Hernando County, Florida, Goes All In for TNR
Barriers to the groundbreaking Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program in Hernando County, Florida, have just come crumbling down. The Hernando Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a countywide TNR program in April, but the county’s animal control code needed updates to fully support the measure. On October 9, the board voted to …
Hurricane Harvey One Year Later
… up staff, including expanding its medical team to help more cats, says Mary Heerwald, the group’s director of marketing and communications.
A Life to Live Builds Trap-Neuter-Return
Since Hurricane Harvey, Alley Cat Allies has been working with A Life to Live, a member of our Feral Friends Network, in coastal Baytown, Texas …
Mid-Year Legislative Roundup: 2018 Laws Are Wins for Cats
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The upshot: This law allows animal shelters to exempt community cats from shelter holding periods, and instead directs them to Shelter-Neuter-Return (SNR) or Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs. It also clarifies that community cats are protected by Delaware’s animal cruelty laws.
Why it’s important: Animal shelters across the state …
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Letter to the Editor: Fort Bend's New Legislation Benefits Cats
Published in the Fort Bend Herald on June 22, 2018
Congratulations to Fort Bend County and thank you Fort Bend County Commissioners for taking a progressive step for its community cats by passing an ordinance that allows for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). TNR will benefit residents and cats living here, just as it has improved …
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Alley Cat Allies Rescues Kitten Climbing in Cars' Wheel Wells
Update: August 15, 2018
Great news: Carlotta has been adopted!
Carlotta, the kitten Alley Cat Allies rescued from a parking garage, has been adopted.
Two months ago, Alley Cat Allies staff rescued this adventurous kitten from a Maryland parking garage, where she was climbing in and out of cars’ wheel wells. We humanely trapped Carlotta …
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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 …
An Amazing ACO: Late Washington, D.C., Animal Control Officer Ray Noll Helped Animals and People
When animal control officers and leaders support Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), they bolster the program in the eyes of the community. And that, in turn, benefits community cats.
In Washington, D.C., community cats had a hero and advocate in Ray Noll, who was the vice president of field services at the Humane Rescue Alliance …
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Alley Cat Allies Heads to Iowa to Save Cats
Alley Cat Allies is moving swiftly to save cats in Jefferson, Iowa. We’ve set up critical meetings with community leaders to create humane solutions, including a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program, to replace the recently-suspended policy permitting police officers to fatally shoot cats. We are committed to working with the Jefferson community to …
Alley Cat Allies Continues Free Community Cat Workshops for Atlantic County
… the county’s cats the best care possible.
This fourth workshop, titled “Fundamentals of Fundraising,” will teach community members how they can raise money to help support Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and community cat colony care. Alice Burton, Alley Cat Allies’ associate director of animal shelter and animal control engagement, will explain how to successfully …
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From the Field: A Promising Future for Cats in Antioch, California
… were living. By the end of the night, the map was dotted with pink stickerssome indicating cat populations of 50 or more.
It’s a sign that our work is far from over, and that there are still thousands of community cats in Antioch in need of TNR services. But now I know firsthand that …
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