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|In: Collie Dog|Last Updated:
Austin Pets Alive! | We Need Your Help Ending Needless Euthansia!
Sep 27, 2022

It’s so crucial to me to give each individual susceptible animal the opportunity at everyday living they deserve. That is why APA!’s No Eliminate mission is at the coronary heart of every little thing I do, even at dwelling. When my individual pup Echo arrived to APA! through Hurricane Harvey, she and her brother had distemper, a risky virus with symptoms like tremors, lethargy, and fever.

Echo’s brother sadly handed away shortly immediately after arriving at APA!, but
Echo has been by my aspect ever considering that. If Echo had stayed considerably more time in
an additional town without having the assets to give her the spherical-the-clock treatment
and mobility support she required, she may well not have developed up into the
talkative companion she is right now. Useless euthanasia is still an unlucky actuality for pets like Echo in towns that have not adopted No Kill

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|In: Terrier Dog|Last Updated:
Austin Pets Alive! | Pancake
Nov 17, 2022

This is a story about a kitty cat who went on the lamb and is now back in our care, after taunting the staff and volunteers of APA! for over a year! We applaud her efforts, but it is time to get this little lady some medical attention.

When Pancake first arrived at APA!’s main facility, she was clearly pretty scared, making her a flight risk candidate. Fly, she did. Luckily, she stuck around campus, making appearances. For months, the staff and volunteers reported “Pancake sightings.” We even attempted several strategized opportunities to get her back into our hands, with the biggest goal of getting her spayed. We have several “community cats” hanging around our facility – our very own barn cats! We care about this population and want to make sure they receive necessary medical attention so that everyone stays safe and can live a healthy

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Austin Pets Alive! | Austin Animal Welfare Policy in 2023
Nov 04, 2022

When I moved to Austin in the 90s, the town seemed a lot distinct than it does nowadays. The population stood underneath 600,000, what would become a booming tech lifestyle was in its infancy, traffic was manageable, and the city’s weirdly popular motto wasn’t even a detail. Austin was also much more than a decade away from being heralded as a top No Eliminate town in the United States.

I can nevertheless truly feel the revulsion that jolted by means of me when I learned that 85% of pets—more than 25,000—were killed in the town shelter each individual yr. Wriggly, energetic puppies and kittens. Balanced cats. Sweet canines who ended up licking people’s faces as they were being becoming injected with lethal doses of pentobarbital. The state of animal welfare in late 1990s Austin sat in stark distinction to the city’s identity as a burgeoning epicenter of

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