Alley Cat Allies

Alley Cat Allies, the national experts on feral cats, has advocated Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) as the most humane and effective method for reducing outdoor cat populations for over 17 years.

Why do we exist?

Alley Cat Allies assists communities in controlling their stray and feral cat populations using techniques that are both compassionate and cost effective. We are the only national organization that educates individuals, organizations, and government agencies about feral cat management and care. We offer information to veterinarians, animal control agencies, grass-roots animal welfare groups, humane societies, and local governments. With tens of millions of free-roaming, "unowned" cats living in the United States, this issue touches every city and county, and eats up valuable tax dollars for their control and care.

What have you accomplished?

We have brought the issue of feral cat management onto the radar screen of animal shelters, humane societies, and local governments around the country, and actually ensured that nonlethal population control programs were instituted in dozens of metropolitan areas, military bases, prison facilities, college campuses, and gated communities throughout the U.S. For example, last year in Portsmouth, VA, the Norfolk Naval Shipyard was preparing to launch a feeding ban that would have seen hundreds of cats starved, and would have undone the hard work of a local group called, "Meower Power" that had been making inroads in the spay/neuter and vaccination of the base cats. ACA provided information to the base commanders, led a public pressure and media campaign to advocate on the cats' behalf, and personally met with Dept. of Defense officials, resulting in a lifting of the proposed feeding ban and extermination plan, replaced by a humane and more cost-effective trap-neuter-return (TNR) program implemented by local volunteers.

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