Austin Pets Alive! | Specialty Cat Fund

Specialty Cat Fund

Specialty Cat Fund

Project Overview

With this urgent funding at the end of the year, we can teach and train more shelters to save the lives of cats with FIV, FeLV, ringworm, incontinence, and other conditions that now spell certain death in most animal shelters — in addition to taking in, treating, and saving record numbers of these cats’ lives.



APA! provides a safe harbor for cats who are severely at risk of euthanasia elsewhere — including those with treatable conditions like FeLV and ringworm; cats with FIV who, with treatment, live happy, healthy, long lives; and incontinent cats, who make wonderful pets, when provided some care and understanding. In addition to taking in, treating, and adopting out some 1,600 of the cats who would likely otherwise lose their lives every year, APA! is teaching other shelters how to care for and find homes for these loving companions — helping build lifesaving capacity for cats even well beyond our walls.