Following Best Practices
Communities are made up of all kinds of peopleand animals! When it comes to cats and people coexisting there are ways you can help keep the peace. One big help is making sure best practices are being followed for community cat care.
See our one-page guide, “Best Practices: Community Cat Colony Care.”
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Advocating for Cats
Make sure the cats in your community are protected by advocating for humane policies on their behalf. As the leader of the global movement to protect and improve cats’ lives, Alley Cat Allies has information and resources you’ll need to start advocating for cats in your community:
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Get Help with Ordinances
Alley Cat Allies has helped many communities adopt ordinances that promote and protect Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), community cats, and their caregivers. But there are still ordinances out there that hinder TNR and are harmful, or even deadly, to cats and kittens. Together with our supporters, we are changing the landscape of laws for cats …
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Cats and the Law
We know you love community cats and want to do everything to ensure their safety we do too! That’s why we can take comfort in the fact that in every state and the District of Columbia, you have the law on your side when it comes to protecting cats. Trying to navigate local and …
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Preventative Measures
Because cats can’t introduce themselves to neighbors with a homemade apple pie and a smile, they need your help to tell people they are good neighbors. One of the best ways for you to do this is by providing great cat care. By following these cat care tips, you can help nip any issues …
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Humane Deterrents
Download: How to Live With Cats in Your Neighborhood Resource
There are easy things that your neighbors can do, or that you can help them with, in order to live in harmony with the cats who have made their home in the neighborhood. The following list of natural cat deterrents and repellents addresses some common …
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Providing Outdoor Litter Boxes
A safe, quiet, private outdoor bathroom with the perfect material to dig inwhat more could a community cat want? That’s right, cats who call the outdoors home enjoy having their own litter box just as much as cats who live indoors.
Outdoor litter boxes make for happier neighbors, too. If a person is concerned …
Setting up a Meeting to Discuss a Cat-Related Issue
When caring for cats, there’s always the possibility that you’ll have to resolve an issue that people are having with cats living outdoors. You might have to come face-to-face with animal control, property management, or members of your own community who think the best way to deal with cats is to …
Kitten Cruelty Perpetrator Pleads No Contest and More Updates
… Mayor Mike McCombs–urged by the mayor himself.
According to a news report published today in which Alley Cat Allies was featured, records show that Long was arrested on May 13 and charged with aggravated animal cruelty in relation to the deadly shooting.
A warrant stated that Long did “commit the…act of Aggravated Animal
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Our Impact in Legislation and Beyond — Fall 2025 Edition
… $10,000 reward to identify and convict the person responsible for shooting him. Shortly after our announcement, a man was arrested and charged with animal cruelty in relation to the case.
Alley Cat Allies is offering our support to the prosecution to ensure justice is served for Shadow, and to protect all other animals and …
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