Alley Cat Allies Rescues Kitten Climbing in Cars’ Wheel Wells

Update: August 15, 2018 Great news: Carlotta has been adopted! Two months ago, Alley Cat Allies staff rescued this adventurous kitten from a Maryland parking garage, where she was climbing in and out of cars’ wheel wells. We humanely trapped Carlotta and placed her in a foster home. When Jordan and Maria Fagan saw photos and […]

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Favorable Bills for Cats Move Forward in New Jersey

Legislation that would improve cats’ lives in New Jersey is one step closer to becoming law.  Two bills on May 31 were passed out of the New Jersey Senate Economic Growth Committee: S1209, which would ban declawing throughout the state, and S725, which would encourage Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). These bills will now be considered by the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee.  Alley Cat Allies strongly supports both bills. We are encouraging New […]

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Op-Ed: Moving Forward to Save Cats in Jefferson, Iowa

Published in the Jefferson Herald print version on May 18, 2018 By Becky Robinson President and Founder Alley Cat Allies When we know better, we do better. Now that officials in Jefferson, Iowa, have said they have suspended their inhumane policy of fatally shooting cats, it is time to create a new path forward. Expressing willingness […]

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Letter to the Editor: Killing stray felines is not the answer

Published in the Honolulu Civil Beat on May 23, 2018 The Hawaii Legislature’s failure to pass a bill authorizing Trap-Neuter-Return for community cats was a missed opportunity, not a step to be congratulated, as PETA did in its April 6 letter to Civil Beat (“Cats Are The World’s Deadliest Invasive Species). TNR is the only […]

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Keeping Cats Safe During Summer and Weather-Related Disasters

As much of the United States ushers in the start of summer, and the official beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season, it’s a good time to consider preparations to keep community cats safe. Alley Cat Allies has put together a checklist to help you keep cats cool, hydrated, and protected through heat waves and natural […]

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Healthy, Happy Cats on the Atlantic City Boardwalk

After more than 18 years, Alley Cat Allies’ Boardwalk Cats Project® still brings pride and joy to staff members, volunteers, and Atlantic City, New Jersey, residents. This week, Alley Cat Allies hosted our semi-annual boardwalk cleanup to get the beloved Boardwalk Cats’ under-the-boardwalk homes clean and ready for the warm weather. “The cleanup group was […]

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Alley Cat Allies Hosts Community Cat Workshop in Silver Spring

SILVER SPRING, Md.    Alley Cat Allies, the global engine of change for cats, will lead a meeting of local cat advocates in Silver Spring to teach best practices for working with the cats who live outdoors in Montgomery County. The May 24 workshop, titled, “Helping Cats in Your Community,” will explain how people can care for community cats, sometimes called feral cats, as well as how to improve their […]

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Kitten Season: How To Save Kittens From Being Killed

BETHESDA, Md. With kittens across the U.S. in danger of being killed in shelters this spring and summer, Alley Cat Allies is offering its Wait Until 8 program to help animal shelters, humane societies, and communities work together to save kittens’ lives instead. Many kittens are born between early spring and late summer, a period […]

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Lynn Morra: A Dedicated Volunteer

Lynn Morra of Springfield, Oregon, isn’t one to dawdle. Not only does she work part-time as a field representative for the U.S. Census Bureau, but she also feeds neighborhood cats, volunteers at her local humane society (she has been named volunteer of the month), carries out Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), and educates her community about free TNR […]

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Microchips: A Cat’s Ticket Home

May is Chip Your Pet Month, a time to educate and celebrate that a chip the size of a grain of rice can save a cat’s life. Microchipping an animal, whether an indoor or a community cat, is the best way to ensure they will find their way back home. More cities around the nation […]

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