A New Outlook for Mr. Pink
When they brought him in for a neuter, Mr. Pink's caretakers didn't know why he seemed to squint and rub on his left eye. Upon examination, our team quickly diagnosed him with entropion. This condition is where the eyelid actually rolls inward allowing the hair around the eye to irritate [...]
Alley Cat Advocates Receives Support from the Bernice Barbour Foundation
Alley Cat Advocates is excited to announce that the Bernice Barbour Foundation has awarded the organization a grant of $15,000. These funds will go to support the spaying and neutering of cats in Jefferson County. “Recognizing the need to humanely reduce the community cat population through spay and neuter efforts [...]
Alley Cat Advocates History: Part Two
Alley Cat Advocates was founded in 1999. Karen and Hoyt spent a year creating a strong infrastructure for the organization and the first surgery was performed in October, 2000. During the first month of operation, the group performed twelve surgeries. Karen and Hoyt managed the group from their home, fielding [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Chrissie Lowe
Chrissie Lowe has been a faithful volunteer at Alley Cat Advocates since July 2019. Chrissie loves meeting the caretakers at check-in and discharge. It makes her really happy to see that the cats have homes with loving caretakers. It also means that she isn’t tempted to adopt too many cats! [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Kathy Hall
Kathy Hall and Henry C. Hall, the rescue kitty Kathy Hall has been volunteering with Alley Cat Advocates for about 10 years. In that time, she has helped at the Big Fix and she currently helps with “office work,” which consist of anything and everything that needs to [...]
Keeping Kitty Warm
Thank you so much to every one that came out and picked up a winter shelter to keep the community cats you feed warm this winter. We gave away 76 shelters stuffed with straw, and ready for community cats to enjoy. If you missed out we have some step by [...]
