Alley Cat Rescue

Direct care & services acr manages multiple Cat colonies. This involves trapping, sterilizing, and vaccinating new colony arrivals as they are discovered, as well as feeding all of the cats and monitoring their health daily. Any cats in need of medical attention are taken to a veterinarian for care. Friendly cats and young kittens found in colonies are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and cared for in foster homes until they are adopted.

Acr publishes biannual newsletters and other mailings year-round to disseminate information about acrs programs and the impacts they are having in the community. These publications also highlight current events relating to Cat welfare with specific actions the readers can take to help the affected Cat populations.

Advocacy & promoting spay/neuter acr works to put an end to the myths and misinformation surrounding feral and stray cats, which are often used as scapegoats for complex environmental problems such as the depletion of bird and other wildlife populations. Acr promotes the concept that all animals deserve respect and compassion, and that humane, non-lethal methods for controlling their populations, such as tnr, should be used. All acrs mailings include calls to action that will aid in safeguarding the health and lives of cats.acr spearheads an annual, global feral Cat sterilization initiative, the feral fix challenge, which urges veterinarians to pledge to offer free or low-cost spay and neuter surgeries for feral cats, to whatever degree is possible for their individual practice. This campaign brings national attention to the need for tnr and also advances the humane management of Cat overpopulation.acr also gives financial support to organizations that practice tnr in other states and countries.