected officials across the United States and around the world to improve their communities for cats through nonlethal, evidence-based approaches.

Our website is www.alleycat.org, and we are active on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Charlene Pedrolie is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Alley Cat Allies.