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In this interview with Humane Society of the United States, Alley Cat Advocates Executive Director, Karen Little, shares insights learned over the last 24 years. Alley Cat Advocates has been a leader in community cat advocacy. Read here to learn more about the history behind Alley Cat Advocates and where we are today.

Donate now to have your gift matched! Alley Cat Advocates has received a matching donation for all donations, up to $20,000, made now through June 10. Hurry and donate now to double your impact! Donate Now

Soot & Sprite are the cutest pair of kittens, but they haven't had an easy start in life. Born in the winter months, it appears that frostbite damaged their kitten ears and left them very short and oddly shaped. They came into the Community Cat Complex with terrible upper respiratory infections and were very underweight. While we absolutely love Soot and Sprite, we know that they are the lucky kittens who survived being born over the winter and made it to us. Support our work and the care of these two with your donations so [...]

Alley Cat Advocates would like you to meet veterinary assistant Tiffany Daly. Tiffany has been a valued team member in the clinic department of Alley Cat Advocates since she joined the team last year. Tiffany is kind, compassionate and, no surprise, a huge animal lover. Outside of work she enjoys hiking and being outdoors, especially with her own dogs and dogs that she fosters through a Doberman dog rescue. She also shares her home with two cats who don't enjoy hiking, so they stay home! Tiffany is a mom to a teenage human and married [...]

Precious is a beautiful and sweet girl that now lives permanently at the Community Cat Complex. When she was brought in with the rest of her colony for spay/neuter her jaw looked like there may be a mass. Further investigating ended with a diagnosis of patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome (pads). This condition is extremely rare and its cause is unknown. PADS is also called Teeth and Knees Syndrome, as they usually have double the number of teeth in their mouth (their baby teeth don't fall out) and their knees commonly break with little [...]

Melissa Cosby has been helping us at the Community Cat Complex for about a year. She helps with the huge tasks of keeping our laundry caught up. She loves helping because she knows that spaying and neutering prevents unwanted kittens being born. She also appreciates being around other cat lovers. She also spends time caring for her cats and helping others get cats spayed and neutered. Melissa's cat Sophie

Do you know what to do if you find a sick or injured community cat in Jefferson county? Many people aren’t aware that Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS) provides care for sick or injured community cats. And Alley Cat Advocates is happy to step up to help when Metro Animal Services asks. A good Samaritan recently brought to Metro Animal Services a community cat who had been hit by a passing car. The impact was mostly centered on the left side of his face and his injuries appeared to be severe. On this Sunday, as is typical, there were no veterinarians at the shelter, but the employees recognized that this cat needed [...]

Give your Valentine a special treat this year. Sponsor a community cat in their honor. A donation of $100 provides spay or neuter surgery, vaccinations and more for one or more community cats. Choose one of the options from our store and we will send a valentine card to your loved one to let them know about your gift. Your donation to Alley Cats Advocates in the name of your human or feline valentine will help support all the amazing programs that Alley Cat Advocates for community cats!

For about two years in total Eric Blanton has volunteered at Alley Cat Advocates. He has helped with feeding post-surgery cats, discharging cats and transporting kitties to and from appointments at other veterinary offices. He has also been using his professional skills to help Alley Cat Advocates to spread our message online. Eric found Alley Cat Advocates when he was looking for help with the cats in his neighborhood. His favorite part is knowing that he is part of making life better for so many cats. He currently has one new community cat and is [...]

Candice Galvan has been helping cats at the post-surgery station the Community Cat Complex for about six months. She loves that she can help every cat to have the best care available at Alley Cat Advocates. Plus, she gets to pet all the kitties! Candice is owned by the two best kitties in the world, Sadie and Kitty. She also loves art, including painting, drawing and sculpting. Candice is a full-time student and has a part-time job in addition to volunteering at Alley Cat Advocates. We are so grateful that she makes time for volunteer [...]

Joey Todd has been volunteering for Alley Cat Advocates for the last few months. He is a huge asset to the surgical team when he volunteers to help with Cat Recovery. He is always willing to help in any way and can be counted on to help with clean up and feeding kittens after the daily surgeries are done. Joey came to volunteer orientation at the urging of his sister and really enjoys helping. He loves to see the cats awake and ready for food post-surgery. Joey has worked at UPS as a package handler [...]

Joshua Wettig has been volunteering with Alley Cat Advocates for the last several years. Josh is a cat lover, who wanted to help more cats in his community. Josh helps with special events and education and outreach. Aside from loving cats, Josh also enjoys working with volunteers and sharing the Alley Cat Advocates message with the public. Josh shares his home with two cats of his own and a great dane. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming and mountain biking.

Alley Cat Advocates is excited to announce that the Bernice Barbour Foundation has awarded the organization a grant of $15,000. These funds will help support our ongoing mission of spaying and neutering community cats in our region. The Bernice Barbour Foundation has been a longtime supporter of the efforts of Alley Cat Advocates to make our community the safest place to be a community cat in the country.

