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  • Austin Pets Alive! | Austin Pets Alive! Responds to AAC Closing…

    Austin Pets Alive! | Austin Pets Alive! Responds to AAC Closing…

    In the wake of Austin Animal Center (AAC) closing intake during the busiest sheltering week of the year, Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is calling on the community to adopt or foster a pet before July 4.

    “It’s an immensely hard time for shelter animals and the people caring for them in Austin right now, especially for medium to large dogs,” said APA! president and CEO Dr. Ellen Jefferson. “We wish we could take in even more animals from AAC, but our Town Lake location is also full to the brim, and we’re calling on the community to adopt or foster a shelter pet this week before the July 4th holiday!”

    APA! is working on long-term solutions to fix the space crisis in our city for good, but as those plans are in process, the nonprofit is imploring our community members to come to APA! or AAC today to help prevent an even bigger animal sheltering crisis from unfolding over a weekend known for lost dogs entering the shelter system in record numbers.

    “There are hundreds of lovable dogs (and cats) at both APA! and AAC who can be immediately placed into homes,” Jefferson said. “People might not realize this because we help animals throughout Texas, but the majority of the dogs at our shelter today came from AAC. More pets leaving APA!’s Town Lake location will allow us space to help AAC even more after July 4th.”

    APA! is offering a 50% discount on all adoptions through July 3rd, and all adoption fees at AAC are waived completely.

    Across the nation Austinites have a reputation for their commitment to keeping Austin the safest city in America for shelter pets. Jefferson is asking the community to rally together now like they’ve been known to do time and time again.

    “Austin has rallied together through various crises. Community members are directly responsible for helping to make Austin the largest No Kill community in the nation, have created lines around our building and down the road when our facility was flooding, came in droves to support our Hurricane Harvey Activation, jumped in when the whole world was turned upside down due to the pandemic,” she said. “Let’s keep it going, Austin, and ensure dogs and cats get the love and homes they deserve.

    In addition to fostering or adopting now, here are some additional ways community members can help:

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  • Austin Pets Alive! | Fireworks can be scary for pets! Keep them safe…

    Austin Pets Alive! | Fireworks can be scary for pets! Keep them safe…

    More dogs go missing on July 4th than on any other day of the year.

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  • Austin Pets Alive! | What to Expect When Expecting (Bottle Baby)…

    Austin Pets Alive! | What to Expect When Expecting (Bottle Baby)…

    Neonatal kittens. Bottle Babies. Teeny, not yet weaned. However you describe them, whatever you call them, kittens who depend on humans to make it through their first several weeks of life are some of the cutest souls you will encounter and also some of the most vulnerable.

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  • Austin Pets Alive! | An Update Regarding City Ordinance Changes

    Austin Pets Alive! | An Update Regarding City Ordinance Changes



    Austin, we can do better.



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  • Austin Pets Alive! | Matilda Day: A Fundraiser for Senior Dogs in…

    Austin Pets Alive! | Matilda Day: A Fundraiser for Senior Dogs in…

    In a heartfelt endeavor to support senior dogs in shelters, Amanda Stronza has launched Matilda Day, a fundraiser named in honor of her late dog Matilda. This initiative is not merely a fundraiser but a sincere tribute to Matilda and a beacon of hope for senior dogs in need.

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  • Austin Pets Alive! | Together with You, We Transport to Save Lives

    Austin Pets Alive! | Together with You, We Transport to Save Lives

    Dec 08, 2021

    We’ve always known that pets are at greater risk in Texas than in other states.

    Due to the climate causing more breedings and a lack of resources in rural parts of the state, shelters are always facing an influx of pets that need homes. It wasn’t until a storm rocked everyone’s worlds in Texas that we’d find a solution on how to help save these deserving lives.

    The idea was born out of Winter Storm Uri. Pets needed to get out of Texas — fast. Their lives were at risk and the clock was ticking. It was then that APA! – with its national outreach arm American Pets Alive! – set out on a mission to get 1,000 pets out of Texas into warm homes safely, and that we did.

    In a matter of just four weeks, we hit our goal with our 1,000th pet being an adorable cat named Charlie. Charlie traveled all the way from Laredo, TX to KC Pet Project in Kansas. His journey up north was made special by having a first-class seat in a private plane flown by our volunteer pilot friend, David Nelson. Once he landed at KC Pet Project, it was only a matter of days until he found his forever home. Read how he found his family once he landed in KC.

    The success of this mission opened the door for a new idea. Why would we stop at just 1,000 lives when we could continue to save pets from all over Texas who are facing death? APA! could act as a pit stop for these pets while they await the transportation that would take them to various states across the country. And so, the APA! Hub Transport Program was born.

    Our transport team connects with shelters in Texas that are facing a lack of resources and space which often lead to the unwanted decision to euthanize their animals. Now we’re able to provide them with an alternative. Northern shelters often face the opposite problem. Due to the weather, in the winter months, many shelters have rows and rows of empty kennels with lines of people waiting to adopt. There’s no reason animals should die in the south when there are people waiting to adopt a shelter pet in the north.

