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*** Updated 11/30/2016 *** Niko came to Alley Cat Advocates as a severely ill kitten. We almost lost her. But, after hospitalized and care, she was transported to an Alley Cat Advocates foster volunteer. She was kept warm in an incubator and loved and cared for by her foster mom. Fast forward ... look at her now! She's now taken up part ownership of her foster mom's recliner :) Niko still needs more time to get strong but she has already exceeded all expectations, just by surviving! Thanks to Alley Cat Advocates friends and supporters, [...]

April Zirnheld and her family hosted the second annual Bernie's Buddies fundraiser to benefit Alley Cat Advocates on November 12. The event honored Bernard Abell, April's father and a life-long animal lover. Bernie's Buddies donates all proceeds to Alley Cat Advocates. This gift will help Alley Cat Advocates to provide spay or neuter and vaccinations more community cats this year. Mr. Abell was known and loved by our team as a wonderful guardian and advocate for community cats. He is missed and we are so honored to be a part of his beautiful legacy. Special [...]

This sweet girl arrived at Alley Cat Advocates with serious injuries, a ruptured and bulging eye, broken jaw, and an injured tongue. She had likely been hit by a car and was found in her neighborhood emaciated, dehydrated and unable to eat. After just a few weeks with the Alley Cat Advocates team, she is healing and feeling like herself again. She made her debut at our monthly meeting and walked down the table introducing herself to each person. When Executive Director, Karen Little, asked us to name her, a volunteer suggested "Flower." As she [...]

*** Simon Update *** Look at me now! They removed that painful leg that gave me so much trouble. They're calling me "tripod" and I'm getting faster and faster on my three legs. I was boney and my hair looked terrible! Now, I'm looking more handsome every day, filling out a bit and my hair is so smooth and silky. My foster Mom loves me to pieces. She tells me how handsome I am while I snuggle on her lap. Thank you to Alley Cat Advocates volunteers and donors who saved my life. Purrrrrrrr!   [...]

Charlotte, a community cat caretaker, recently sent us this note. "Only two of our 'Alley Cat' cats are still with us. Ziggy and Rosie were the youngest of the group that was trapped and fixed by Alley Cat Advocates 15 years ago. They are litter-mates, both sweet and gentle. Thank you so much for all you do." We reached out to Charlotte to hear her story. Charlotte remembers a cold night 15 years ago when the first stray cat began to hang around her house. "We noticed stray cats and of course, we fed them. [...]

Click to Read Pick up a copy of this month's Catster Magazine (formerly Cat Fancy) to see the beautiful face of our Buddy-Bear. Writer Denise LeBeau captured his touching story. Buddy-Bear is a symbol of the changes brought about by our work in the community. "Only a few years ago in our city, a disabled cat like Buddy, one that couldn't walk, would automatically have been put down," said Karen Little, executive director of Alley Cat Advocates. Today, in 2016, that kind of automatic thinking no longer happens. Read Buddy's story below. And, [...]

Miss Agatha is like most calicos - beautiful and strong. She looks at people with a certain curiosity and beckons them to pet her with her expressive eyes. However, Agatha's spark was dimmed. She suffered a pelvic fracture and a tail and spinal injury. Most of her tail was gone but an open wound remained. Obviously, she was in tremendous pain. Metro Animal Services reached out to Alley Cat Advocates, and we immediately connected her to our superb community of veterinarians at Jefferson Animal Hospital and Fairleigh Pet Center who were able to provide the [...]

Popeye when he arrived Popeye made his way to Alley Cat Advocates when his caretaker Charlotte brought him to us to be neutered. She also shared that Popeye had a bigger issue to tackle. "We tried several times to trap him, then he showed up hurt. We knew he was a fighter. That’s how he got his name," she said. He was suffering from a large wound that continued to scab and reopen because of its size and its location on his face. Charlotte said she could see that the wound was infected. [...]

Millie's thankfulness exudes from her hazel, saucer-sized eyes. She'll walk right up to you, look into your eyes and beckon you to pet her without emitting a single meow. If you happen to miss her signal, don't worry. She'll rub her face and body against your hand until you can't help but show her some affection.  With such a pleasant attitude, you'd never know of Millie's recent troubles. A mere three weeks ago, Metro Animal Services contacted Alley Cat Advocates (ACA) about a cat they had picked up who had an ear tip, which means [...]

