September 2, 2010 by shoreyr
Construction at the new building is well underway, surgeries are already taking place in the new facility & cats/kittens have moved in for adoptions! Also under construction is the new Bottle Baby Room. This ONE ROOM has easily three times the space as our Trailer, which we have operated in over the last year. In that small trailer since January 1st, we have rescued an astounding 592 kittens – just imagine what we’ll be be able to accomplish in the building…(more … more
August 31, 2010 by austinpetsalive
Have you ever had a good experience donating to APA? Vote for us in the Big Give by Friday!
http://voting.ilivehereigivehere.org/big_give/form
The I Live Here, I Give Here organization is giving out a $10,000 prize to the organization who gets the most votes. We could really use this for our new building!
We are currently 5th and only need to be in the top 3 in order to make it to the final round!
August 30, 2010 by austinpetsalive
Remember Tucker, our world-class escape artist? He kept escaping from his adopters and our adoption counselors and running back to his buddy, Gary, who was not able to adopt him at the time. (And poor Tuck got blamed for all kinds of mischief in Gary’s neighborhood where he was first dumped and the neighbors did not want him anywhere near there again.)
Tucker was adopted and recently Gary got to visit him and his new adopter, Kevin. Here’s the note we received from Gary after … more
August 27, 2010 by austinpetsalive
Hi everyone!
If you’d like to come out to the building this weekend to help us get ready for our Open House next week, we’d love the help! We’ll be out there from 9-6 this weekend painting, cleaning, installing cabinets, putting kennels together, and fixing up gently used items. We hope to start moving some pets in as soon as next week.
We’ll be bringing kittens over on Saturday from noon-6 for our first adoption event at the new building. Please stop by, play with some cute kittens, and help us get our building ready to … more
August 26, 2010 by austinpetsalive
We’ve changed the date of our building Open House to Wednesday, September 1st. The event is from 11am – 2pm. We hope you can stop by on your lunch hour. The location is 2805 Manchaca Road.
If you cannot make the Open House and would like to see the building, we have volunteers available to give private tours. Please send an email to email hidden; JavaScript is required to schedule a tour.
We changed the date because we realized we scheduled the Open House at the same time as another event:
On Tuesday, August 31, the Animal Issues Forum will be … more
August 25, 2010 by shoreyr
Meet the F7 kittens (clockwise from left): Felicity, Fruitloop, and Furball. These kittens were found strays taken to – and rescued from – the shelter on August 20th. They have been hanging out at our Bottle Baby Trailer, but are in need of a foster home for some good R&R, socialization, and room to roam.
The two boys and one girl are a month old, great eaters of both canned kitten food & kibble, and use the litterbox diligently. They are a little scared and sometimes would rather hide than … more
August 24, 2010 by Courtenay
Cissy is a two-time survivor. She was plucked out of Town Lake Animal Shelter with only one day to live. She left TLAC emaciated and with a respiratory infection that almost took her life a second time. Despite this, Cissy is one of the warmest dogs you could ever encounter. I say dogs; I should say hearts.
Cissy loves to cuddle–in a chair or in bed. If you are napping, she will run over and join you. If she is playing and catches sight of you, her warm heart will … more
August 23, 2010 by austinpetsalive
Love running? If you don’t know about Team Spiridon, you should.
They’ve been doing pub runs all summer, while raising money for animal welfare. You may remember when they did a run for APA pets back in May. They’ve also been incredible at our new building and have been working like crazy to help us get it ready.
Now they are looking for runners to raise even more money for local animal welfare organizations as they train for and run the 2011 LIVESTRONG Austin Marathon or … more