    “The APA! Hub Transport Program embodies the true spirit of Austin Pets Alive, through innovation, resourcefulness and the constant dedication to lifesaving,” says Clare Callison Maddie’s® National Director of Pet Supply & Demand. “Through this program, we are able to bring our hard-working Texas shelter partners into the national pipeline of support. It means so much that we are not only saving the lives of cats and dogs in Texas shelters, but we are helping to connect adopters to the love of a shelter pet, no matter where they live in the country!”

    All the faces you see here are animals that were saved thanks to your support of our transport programs. Whether it was by bus, plane, train, or car, these lives found their second chance in loving homes all across the United States. They were welcomed with open arms as people lined up to bring them home.

    As of yesterday, 2,228 lives have been saved through the Austin Pets Alive! Hub Transport Program and American Pets Alive! transport work. Lives that were once going to end before they had a chance to even begin now get a fresh start in a new state. Together with you, we can ensure that no pet in Texas ever gets left behind. Rush a donation now to ensure pets like these pups get the chance to be rescued from euthanasia at rural, overcrowded shelters and adopted in homes. Your gift will be DOUBLED until December 31, thanks to a generous $100K matching gift, so don’t wait to become a lifesaver today!

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  • Austin Pets Alive! | Austin Pets Are in Crisis. Supporting Families…

    Austin Pets Alive! | Austin Pets Are in Crisis. Supporting Families…

    Oct 01, 2021

    Austin Pets Are in Crisis. Supporting Families Through Partnership Is the Answer.
    We must work together to keep pets with people and out of the shelter.

    Here in Austin, 38,000 pets could be displaced by evictions in the coming months. Nationally, that number could be as high as eight million.

    After speaking with American Pets Alive! and Human Animal Support Services project director Kristen Hassen, NBC shared this story about how the looming eviction crisis could impact overcrowded shelters by displacing the pets of families who lose their homes.

    Austin Pets Alive!, the parent organization to AmPA! and AmPA!’s HASS project, is already seeing the effects of the financial strain so many families have faced during the pandemic. Our APA! Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender Facebook page is currently receiving around 1,000 requests for help each month, with countless owners faced with the possibility of having to give up their pets.

    We help as many of these families as we can. But the situation for our community’s pet owners is growing increasingly dire. It will get much worse as more families are evicted.

    APA! is currently working with the City of Austin to renegotiate our partnership agreement so we can focus even more of our efforts on innovation and progress to support families and shelters in crisis. We want to ensure Austin Pets Alive! and Austin Animal Center can, with our complementary roles, develop our partnership to protect our city’s animals and families.

    We come to this partnership with deep experience. AmPA!’s Human Animal Support Services program leads nationwide efforts to develop and implement community-centered animal services programs to keep pets with people, and out of shelters.

    What we have learned while bringing this model to hundreds of communities across the country, is this is never a solo effort. Success requires government shelters to partner with other organizations.

    That means we and Austin Animal Center must work together, and be based together here in Austin, to ensure that the eviction crisis does not overwhelm AAC and lead to pets needlessly losing their homes, and even their lives.

    For a decade now, Austin has been looked to as a model for how to save animals. We are the country’s largest no kill city, and this is largely thanks to the longstanding partnership between Austin Animal Center and Austin Pets Alive!

    Other communities look to us for guidance, and inspiration. This is, as it should be, a source of pride for our residents.

    Now we need that partnership to sustain and evolve, to meet the tremendous challenges we face together, today, as animal welfare organizations and as a city.

    Thirty-eight thousand Austin pets are in danger of losing their homes to eviction, in the coming months. Working together, in our shared city, we can face this.

    We are proud to be the leader in animal welfare innovation and now we need a true partnership with our city, so together we can keep Austin pets with their families.

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  • Austin Pets Alive! | NO KILL AUSTIN IS IN JEOPARDY: Action Needed

    Austin Pets Alive! | NO KILL AUSTIN IS IN JEOPARDY: Action Needed

    Sep 15, 2021

    Keep Austin No Kill Safe in Austin: City Council must act now!

    Thank you for following APA!’s story up until now. And now we urgently need your help. Our bold vision for the future of animal welfare is in immediate jeopardy because we haven’t reached an agreement with our partners at the City of Austin for our 75 year formal public-private partnership that keeps Austin No Kill. After four years of negotiations time will run out for changes in October, and the city council must now act to ensure Austin’s No Kill status.

    If not, APA! will be forced to move out of our home and the City of Austin will have NO agreement in place to keep Austin No Kill.

    Please Speak Out:

    1. Call and email your council member today and ask them to sponsor and support the APA! resolution to keep Austin No Kill. To find the Council District you live in, please click here, and send an email or call to your Council office right away. To email all Council Members, please click on the form here.
    2. Join our APA! action team and plan more communication to council with us. Your voice matters, and we need it now more than ever…we will help you to speak up.
    3. Learn more about our bold vision for the future. It is far more likely we will achieve lasting progress if we keep Austin Pets Alive! in Austin. This new agreement is a critical first step.

