ALLEY CAT ALLIES eNEWS
January Edition
Happy Mew Year! Thanks to your support, we’ve been busy this month protecting cats around the country. Here are just a few of our current projects and topics of interest:
Make Your Mew Year’s Resolution to Help Cats!
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It’s a new year, and it’s time to refresh our commitment to making a difference for the cats in our communities. In 2015, Alley Cat Allies and advocates all over the country and the world worked harder than ever to save cats. Now in 2016, we hope everyone who cares about cats will resolve to continue fighting for them by supporting humane shelter reform, practicing Trap-Neuter-Return, caring for colonies and more. Alley Cat Allies’ president Becky Robinson, along with the whole Alley Cat Allies team, is making a resolution to protect and improve the lives of more cats in 2016. We hope you will join us. Make your New Year’s resolution to help cats. |
Becky Robinson is Going Down Under
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Alley Cat Allies Founder and President Becky Robinson will be traveling to Sydney, Australia to speak at the Business of Saving Lives Conference on February 17. The three-day conference, starting February 15 and presented by Helen Woodward Animal Center, Alley Cat Allies and Maggie’s Rescue, will focus on animal rescue, shelter management, advocacy, fundraising, and more. Learn more about the conference and Becky’s plans in Australia. Bringing animal advocates together and mobilizing people to protect cats is more important than ever as Australia is in the midst of a government-sanctioned plan to kill two million cats in five years. |
Shelter Medicine Program Saves Lives and Sets a Precedent
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In December, Becky Robinson traveled to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to present to shelter medicine students in the College of Veterinary Medicine. While there, Becky learned more about the shelter medicine program launched in 2013 by Bob Weedon, DVM, MPH, a clinical assistant professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine and head of the program. Shelter medicine is targeted healthcare for animals in shelters, and the program is teaching veterinary students to save shelter animals and community cats. Dr. Weedon will also be presenting with Alley Cat Allies’ Brianna Lovell at the NAVC Conference in Orlando! Read more about Dr. Weedon’s shelter medicine program and the great work he and his students are doing. |
Protecting Cats from Cruel Steel-Jaw Leghold Traps
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In December 2015 in Omaha, Nebraska, a cat named Ivy was rescued from an illegal and archaic steel-jaw leghold trap. The crushing trap slammed down on her leg and held her with a vice-like grip, causing her serious pain and damaging her leg (she's since recovered). This was the third illegal trap-related incident within 30 days for the Nebraska Humane Society. Though leghold traps are illegal in Omaha and many other states and cities, the laws are not always properly enforced. And despite the cruelty and dangers of such traps, there are still many places in the United States where they are legal. To protect cats and other animals outdoors, it’s important to educate ourselves on our communities’ inhumane trapping laws, and fight for humane policies like Trap-Neuter-Return. Learn more about the Omaha incident, and what you can do to protect outdoor cats in your community. |
The Feral Friends Network: Helping Cats Nationwide
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Alley Cat Allies’ Feral Friends Network is the largest network for cat support in the world. All around the nation and in 31 other countries, our Feral Friends are actively working to protect and improve the lives of cats. They are all cat experts, veterinary professionals, and laypersons with experience ranging from Trap-Neuter-Return to spay/neuter services, advocacy, colony care, and more. If you need help with community cats, you can seek out Feral Friends Network members in your area through Feral Friends Network Connect and get the knowledge and assistance you need. See Feral Friends Network members in action and learn more about them. |
Adoptable Cat: Dunesberry
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Dunesberry was found outside as a very small kitten in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but now she is growing up and is ready to give you all her energy and love. She’s peppy and curious, loves to eat, and enjoys a good game of fetch as much as she likes snuggling. She’s very playful, so she would do great with other young cats who can keep up with her. Dunesberry is FIV positive, but she’s not worried about it! She can live just as long, happy, and healthy a life as any other cat. If you are in the Atlantic City area, Dunesberry would love to join your family and liven up your home! Find out how you can adopt Dunesberry today. |
Alley Cat Allies Meets Year-End Goal!
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Thanks to the compassion of supporters like you, we’ll be able to help more cats in 2016! We met our year-end funding goal of $351,015! With these generous donations, we can do even more in 2016 to protect cats by transforming the shelter system, promoting humane policies, educating communities, and much more. Together, we saved so many cats’ lives in 2015. With your continued support, we’ll save even more this year and in all the years to come. Thank you for standing with Alley Cat Allies, and for everything you do for cats. |
Quick Links
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Come meet us at the NAVC conference! We will be attending the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) conference in Orlando, Florida from January 16 through 20. Learn more about the conference.
Becky Robinson is a judge for “Designs for Felines”! “Designs for Felines: Giving Community Cats Shelter” is a one-night fundraising event to provide creative shelters for Washington D.C.’s community cats. Find out how you can get tickets. |
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