Volunteer Spotlight: Lori Marshall
Lori Marshall enjoys serving her community through the great work we do at Alley Cat Advocates. As an Alley Cat Advocates volunteer, Lori has connected with community members and caretakers. Her upbeat personality is perfect for greeting visitors and answering questions or concerns. Lori finds real satisfaction in seeing all [...]
2020: A Year in Review
In 2020 3,677 cats were spayed or neutered at the Community Cat Complex. That is definitely something to celebrate. We moved into the Community Cat Complex in February and did no spay or neuters in January 2020. Then a global pandemic caused shut downs, staff furloughs and an abbreviated surgery [...]
Help Community Cats with Kroger Community Rewards
If you shop at Kroger please consider supporting Alley Cat Advocates through their community rewards program. All you have to do, is visit www.kroger.com/communityrewards, and select Alley Cat Advocates (QL501). Then every time you shop and use your card, Kroger donates to Alley Cat Advocates. The last quarter shows that [...]
Fancy Nancey’s New Tail
Fancy Nancey's caretakers reported that his tail just hung behind him like he couldn't move or raise it. At first, it was difficult to find any injuries, but an x-ray revealed a fracture in his spine. The fracture is above the tail, but by amputating most of his tail, the [...]
Alley Cat Advocates History: Part 3 – Targeting Zip Codes
The goal of the Petsmart Charities grant was to spay/neuter 2000 cats in a single targeted Louisville zip code, 40215. The intake of cats from this neighborhood was the highest in Jefferson County, a statistic attributed to both the socio-economic demographics of the area and to its proximity to the [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Teresa Kruse
Meet Teresa Kruse. Teresa has been a volunteer at Alley Cat Advocates for several months. Teresa consistently volunteers every week and her help is especially valuable to the veterinary team. Teresa does an amazing job at helping prepare supplies, surgical packs and laundry. Teresa, along with several others, make sure [...]