Jim Roberts faithfully arrives every Saturday to volunteer to clean and inspect traps as they are returned by caretakers. Every trap that is loaned out is thoroughly cleaned and disinfected and then tested before it is loaned to the next caretaker. Jim is an expert at making sure this happens. Jim has a great sense of humor and gets his volunteer work done with a positive attitude. He keeps Saturdays running smoothly behind the scenes!

Muhamed Ugarek has been volunteering at Alley Cat Advocates for almost 2 years. He mostly helps keep the mountains of laundry under control. Muhamed is a cat lover who wanted to serve his community and help kitties! Muhamed also loves the other volunteers and staff that he has gotten to know during his time at Alley Cat Advocates. In addition to spending time with his two tabby cats, Muhamed works and is studying computer science. He also enjoys spending time with his older brothers a couple of times a month. Please let Muhamed know that [...]

Valerie Farsetti carries almost 10 years of community health and animal welfare experience. She received her undergraduate degree in social work from Western Kentucky University, and then went on to complete a Master's in Social Work, centered in One Health, sustainable development, and Animal-Assisted Social Work, from the University of Denver.Her passion for the human-animal bond, animal welfare, community practice, and experience in sustainable development has taken her from South America to Africa to Asia, where she worked to support individual empowerment and sustainable systems collectively centered around human, animal, and environmental health. Valerie combines [...]

Have you heard the news? The donation matching has been extended through September! A generous donor has now extended their matching funds to help even more cats. If you haven't taken advantage of this opportunity to have your donation doubled, now is the time. Have you already donated in August, but want to have a second donation matched in September? Great! All donations will be matched. Donate Here

Ouch, poor Mario came in for his neuter with a nasty open wound. Most wounds will heal on their own, but Mario's is large and deep, so he is going to need treatment. Our staff have already cleaned his wounds and started treatment, but you can help by donating to cover the cost of medications and care that he will need to heal. Mario is a lucky guy to get such great treatment and have so much support from friends like you! Help Mario Now

The Alley Cat Advocates 2022/2023 Calendar Photo Contest has come to a close and we are very excited to announce Dinah as the 2023 Alley Cat Advocates Calendar Cover Cat. Congratulations to Dinah, as well as the 12 Cat-of-the-Month winners and all of the cools cats that will make their way to the calendar pages this year. Calendars are available for pre-order here.

We're proud to announce we have received a spay/neuter grant from @BISSELL Pet Foundation! Out of BISSELL Pet Foundation's partner network of over 5,600 shelters and rescues, we're so excited that we were chosen to receive their support! With a mission to find every pet a home, they focus their efforts on adoption, spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchipping and emergency support. Support from @Bissell Pet Foundation will provide trap-neuter-return for hundreds of cats in our community whose home is outside. Thank you @CathyBissell.

We need your help. Bella’s teeth and gums are very painful and she is struggling to eat and groom. She needs an extensive dental with many extractions. Bella has been struggling to care for herself as well as a litter of small kittens. Thankfully, we can step in and provide this poor momma some relief and get her kittens great care. The next step is to get Bella healthy and pain-free. That means that she will need to see a specialist to have the extensive dental work that she needs. We completely think that brave [...]

Check out the latest newsletter highlighting our awesome work here.  Take a peek into the Color Me Special Suite which is home to many of our special needs kitties. Also, find some great times for keeping your community cats comfy in the heat! Check it out in this edition of Humane News.

Louisville, KY – Alley Cat Advocates is proud to announce it received a grant from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (HOKC) in the amount of $13,000 to purchase upgraded cat and kitten housing.  The Alley Cat Advocates serves Louisville and surrounding communities by working to stabilize and reduce Louisville’s community cat population and improve the lives of community cats, through the tested, proven and humane method of trap-neuter-return. HOKC will award $3.1 million in grants supporting 314 non-profits, impacting more than 3.9 million Kentuckians. Grants are made possible through donations from contributing Kentucky Colonels [...]

We would like to share a very special story.  Max is a young cat who was neutered at the Community Cat Complex.  Very shortly after his neuter, his caretakers noted very odd behaviors.  After some testing, Max was determined to likely have feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).  In the past, an FIP diagnosis was considered fatal.  Fortunately, there has been a great deal of progress made in the treatment of FIP and a treatment now exists.  Unfortunately, this treatment is expensive and hard to get in the US.  Max was very ill when he was diagnosed [...]

We are very excited to announce that the 2022 Cat's Meow will be returning to Copper & Kings this year on Thursday, June 23.Tickets for the event are on sale now, along with the opening of the Wheel of Chance that is full of great items that you don't want to miss.There are so many great prizes that you can win all while supporting Alley Cat Advocates and the great work that we do.Follow the link here to find out more and get your chances while they last.