Alley Cat Rescue
| Founded | 2001 |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | welfare of all cats: domestic, stray, abandoned and feral |
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Area served
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North America, South Africa |
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Key people
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Louise Holton, President Denise Hilton, Director of Operations |
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Revenue
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$1.1 million (year ending 07/2012) |
| Website | http://www.saveacat.org/ |
Louise Holton, President
Alley Cat Rescue is an organization in Mount Rainier, Maryland, that works to protect cats through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption locally in the states of Maryland, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area using trap-neuter-return for feral cats; as well as providing national and international resources for cat caretakers.
The organization was founded in 1997, when President Louise Holton moved on after co-founding Alley Cat Allies.
The organization offers low cost spay and neuter services for cats to low income residents of the states of Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
On May 27, 2010, veterinarians across the U.S. were encouraged to participate in free or low-cost clinics for feral cats. Over 150 vets participated, including those in Canada and South Africa. The event has continued each year, most recently on May 27, 2014.
The organization offers trap-neuter-return services for community cats (feral and stray) in their locations of Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., including a feral cat clinic with low cost spay and neuter services by appointment.
Adoption services are offered for about 250 cats and kittens a year, in a store-front location in Silver Spring, Maryland. "We find homes for abandoned, stray, and relinquished cats; we also socialize feral kittens and work to find barn homes for feral cats."
Online resources are offered about feral cats, alternatives to declawing, and cat health, and information on advocating for cats. The organization maintains a list of "Cat Action Teams" who work to help feral cats all over the U.S.
In 2007, the organization helped organize a free spay-neuter clinic for cats and dogs in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
In 2008, the organization gathered 12,000 signatures prior to the Beijing Winter Olympics and sent the petitions to the International Olympic Committee to encourage them not to host the games in countries that “clean their streets” of stray animals in preparation for the Olympics.
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