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!
Federal Companion Animal Welfare Legislation
Contact your district's House representatives and tell them to vote YES on each of these measures!
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Senate Bill S 5002
"A bill to allow for alternatives to animal testing for purposes of drug and biological product applications." Currently, the federal law holds that new drugs must be tested on animals.
This bill was introduced to the Senate on September 29th and received unanimous approval. The next step for the bill is to pass in the House of Representatives. Please contact your House representatives and urge them to pass S. 5002! |
House Res HRes 1418
"Expressing support for the designation of October 1, 2022, as ‘National Animal Rescue Day’ to create awareness of the importance of animal adoption, to educate on the importance of spaying and neutering animals, and to encourage animal adoptions throughout the United States." |
House Bill HR 9072
"To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that healthy research common companion animals are adopted into suitable homes." |
Bills to Ban Declawing Statewide!
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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!
New Hampshire
Bill HB 231 would prohibit declawing in New Hampshire. It passed the NH House in March 2023 and is now with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Massachusetts
Bill S190 would ban declawing of all animals except in cases where it benefits the health of the animal. The bill is currently with the Joint (House and Senate) Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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Australia
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Help Stop the Culling of Cats on Kangaroo Island
Update (August 9, 2022): Following the Kangaroo Island Landscape Board's killing of 61 cats in what they call their "winter blitz," and reports that the Board is preparing to kill many more during their "feral cat baiting season," we sent a letter to the Kangaroo Island Council CEO protesting the cull. Please read the full letter HERE.
And continue to share the petition! We will update the CEO when if we reach 5,000 signatures! 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.
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Protect Managed Community Cats from Being Killed in Australia's ACTThe 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. |
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.
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Hawaii
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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. |
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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!
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Petition to Stop Killing of Cats at Osan U.S. Air Base
South Korean nonprofit, Beagle Rescue Network released a shocking video of what appears to be a member of the US Air Force shooting a cat in a trap at close range on May 19th. According to a report from Beagle Rescue Network, the Osan Air Base has been killing stray and feral cats trapped on site since April 2021.
Please click the button below learn more and sign our petition condemning the killing of cats at Osan Air Base, and supporting moving them into adoption and working cat programs. |
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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.
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Demand China End Cat Meat Trade
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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.
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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.
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Michigan - Promote TNR |
Urge Your Local Shelters to Release Ear-Tipped Cats
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Don't Let Cats be Labeled an Invasive Species!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Successful Campaigns!
Defend Kind-hearted Women, Arrested for Practicing TNR and Feeding Community Cats
UPDATE (April 14, 2023): The City of Wetumpka has ceased pursuing the criminal charges against the women.
Mary Alston (61) and Beverly Roberts (85) have both been sentenced to 10 days in jail and two years of unsupervised provision in Wetumpka, AL. The two women have been helping outdoor cats and their community by getting the cats sterilized and feeding them on public land. They are being punished for defying police's orders to abandon these cats. Alston and Roberts have funded the sterilizations and food from their own pockets. Read the story as presented in USA Today.
Alley Cat Rescue has sent a letter to the court magistrate of Wetumpka, which is available in full at this link.
Please join in defending these women by signing this petition on Lady Freethinker, and calling the Wetumpka Police Department's non-emergency number, (334) 567-5321!
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Tell Your Reps to Support the Big Cat Public Safety Act
UPDATE (Dec 20, 2022): The bill has been signed into law!
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.
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Maryland Anti-declaw Bill
UPDATE (March 25, 2022): The bill has been signed into law by the governor!
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.
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Protect NSW Cats & Wildlife from Being Poisoned
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. 
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.
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New York State Declaw LegislationUPDATE: 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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