Tag Archives: kitten season
Bottle Baby Training 2013
Want to spend time with our newest and sweetest Austinites? Our newborn kittens need you! Austin Pets Alive!’s Bottle Baby program is a chance to help save lives in the most rewarding ways. Our team rescues unweaned kittens, and oversees … Continue reading
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Local hero for community cats
Summer is the most difficult time to remain a no-kill community because of kitten season. Kitten season is when cats, primarily feral cats, breed. Kittens come pouring into the shelter from March through September, usually brought in by well-meaning citizens … Continue reading
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Kitten Season 2012 status
A big part of Austin maintaining a 90%+ live outcome rate this summer is due to the people who work in our bottle baby program. While dog intake at the Austin Animal Center is almost steady throughout the year, in … Continue reading
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Kitten Shower this Saturday
This Saturday 7/21 from 11am to 4pm the Kitten Neonatal Ward will open the doors to show off our new digs at the TLAC space! We will be conducting “mini” tours and have some fun events such as “kiss a … Continue reading
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2012 Kitten Season preparation is underway!
Austin Pets Alive! kitten caretakers have been in the throes of organizing, stocking up, and preparing for kitten season which typically kicks off in full force around mid-March. Last year this Neonatal Kitten Program rescued 1,032 kittens, including mom cats … Continue reading
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The Walgreen’s Kittens!
This adorable bunch of kittens is one of many bottle litters we have seen so far this season. Alec, Archer, Ace, Annabelle, Amelie, Adelaide, and two other litter-mates were found in a box outside Walgreen’s by wonderful people, who cared … Continue reading
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2010 Kitten Season Wrap-up
Kitten season officially ended a few weeks ago. We’d like to thank all of the volunteers who fed the bottle baby kittens ’round the clock (they need to be fed every 2 hours) and fostered kittens in their homes. They … Continue reading
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