Volunteer News

Do you know someone who lives in the 40208, 40209, 40213, 40214, 40215, 40216, 40217, 40219, 40258, or 40272 zip code who feeds and cares for unowned community cats? Our Neighborhoods Program, supported by Petsmart Charities, has been expanded to include ten zip codes. The program targets those zip codes with high rates of stray cat intake into Metro Animal Services. This targeted neighborhood approach has been wildly successful. Although the PetSmart Charities grant was designed to targeted specific zip codes, Alley Cat Advocates will help caretakers and community cats in ALL zip codes. Call [...]

Recently, a Kentucky city passed a leash law. Alley Cat Advocates received a number of calls and emails from concerned citizens wondering if this city's law would have a negative impact on our unowned community cats. It does not. But, we're glad you asked.  Those questions prompted us to share a brief overview of our wonderful, groundbreaking Metro Louisville city ordinance! In early 2012, Alley Cat Advocates, Metro Animal Services and Metro Council representatives began working to develop an ordinance that would serve the citizens and the cats of our community. In late April, 2012 [...]

Alley Cat Advocates earned “bragging rights” as a national model for success for reducing cat overpopulation and creating a safe city for community cats. Alley Cat Advocates Executive Director Karen Little spoke last month in Virginia at a regional symposium called “Rethinking the Cat,” sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). In her presentation, Karen shared the story of the truly remarkable and successful collaboration between local organizations and the community of people who have made Alley Cat Advocates a success story that other cities can model. Attendees had a choice of [...]