Action Center

There are more ways than ever to take action for cats and help save lives. Your voice can help change laws and direct public opinion toward humane care for all cats. Scroll through our Calls to Action to see how you can make a difference!
Stop Cat Culling in Australia

Protect Managed Community Cats from Being Killed in Australia's ACT

The ACT Cat Plan makes TNR illegal and unsocialized cats that cannot be taken into a home are to be hunted and killed, all in a misguided effort to protect ACT wildlife from cat predation. It is imperative that the government understand that well-managed colonies of sterilized cats are fed regularly and therefore pose little threat to wildlife. These cats are also vaccinated, which ensures they will not spread zoonotic diseases. Managed colony cats should be considered owned by their caretakers and be exempt from the Cat Plan’s indoor-only cats rule.

Sign our petition for ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, signifying your support of these exemptions. 
Help Us Stop the Inhumane Killing of Cats on Kangaroo Island
The Australian government and environmental groups such as Kangaroo Island Land for Wildlife are now persecuting cats on Kangaroo Island with more fervor than ever before. Their goal is to kill all cats on the island, which they've labeled an "invasive species," through some truly inhumane methods. Click the button below to learn more and to sign ACR's petition against the culling.
Bills to Ban Declawing Statewide!
Arizona
HB 2224 has passed in the House Committee. Now it is scheduled to be voted on by the full House. Write to your district representatives to voice your support of the bill! ​

California

​UPDATE (March 2022): A new bill to outlaw declawing, AB-2606, has been introduced! It will be heard by a Senate committee on April 26, 2022. Please write your reps!
 CA RESIDENTS: Contact your representatives to voice your opposition to declawing and revive this cause state-wide!
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Crossover bills A2578 and S1803 would ban surgical declawing of cats and other animals throughout New Jersey. The same initiative failed in 2020. Make is successful this time by contacting the chairs of the Assembly and Senate committees that will be voting on this bill!
Bills S2445 and H7574 have been introduced in the Senate and House (respectively). They would prohibit declawing. Contact your reps to support this bill!
Support a Hawaiian Spay/Neuter Fund for Feral Cats
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"Kona lava kitten" by acase1968 is marked with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Bill SB2837 would create a special fund to finance spaying/neutering of community cats in order to “humanely [reduce]…pet overpopulation and the number of free-roaming cats in the State."

It stands in stark contrast to HB1987, which called for a massive culling of almost all of them by the end of 2025.                                            

Please go to the Hawaii State Legislature’s website to read the full bill and to create a FREE account so that you can submit a statement in support of SB2837. You do not need to be a resident of Hawaii to register.
​Defend Senior Outdoor Cats at the Grand Wailea Resort in Maui
The Grand Wailea Resort in Wailea, Maui is home to 31 spayed / neutered, vaccinated senior cats who are in danger of being displaced or worse.

Click the button below for a letter template that you can sign and mail/Email to the resort decision-makers that explains why removing the cats is unnecessary and would be dangerous to the cats' wellbeing.
Tell Your Reps to Support ​the Big Cat Public Safety Act
UPDATE (Dec 3, 2020): The bill passed in the House. No information of when it will go to the Senate floor is available yet.
The Big Cat Public Safety Act would protect big cats from exploitation and improper care by prohibiting private individuals from owning them as pets.  It would also prohibit public interactions with cubs such as photo ops and petting.  Big cats should be respected as wild animals, not bred and captured for the pleasure of individuals!  Please contact your representatives and tell them to support the Big Cat Public Safety Act.

Californians - Support Bill to Provide Homeless Shelters Grants for Pet Care

Bill SB-344 would require to Department of Housing and Community Development to create “a program to award grants to qualified homeless shelters…for the provision of shelter, food, and basic veterinary services for pets owned by people experiencing homelessness.”

​This bill could save animal lives by reducing the number of pets surrendered to animal shelters or abandoned on the street because their care givers could not keep them in government provided living facilities or motels. 

It has been held for review and discussion in the Committee on Appropriations since August 26th. You can urge the Committee to take action by sending them an Email or letter.
Feral Cats Being Killed in Australia
The Australian government wants to rid the continent of feral cats through a cull of two million animals.  This plan was introduced in 2015 and is still in action! Speak out against the government-sanctioned shooting, poisoning and bounty-killing happening right now.

