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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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Little, Alley Cat Advocates, 502-634-8777 Jennifer Perez, Petco Love, media@petcolove.org Petco Love and Alley Cat Advocates Aim to Stop the Spread of Deadly Preventable Diseases Through Vaccinations As Part of Petco Love’s Initiative to Provide 1 Million Vaccines, Alley Cat Advocates Will Distribute Donated Cat Vaccines as Part of Trap-Neuter-Return in the Louisville Area Louisville, Kentucky (February 21, 2022) – Alley Cat Advocates will provide donated vaccinations supplied by Petco Love for Louisville area community cats. The donated vaccines are made possible through Petco Love's new national vaccination initiative, which [...]
After several years of being a supporter, Donna Long decided to try out volunteering with Alley Cat Advocates about six months ago. Donna enjoys connecting with other volunteers as well as seeing all of the kitties after surgery. Donna is someone that the cats love to see because she volunteers to feed dinner to all of the cats that have had surgery. At home, she lives with calendar cat, Romey (April 2022) and recently lost Romey's sister Gee. Donna works as an insurance defense paralegal and her hobbies include true crime, cats and trying to [...]
Flower is a young cat in rough shape. When she was brought in to Alley Cat Advocates she suffered from ulcerations to her underside around her vulva. From what we can see, Flower suffers from what is often called Manx Syndrome. The same gene that caused her to be tailless also has negatively impacted her spinal cord. This has caused her to have issues with bladder and bowel incontinence along with an abnormal gait. The ulcerated tissue was likely caused be urine and stool being constantly present on her skin. Treatment for Flower will include [...]
2021 was a record year for Alley Cat Advocates. We spayed or neutered 5,759 cats! That is 5,759 cats whose lives have been greatly improved with the help of our donors, volunteers, caretakers and staff.Also in 2021, Alley Cat Advocates received 8,218 calls for assistance. Calls come in from across the region, not just in Jefferson County. Caretakers from many counties in Kentucky and Indiana travel to Alley Cat Advocates for the best possible care for the community cats in their care.You can see more statistics here.
Allen is staying at the Community Cat Complex to wait for a dental.Painful inflammation in his mouth makes it very hard for him to eat or even groom himself. He will need to see a specialist to remove multiple teeth and hopefully stop the pain.These are complicated and expensive procedures. Can you help us by donating toward Allen's dental?He is looking forward to enjoying his meals with no pain! Donate Now
PNC Broadway in Louisville is presenting Cats the Musical at the Kentucky Center January 18 with 8 performances running through January 23.To honor real life local felines, they are partnering with Feeder's Pet Supply for a supply drive for Alley Cat Advocates.Now through January 23rd, donate goods at your local Feeders Pet Supply, or at the Kentucky Center during performances of CATS the Musical
Megan Cahill has been volunteering with Alley Cat Advocates for about four years now. She helps with our massive loads of laundry behind the scenes, but some caretakers may have met her during Saturday trap distribution. Megan joined the volunteer team because she wanted to help the community cats in our area. She has found that the staff and volunteers are friendly and welcoming. In addition to her 3 indoor kitties, Megan feeds a community cat herself, so she appreciates how important the work that Alley Cat Advocates is for cats in the area.
Taylor Spencer is in her third month as a volunteer at Alley Cat Advocates. She used volunteermatch.org to find Alley Cat Advocates and knew that it would be a great fit for her. She has been able to learn about Surgical Support, Cat Recovery, Laundry and Call Transcription. Taylor says that everyone is very welcoming and caring and she really loves to play a part in the wonderful things that Alley Cat Advocates does for the people and animals in our community.Taylor is 23 years old and works as a package handler at UPS. She [...]
Alley Cat Advocates is honored to receive a $7,000 investment from PetcoLove! Their generous support helps us provide lifesaving care for pets in need! When you donate at your local Petco, you're making a lifesaving difference for a PetcoLove Partner, like us! Read the full press release here
Volunteer Sandy Roberts joined the Alley Cat Advocates team as a volunteer in July 2021. In the last few months Sandy has helped check cats in to our program, fed dinner to cats post-surgery and helped with the discharge of cats back to their caretakers. She has also helped wash, dry and fold the mountains of laundry that we see every day. Because she was and is still a caretaker, Sandy appreciates just out important Alley Cat Advocates work is and she realizes the impact our organization makes. Sandy loves to help improve the lives [...]
Welcome to one of our newer volunteers, Connie Miller. Connie has been volunteering with Alley Cat Advocates for a couple of months now. Connie believes in our mission and she wanted to be a part of our work. As a volunteer, Connie has helped with the never-ending loads of laundry and she has learned many of the jobs related to preparing packs and supplies for the surgery team. Connie says she loves “being a small part of a group that does so much for these beautiful animals.” Connie also volunteers once a month at the [...]
They say it takes a village. Today our village needs your support. Our friends at Louisville Metro Animal Services reached out for help with a community cat named Biddy Bee and we knew that our supporters would be there for us. Biddy Bee is an ear tipped cat that was dumped in the parking lot of Louisville Metro Animal Services Manslick location in 2014. With her spicy take on being a loveable community cat she quickly adapted to her life at the shelter. Friendly with dogs, she took her role as Feline Tolerance Tester for [...]
