Volunteer News

  Dusty Update Hugs and purrrrrs from Dusty! Thanks to the awesome supporters and friends of Alley Cat Advocates, Dusty was able to have his critical ear polyp removal surgery (both ears) on May 31st! Surgery went well and Dusty is back home recovering with his foster mom. Surgery on the middle ear impacts balance and coordination, so Dusty is a bit wobbly right now. This will improve/resolve over the next 6 weeks. Dusty will never know all the wonderful people who donated toward his surgery, or those who lifted him up with words of [...]

Mark your calendar to attend a free seminar on Tuesday, May 23rd from 6:00-7:30pm. This event, hosted by Target Zero, will be open to everyone interested in learning how to productively reduce shelter intake and increase the number of animals saved in Clark and Floyd Counties and the surrounding areas. Anyone who wants to be a part of the solution is welcome to attend, please share this invitation with your animal welfare friends. When: Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 6 - 7:30 PM Where: Jeffersonville City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court, Room 101, Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Register [...]

Shop Our 30%-Off Spring Sale Now! Use code: SpringSale Take a look around and enjoy 30% off all Alley Cat Advocates logowear. All Proceeds Make a Life-Saving Difference for Community Cats Find t-shirts, long sleeve tees, sweatshirts, hoodies, scrubs, jackets and more! Shop now ...    

Looking for a perfect Mother's Day gift? Honor that special someone by providing medical care and supplies for mama cats and their litters of kittens. This spring Alley Cat Advocates has already cared for over 20 mother cats and their kittens. But, more are arriving each week. While Mom's are spayed, vaccinated and provided with excellent veterinary care, their kittens are bottle-fed, vaccinated, and treated for fleas and worms. After receiving our gold standard of care, mama cats and kittens are reunited to nurse and to recover together. Once the kittens are old enough, they'll [...]

Enjoy a night out and support Alley Cat Advocates! Bring this flyer to BoomBozz Taphouse in the Highlands on Tuesday, February 21. Turn the flyer in with your order.  Alley Cat Advocates will received 20% of your order total as a donation. BoomBozz Pizza & Taphouse 1448 Bardstown Road located in the Highlands at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Bardstown Road Please share!  Bring a friend.  We hope to see you there!        

After our summer-like Saturday, winter blew in to remind us ... it is December! Keep your community cat warm, cozy and safe this winter. Visit our community cat center for easy ideas to care for un-owned, community cats in snow and cold temperatures. Try this simple plan to build a winter shelter for your outdoor cats. It is simple, inexpensive, and your kitty will purr with delight. Learn more ...  

With a twinkle in her eye, and a Ho-Ho-Ho, Stephanie Gillis, Alley Cat Advocates Cat Care Coordinator checks in another lucky community cat. Our work doesn't stop. This week we're giving 169 community cats the best holiday gift. They are scheduled for spay or neuter, vaccinations and the best veterinary care! Because of YOU, we have spayed or neutered thousands of community cats this year. Thank you for your support. We wish you happy holidays!    

When Ms. Kitty arrived at Alley Cat Advocates for her spay appointment last month, we asked the caretaker if she was having any other medical issues. This is a routine question, because for most community cats, this appointment is likely the only vet visit they will ever have. Her caretaker reported that she appeared to be in pain, barely able to walk, and was suffering from an upper respiratory infection. After the spay procedure, she got the antibiotics she needed and her breathing improved. Unfortunately, x-rays and blood tests showed that her joints were severely [...]

Prince Charming found his way to Alley Cat Advocates for neuter surgery. During his exam the vet team found that this shy, sweet boy had serious and painful dental problems. Prince Charming's teeth were cleaned, many decayed teeth were removed, and he was neutered. His oral surgery hasn't detered him from being a great eater and enjoying his treats. But, there was something Prince Charming wanted more than food - love. This large cat with a scarred face wanted what most cats do, someone to take the time to get to know him. He may [...]

Meet Charm.  This unaltered boy with a broken leg was brought to Alley Cat Advocates from Louisville Metro Animal Services.  No one knows when or how Charm was injured.  - Upon arrival, Alley Cat Advocates went to work.  Charm was x-rayed and examined by veterinarians.  The team found that his bone had already started to calcify and heal.  The vet team decided that the best option was to allow Charm's leg to continue to heal on its own.  - Charm was neutered and delivered to foster care.  Since then, he has been recovering in the [...]

Thanks to everyone who attended the Alley Cat Advocates annual holiday party and made gift baskets for our volunteer vets.  YOU are heroes! See the holiday party photos.

*** 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 [...]