Global Feral Fix Challenge

VETERINARIANS: Help stop the killing of healthy cats and kittens in shelters by providing low-cost spay/neuter services in your community. Sign-up today and start making a difference! 
2021 Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act (ACE)
The Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act proposes the establishment of "an Animal Cruelty Crimes Section within the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, and for other purposes.*" Read more about this act and contact your representative to show your support of it by clicking the button below!
Tell Shelter Directors: Euthanasia by Gas Chamber is CRUEL
UPDATE (Aug 31, 2021): Our petition has almost 95K signatures! ACR mailed a letter reporting this to prominent Australian officials.  Click the petition button below to read the full letter.
It may be hard to believe, but the inhumane practice of euthanasia through gas chambers is still practiced by a few U.S. shelters - and that is a few too many.  ACR has been able to confirm the locations of three of these shelters, and we are asking you to join us in condemning gassing animals and pressuring these shelters to change.
Re-introduce Virginia bill to prevent TNR volunteers from paying penalties
Bill SB1390 was introduced and passed in the Virginia State Senate on February 2nd of this year. Unfortunately, it did not pass the second legislative phase in the House of Delegates.
Demand China End Cat Meat Trade

Kitten Act of 2019
In parts of China, cats are regularly stolen from their owners and barbarically slaughtered for human consumption.  This must be stopped. Contact Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai and sign our petition today to urge him to speak out against these atrocities and to put an end to this egregious practice immediately. 
​UPDATE (December 2020): The USDA has voluntarily ended the research program responsible for thousands of kitten deaths.
However, we still need to pass the KITTEN Act to make sure no kittens are ever used and discarded in this way again.  
Help Prevent Passing of Bill that Outlaws Feeding Feral Cats in Maui
UPDATE (May 14, 2020):  The bill is now with the Healthy Families and Communities Committee.
Council Member Hokama of Maui has proposed an ordinance that would ban the public from feeding feral cats on the island. Submit your comments supporting TNR and urging the Committee to not enact this ban. You can also contact Gov. Ige by phone at (808) 586-0034, or submit your comments via his website. 

Michigan - Promote TNR
Urge Your Local Shelters to Release Ear-Tipped Cats
Don't Let Cats be Labeled an Invasive Species!
MI RESIDENTS: Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make community cats easier to care for while removing barriers to trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs. The bill would help cats and caregivers alike.
Your voice can help change laws and direct public opinion towards humane care for all cats. Feral cats are at a much higher risk for euthanasia because they cannot be adopted out. To prevent this needless loss of life, urge your shelters to release ear-tipped cats they trap to TNR groups. This simple action will save many innocent lives. 
We need to take the real causes of wildlife and bird depletion seriously - habitat loss, climate change, pollution, pesticides - and STOP the rampant scapegoating of cats. It's just too easy to blame cats and not to tackle the tough issues. Call your senators today and urge them to prevent legislation from passing that unfairly labels cats as invasive species. 

Pledge to be an example for good!

Pledge to Spay/Neuter

About 2500 cats and kittens are killed in U.S. shelters each day, simply because there are not enough homes for them. Pledge to do your part in ending overpopulation by spaying or neutering your pets.

Pledge Not to Declaw

Declawing is an unnecessary procedure that can cause pain and behavioral problems. Click to find out more and pledge to never declaw your cat.

Successful Campaigns!

Maryland Anti-declaw Bill
Protect NSW Cats & Wildlife​ from Being Poisoned
UPDATE (March 25, 2022): The bill has been signed into law by the governor!
UPDATE  (Oct 4, 2021): The AVPMA responded to our letter, saying they will refuse the emergency permit application to use bromadiolone in crops.
Read the full response.
Bills HB22 and SB67 would outlaw declawing of cats in Maryland! The bills would make disobedience by a veterinary practitioner punishable by revocation of veterinary board licenses.
NSW Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall wants to use the powerful poison, bromadiolone as a pesticide to solve the state's mouse overpopulation crisis.  Bromadiolone is so potent and reacts with the mice's bodies once ingested in such a way that it will definitely kill any animals that eat those mice.  This includes wildlife and cats - even barn and pet cats.  Sign our petition against the use of bromadiolone by NSW farmers.
Contact Councilman Joseph Betrus Jr.
UPDATE (May 6, 2020): The city council met regarding the proposed ordinance and decided NOT to fine people for feeding feral cats!
Councilman Betrus has proposed a new ordinance in Utica, NY that would penalize the public for feeding feral cats. This ordinance would be detrimental to the feral cat population as well as the citizens of Utica, as the population of feral cats will only increase without the implementation of TNR. We urge you to contact Councilman Betrus and encourage him to abandon this ordinance and promote TNR. 

Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (P.A.C.T.) Act

UPDATE (November 26, 2019): PACT has been made public law!
​The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act would complement state anti-cruelty laws, make malicious acts of animal abuse a federal crime, and close loopholes in current federal law.

New York State Declaw Legislation

UPDATE: The bill was signed into law by Governor Cuomo!
NY RESIDENTS: Legislators are considering a state-wide ban on the declaw procedure. If passed, New York would be the first U.S. state to explicitly ban declawing.
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