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So have you ever wondered if there are ANY good people out there? And what about karma? Is there such a thing? Read this story and BELIEVE!   Ok. First, here is Molly’s story. It starts out sad . . . Molly’s owner takes her to the Kentucky Humane Society SNIP clinic to be spayed. He lives near the clinic and knows she needs it! Sadly, he opens her carrier in the parking lot at the clinic to comfort her and scared Molly dashes out into the busy street. A truck drives over the top [...]

I became a caretaker of feral cats in 2007. A stray female cat came to my house in the winter of 2006,  and she had two kittens with her. She was almost starved, full of worms and she would eat anything. My granddaughter named her Jewels. She had a litter of kittens in late March; they were hidden in my neighbor’s barn. Her kitten that she brought with her had a litter of kittens in late May. Something happened to that momma cat, as her six kittens, only a few days old, were found by [...]

Seriously! Do you want to be a part of the greatest thing happening in Louisville? Do you want to be a part of the biggest positive change for cats ever? Do you want to surround yourself with fantastic, enthusiastic people who are EXCITED about making a huge difference for community cats in our area? It is EASY! Come to a volunteer orientation and see how three hours a month will change your life as you change the lives of stray, unowned cats forever.  Check upcoming EVENTS for dates and times. We promise. It will be [...]

The grant applications have been submitted, reviewed, and approved. The awards have been given.  Now the hard work begins! Alley Cat Advocates, the Kentucky Humane Society, and Louisville Metro Animal Services have collectively agreed to focus on two specific goals for 2013 as part of the ASPCA Community Partnership. Those goals are: 1) Decrease intake into our two main shelters, the Kentucky Humane Society and Louisville Metro Animal Services, by 575 animals as compared with 2012 2) Increase the number of animals that are returned to their owner or returned to their caretakers by the [...]

No time to help?  Feeling badly about that?  Stop Right There!   Take the time to send us $5 and we’ll send you a Kroger Gift Card with your $5 on it.  Every time you reload the card at Kroger, the cats get 4 cents for each dollar put on the card.  It really adds up and the cats benefit each and every time. So eat your words (with Kroger groceries) and help the cats at the same time!

The Local Guys visit and share the life changing work of Alley Cat Advocate's team at "The Big Fix". The Big Fix happens 13 times each year. Learn more about the program.

Louisville has been selected an ASPCA Partner Community! As a partner community, Alley Cat Advocates, the Kentucky Humane Society, and Louisville Metro Animal Services will work with the ASPCA to increase the number of cats’ and dogs’ lives saved in our community. One of only eight partner communities across the country, by combining the efforts of the ASPCA and these organizations, and by sharing information, by removing duplicate eff orts, by collaborating in all ways imaginable, Louisville will be better able to get animals out of our shelters alive AND we’ll also be better able [...]

They don’t really . . . but they’d love to have you shop LOTS at Kroger and use your Alley Cat Advocates Kroger Gift Card every time you do! For every dollar you put on your Kroger Gift Card, Kroger gives 4-cents to Alley Cat Advocates. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but we spay and neuter dozens and dozens of cats with the monies generated. So just send us $5.00, let us know you want a Kroger gift card, and we’ll send you one — with your $5 on it — so you can [...]

What a joy it is to report on this fantastic program! Community cats (previously called stray or unowned cats) have been euthanized by the hundreds in our community and in others across the country for years just because they didn’t have a “traditional”, inside home. In almost all cases, they had homes — an outside home . . . and shelter and food and water. But killing these cats was not seen as an acceptable answer to the problem of stray cats, so trap-neuter-return (TNR) was developed. Trapping cats, neutering them, and returning them to [...]

Two years ago . . . Imagine your name is Susie. You’re a beautiful long hair, cream colored kitty with loving owners — until they moved last month and left you behind. (Reason unknown. It makes no difference, really, to Susie.) Fortunately, a neighbor (Mr. Jones) starts putting out food and Susie’s pretty content sleeping under his deck. As winter comes on, Mr. Jones fears Susie will be cold so he takes her to the local shelter, Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS), thinking she’d be warm and dry and will find a new home. Susie [...]

Food. Provide your community cats with the highest quality food possible. The better the food, the easier it is on their stomachs. If you need help feeding your crew, call us at 502-634-8777 for referrals to local cat food banks! Water. This is an absolute must! Keep it clean, fresh, and watch out for freezing. (No milk, please. Most cats LOVE milk. And it gives most cats diarrhea. Poor kitties!) Shelter. A Styrofoam-type cooler with a hole cut in the side, a heavy object on top to keep it from blowing away, and good, dry [...]

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 [...]

Written By: Martha Elson Courier-Journal Karen Little of Old Louisville admits she’s become obsessed with controlling the stray cat population. Her aim, through the Alley Cat Advocates volunteer group she founded with her husband 12 years ago, is to prevent needless euthanasia of her feline friends. To that end, the group recently passed the 20,000 mark for the number of strays it has rounded up and had neutered or spayed, working in Jefferson, Bullitt and Oldham counties and Southern Indiana. Read More