A few months ago an old, skinny stray cat was brought to Louisville Metro Animal Services. Shelter workers could tell right away the gray cat was dehydrated, quite elderly, and completely blind. In addition, this bony kitty had a respiratory problem and was severely underweight. However, the cat was ear-tipped, which means that he had been neutered at Alley Cat Advocates, probably a long time ago. Workers at LMAS stabilized him with water and food, then contacted Karen Little, executive director at Alley Cat Advocates, and she picked him up. Otherwise, his fate would have [...]

The little calico mom was starving. As she tried to ween her eight-week old kittens, she grew thinner and thinner. It was October and only getting colder; the three cats may not make it through the winter, but momma cat continued searching for food. She stopped in a backyard, and found some kind souls who fed her. Little did she know, she had landed in the yard of cat superheroes. Wilma and Peter Crisler have always been animal lovers. Because Wilma can never "stand the thought of anything being hungry," she fed this beautiful calico [...]

Need an excuse to eat out? Take this voucher to your favorite Chili's location and 15% of your pre-tax purchase will benefit Alley Cat Advocates! Bring this voucher, printed or digital. Dine in or carry out! Visit one of the great Louisville or Southern Indiana Chili's locations between August 1 and October 29, 2016. Need extra to share?  Download and print vouchers to share and distribute!                            

                It begins TODAY! The Alley Cat Advocates 2017 Cat Calendar Photo Contest is underway! And, there are TWO ways to play! Enter the Contest Submit your cat's photo to pounce on one of the 13 top spots and win great prize packages. Get started at http://www.gogophotocontest.com/alleycatadvocates. Grand Prize "Calendar Cover Cat" Winner (1) The photo with the most votes will put this winning kitty on the cover of the 2017 Alley Cat Advocates Cat Calendar. Prize package includes: Featured placement as the 2017 Calendar Cover Photo Go [...]

Please take a moment to listen to this interview with Karen Little, our co-founder and executive director. Karen Little and Stacy LeBaron, creator of this podcast, have worked together as mentors for Trap-Neuter-Return groups across the country. Listen to the podcast ... "In this episode, Karen describes how she went about determining what type of efforts and program might best solve the community cat problem in Louisville. She's a big believer in planning and patience; when founding Alley Cat Advocates, she spent a whole year developing organizational infrastructure so that its future activities would have [...]

Petco Foundation grant of $38,000 will extend efforts to save more animal lives in Louisville. Alley Cat Advocates of Louisville, Kentucky today announced it has been awarded a $38,000 grant by the Petco Foundation to support the Alley Cat Advocates Trap-Neuter-Return program. Alley Cat Advocates is a local nonprofit organization serving Louisville and the surrounding counties. Using a humane Trap-Neuter-Return program, Alley Cat Advocates has altered over 35,000 stray cats in our community since they began in 1999. Since 2011 alone, these efforts have contributed to a 61% reduction in the intake of cats at [...]

Pick up the Courier-Journal today to read the feature on Alley Cat Advocates and The Community Foundation of Louisville's Give Local Louisville day.                    

Louisville, KY - March 31, 2016 - Alley Cat Advocates (ACA) has received a grant of $50,000 from Best Friends Animal Society. The funds will help ACA reduce the number of cats euthanized in local shelters by providing spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations, and veterinary care for over 1,000 unowned community cats in Louisville, Kentucky. Cat caretakers who live in Jefferson County will be offered, at no cost, spay/neuter services for unowned community cats. "We are excited to continue to offer no cost spay/neuter surgeries through our organization and look forward to an exciting year as we [...]

We're looking for a few good men and women who care about helping people and cats! Louisville is lucky to have thousands of residents who care for community cats, keeping them fed and sheltered and getting them neutered. However, some of our elderly and disabled caretakers are not able to trap and transport the cats. This is a critical need in our community. We need enough volunteer trappers to assist our most vulnerable cats and their caretakers. Who can volunteer as a trapper? Must be 18 years old. Have your own transportation. Hours are flexible, [...]

"About three weeks ago, I started yowling uncontrollably, which never happens in December. Then, I started feeling restless. I couldn't settle down. When Whacky Whiskers started following me around, I knew for sure what was happening ... I was in heat! I thought I had a few months of reprieve: no kittens, no male cats. But of course, this warm winter weather had to trick my body into thinking it was spring again. Now I'm a few weeks pregnant, and I'm worried! I wish I had a little tip of my ear missing like ZadieCat. [...]