Programs
Millions of cats are killed in shelters and humane societies each year, for lack of space. Thousands more die as strays from accidents, disease, and at the hands of those who call them a “nuisance.” Too many kittens are born, resulting in more cats than people to care for them. Alley Cat Rescue looks to solve this problem through its innovative adoption model that not only provides an additional outlet for placing the local “surplus” cat population in adoptive homes, but also includes an aggressive spay-neuter program and increased public education.

• As a Luv-a-Pet participant, Alley Cat Rescue currently operates adoption centers at PETsMART stores.
• Through having an adoption site, ACR is alerting the public to the problem and educating them about solutions.
• ACR practices neuter-before-adoption thus ensuring rescued cats do not contribute to the overpopulation tragedy.

The Alley Cat Rescue adoption program has been in existence for the past ten years. Through this initiative, ACR takes in abandoned felines and strays, arranges and pays for veterinary care and sterilization, evaluates and selects adopters, and follows up each adoption. This innovative program has helped thousands of stray and abandoned cats find good homes.

Alley Cat Rescue Goals
Alley Cat Rescue provides a unique service to the humane community:

• Promotes the welfare of all cats: domestic, stray, feral and wild.
• Operates a model no-kill rescue and adoption program that can be emulated throughout the country.
• Practices neuter-before-adoption.
• Promotes the early-age spay/neuter of kittens at 6-8 weeks old.
• Assists groups and individuals to help rescue and place cats.
• Assists caretakers with cat behavioral problems so that cats remain in their homes instead of being relinquished.
• Helps to promote a better understanding of feline diseases such as feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency virus.
• Provides hospice care for terminally ill and older cats.
• Keeps cats out of the sheltering system, thus reducing euthanasia rates.
• Advocates the sterilization of feral colony cats Provides information to colony caretakers on all aspects of Trap-Neuter-Return, including rabies control and issues surrounding wildlife and predation.
• ACR provides information to others, and is actively involved in the rescuing and rehoming of domestic cats.
• We manage feral cat colonies and support and coordinate national projects to help save cats lives.

For more information, contact us at:
Alley Cat Rescue, Inc.
P O Box 585
Mount Rainier MD 20712
Phone: 301-277-5595
Email: AlleyCatRescue@gmail.com

Campaigns

Alley Cat Rescue is always working on new campaigns.   We keep our members in the loop by asking them to join our Cat Chat online newsletter and keep up with regular updates and reports on stray, abandoned and feral cats.

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Recently, Alley Cat Rescue went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where we held our first spay/neuter camp.  We hope to make this a bi-annual program.  For more information please email AlleyCatRescue@gmail.com or visit www.networkforgood.org to donate to Alley Cat Rescue.

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