    Austin is a No Kill community because of your support and work during the past decade. We will ensure No Kill but rely on the council to direct the city manager to finalize a new and more equitable service agreement with APA!. The council must take action in October before the negotiations formally end, so we haven’t a moment to spare!

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  • Austin Pets Alive! | Overcoming Obstacles – Lasagna’s Journey to Walk…

    Austin Pets Alive! | Overcoming Obstacles – Lasagna’s Journey to Walk…

    Jul 06, 2021

    “His determination to overcome a horrific past and his pure will to reject the aid of a wheelchair was the point that sealed the deal.”

    Sweet, friendly, and now full of energy, you’d never guess Lasagna had a traumatic, rough first year of life. As a young pup, Lasagna came to Austin Pets Alive! paralyzed, likely from a gunshot wound. He was unable to bring his back legs underneath him and could not bear weight. Stranger to houses, as he had never been in one, Lasagna simply wanted a home where he could live a fun, comfortable life that every dog deserves. What Lasagna didn’t know is that his soon-to-be foster dad would do everything in his power to find him just that.

    Lasagna’s foster dad, Jeffrey, was not a marketing guru, but he did his best to ensure Lasagna got the life he deserved. What we really should be asking is, “What didn’t Jeffrey do?” Jeffrey posted regular Facebook updates, created an Instagram account, submitted photos for Lasanga’s APA! bio, taught himself how to use hashtags, had Lasagna featured in mobility-challenged pup marketing, had Lasagna in a workshop covered by KXAN, and even snuck Lasagna into a dog showoff sponsored by Tito’s! With rapid succession, Lasagna had 3 adoption inquiries in a short amount of time!

    One potential adopter mentioned he liked how Lasagna “tossed his wheelchair aside and decided to push through learning to walk instead.” Lasagna continued to face adversity with 4 pressure ulcers on his hind leg and paws and contracting tapeworm, which led to starvation and a behavior shift. But he persevered, and grew into the nickname “Wags” because of how much he wagged his tail! Jeffrey and Lasagna faced the challenges head-on and Jeffrey noted that Lasagna “loves like no creature I’ve seen before.”

    Enter Richard, a man who was ready to find his new best friend. After browsing several dog profiles, the behavior team at APA! recommended Lasagna to Richard. He LOVED Lasagna’s Instagram account. He recalls Lasagna’s story as “heartbreaking but even more so inspiring. This is how my granddaughter came to name him MAGNAR which translates to “survivor.” After a successful meet-and-greet with Lasagna, now Magnar, and foster Jeffrey, they were sold. Magnar has improved greatly as he is now able to clear a 12-step flight of stairs with no issue!

    Strong and brave, Magnar — appropriately named — overcame his rocky start to life. He’s happy to finally have a place to call home. Fosters and adopters play such an important role in giving our medical animals at APA! a chance at life. Consider being a lifeline to a pet in need by becoming a foster today. It can really turn their life around — just look at Magnar.

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  • Austin Pets Alive! | Texas Pets Alive! Celebrates House Bill 2510 by…

    Austin Pets Alive! | Texas Pets Alive! Celebrates House Bill 2510 by…

    Mar 15, 2021

    AUSTIN, TX – Texas Pets Alive!, Austin Pets Alive!’s advocacy arm, is excited to announce that House Bill 2510, introduced by Representative Candy Noble (R-District 89), will ensure no nonprofit animal rescue will have taxes imposed on adoption fees. HB 2510 is a companion bill to SB 197, filed by Senator Jane Nelson (R-District 12).

    Texas Pets Alive! works to promote and advocate for those rescue and shelter organizations that save the most at-risk companion animals in Texas, understanding that rescues across the state often pull homeless pets with expensive medical cases from municipal and county shelters, and cover the costs for those procedures, saving taxpayer money and saving lives.

    “I’m proud to carry House Bill 2510. Families who are willing to open their homes to unwanted animals through pet adoption should be applauded by Texans, not taxed by the state,” said Representative Candy Noble. “The efforts of those who work in our rescue and shelter organizations should be rightly focused on the care and placement of the pets, not in the collection and paperwork associated with sales tax receipts.”

    HB 2510 clarifies that rescues are exempt in statute from the Texas Comptroller’s Office imposing taxes on adoption fees. The Comptroller’s office has reviewed this legislation and determined that the bill can be administered as written.

    “Rescue organizations are a lifeline for large municipal and county shelters, and ensure that animals have more options for leaving the shelter alive,” said Katie Jarl Coyle, Executive Director of Texas Pets Alive!. “Providing this sales tax relief for local organizations ensures they can easily continue to support shelters by pulling the most expensive animals and recouping fees for those costs through adoptions.”

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