Alley Cat Allies Reaches 5000 Cat Milestone in Atlantic County, NJ Trap-Neuter-Return and No-Cost Cat Food Collaboration

, /PRNewswire/ -- Alley Cat Allies reached a milestone of 5000 cats helped in its latest Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) collaboration with the Humane Society of Atlantic County (HSAC). To continue the lifesaving momentum, Alley Cat Allies has issued a new grant to help 1000 more cats and kittens in the next months.

The grant is focused on Atlantic County's community cats, or unowned cats who live outdoors. Alley Cat Allies, the leader of the global movement to protect cats and kittens, will help fund spay and neuter and vaccination as part of TNR and provide further support for the county's first-of-its-kind community cat food bank, which serves more than 800 cats every day.

"Alley Cat Allies has worked for decades in Atlantic County to protect cats, but this latest collaboration took our impact to the next level. We are proud to have provided critical, life-changing care and resources to more than 5000 cats in the area in the past three years. And we're going to help thousands more," said Charlene Pedrolie, president and chief operating officer of Alley Cat Allies.

Recently, Alley Cat Allies and HSAC celebrated the surgery of cat number 5000 through the previous phase of its grant. The cat, Willy, was neutered, vaccinated, and eartipped—and represents thousands of cats who have received similar care to the benefit of both the cats and the Atlantic County community.

TNR is the only humane and effective approach to community cats. During the process, cats are humanely trapped, brought to a veterinarian to be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and eartipped (the universal sign that a cat has been sterilized through a TNR program), and then returned to their original outdoor homes. In Atlantic County and everywhere, TNR improves cats' lives, keeps unadoptable community cats out of shelters, and reduces calls to animal control—all of which saves taxpayer dollars.

In the newest grant, alongside TNR, cats will receive any other veterinary care they may need, ranging from treatment for fleas and upper respiratory infections to major surgery. Convenia^® injections will also be offered to treat common feline infections. Alley Cat Allies is committed to improving access to even the most complex care for cats and kittens.

"HSAC's work with Alley Cat Allies is setting the standard for how a community TNR program should function. Collaboration is key, and through Alley Cat Allies' support and leadership and our close work with local advocates, we are reaching more community cats than ever before," said Steve Dash, executive director of HSAC.

Alley Cat Allies and HSAC have set a goal to help 1000 more cats by the fall of 2025.

About Alley Cat Allies

Alley Cat Allies believes every cat deserves to live out his or her life to the fullest.

Founded in 1990, Alley Cat Allies is the leading advocacy organization for cats with a mission to transform and develop communities to protect and improve the lives of all cats and kittens. Together with our over 1.5 million supporters, we work toward a world where cats are valued and every community has humane and effective programs and policies to defend them.

Through our fearless advocacy, humane care, education and outreach, and law and policy activism, we equip and mobilize citizens, advocates, grassroots groups, shelters, veterinary professionals, and elected officials across the United States and around the world to improve their communities for cats through nonlethal, evidence-based approaches. Our website is www.alleycat.org, and we are active on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.

SOURCE Alley Cat Allies