Tag Archives: no kill status

AAC meeting tonight – Explore outsourcing, Increase community involvement

Tonight will be the last AAC/TLAC planning meeting for receiving community input.  Tonight’s topic will be “Exploring outsourcing possibilities, increasing community involvement to reduce costs and increase lifesaving.” Dr. Jefferson will be presenting again the proposal for APA! to provide … Continue reading

Posted in Awareness/ PR | Tagged , | Comments Off


Tonight’s AAC meeting: Increased PR

Tonight, as part of the planning sessions to make Austin no kill, the AAC and TLAC will discuss how to maximize public relations, public input, and candor.  A huge part of no kill success is public relations. We know that … Continue reading

Posted in Awareness/ PR | Tagged , | Comments Off


No Kill progress briefing to Council subcommittee next week

Update:  The agenda has been posted and the meeting time has changed to 3:00 on Tuesday, January 19th.  They will take input from the public, but you must sign up to speak before the meeting starts.  There are two items … Continue reading

Posted in Awareness/ PR | Tagged , | Comments Off


Tonight’s AAC meeting – Low cost spay/neuter

The next Special Meeting of the Animal Advisory Commission is tonight. The AAC will continue discussing ways to reduce intake and will focus on low cost spay/neuter. Austin is lucky to already have Emancipet and Animal Trustees of Austin who … Continue reading

Posted in Awareness/ PR | Tagged , | Comments Off


Tonight’s AAC meetings – Feral Cats

There are two meetings of the Animal Advisory Commission today, Monday, January 4. Both meetings will be held at the Austin Energy Building, 721 Barton Springs, First Floor Assembly Room. Free parking is available in the parking garage behind the … Continue reading

Posted in Awareness/ PR | Tagged , , | Comments Off


Tonight’s AAC meeting – foster program

Tonight the AAC is going to discuss a large-scale foster program for TLAC. From the AAC’s report: Volunteers in Charlottesville, Virginia, fostered 1,700 animals in 2007 in a community of roughly 100,000 residents. Said another way, about one animal was … Continue reading

Posted in Awareness/ PR | Tagged , | Comments Off


Special new adoption site

We are desperate to grow, but without a building, we are very limited. TLAC has open cages while euthanasia is continuing because they have bottlenecks with getting pets ready for adoption. Therefore, we are so excited to announce a new … Continue reading

Posted in Awareness/ PR, Fundraising, Partnerships | Tagged | 1 Comment


Notes from last night’s AAC meeting

Thanks to everyone who came out to the AAC meeting last night.  The room was packed. Both APA! and Love-a-Bull presented proposals for partnering with the city to reduce the kill rate by increasing live outcomes from TLAC.  The AAC … Continue reading

Posted in Awareness/ PR | Tagged | Comments Off