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We're currently looking for volunteers to help with our next BIG FIX which is scheduled for Sunday, October 19. Please come help make a real difference for the cats we adore. They are calling your name!!! Current volunteers can call or e-mail us at contactus@alleycatadvocates.org if you are able to help. For those new to the process, the BIG FIX starts with a call to our hotline from a caretaker (someone taking care of an outdoor cat). Caretakers may be caring for one cat or 30! Most caretakers are able to provide food, water, and [...]

We're currently looking for volunteers to help with our next BIG FIX which is scheduled for Sunday, September 14. Please come help make a real difference for the cats we adore. They are calling your name!!! Current volunteers can call or e-mail us at contactus@alleycatadvocates.org if you are able to help. For those new to the process, the BIG FIX starts with a call to our hotline from a caretaker (someone taking care of an outdoor cat). Caretakers may be caring for one cat or 30! Most caretakers are able to provide food, water, and [...]

Alley Cat Advocates is thrilled to have been selected to be a part of an exciting partnership with the ASPCA. To read about the partnership and what it means for Louisville, click here.

In 2010, Alley Cat Advocates received a $75,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to spay and neuter 2000 free-roaming cats. Much more than that was accomplished. See what PetSmart Charities has to say about the work we've been able to accomplish with their help. Click here.

An ordinance revision that allows Trap-Neuter-Return as a way for our community to manage the population of local stray and unowned cats was recently passed by Louisville Metro Council. The key aspect of the ordinance revision is the division of our local cat population into owned cats (identified by tag or microchip or owner statements) and all other cats (those stray and unowned), now called community cats. To read a copy of the resolution and specific ordinance revisions, click here So what does this mean for the cats in our community? Two wonderful things result [...]

Alley Cat Advocates Expands Services for Free Spay/Neuter of Unowned, Free-Roaming Cats $75,000 Grant from PetSmart Charities® continues to help reduce overpopulation problems Louisville, Kentucky (April 2, 2012)  In 2010, Alley Cat Advocates received a $75,000 grant to increase the number of free spay/neuter surgeries for unowned, free-roaming cats. As the end of the grant period nears, the organization is expanding its coverage area by two zip codes. The organization’s 12 year-old sterilization program proactively fights the area’s dire cat overpopulation problem by spaying and neutering stray cats. After seeing success in the original 40215 [...]

Written By: Cindy Lamb The Highlander “The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity.” – George Bernard Shaw Each month in Louisville, scores of veterinarians and volunteers are recruited as weekend warriors for a strategic spay and neuter clinic, better known as the “Big Fix,” initiated by the nonprofit organization Alley Cat Advocates. Planned for 13 weekends throughout the calendar year, the work of capturing and registering felines on a Friday and Saturday culminates on a Sunday when an industrial [...]

Alley Cat Advocates is thrilled with the support Louisville Metro Animal Services provides to our organization as we work together to better the lives of the cats in our community through Trap-Neuter-Return. Fantastic improvements in these cats' lives are happening now and more great things are planned for the near future. Get a taste of the support by watching this video produced by MetroTV that examines changes made within Metro Animal Services. Alley Cat Advocates is highlighted for the Trap-Neuter-Return segment. ACA founder, Karen Little, discusses how the collaboration between animal control and trap-neuter-return is [...]

We're currently looking for volunteers to help with our next BIG FIX which is scheduled for Sunday, January 13. Make it a really HAPPY NEW YEAR for a bunch of lucky cats. Come make a REAL difference in the lives of our feline friends. Current volunteers can call or e-mail us at contactus@alleycatadvocates.org if you are able to help. For those new to the process, the BIG FIX starts with a call to our hotline from a caretaker (someone taking care of an outdoor cat). Caretakers may be caring for one cat or 30! Most [...]