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2009
APA!’s PASS Program begins to help pet
owners maintain ownership and proper
care of their pets.
APA! starts saving more large breed
adult dogs than ever because of TLAC
cage space. APA! brings the Dogs
Playing For Life model to Austin. APA!
now has at least two playgroups a day,
every day, rain or shine and implements
an organized volunteer/dog program to
get dogs out of their kennels twice daily.
National research begins at APA! on
feline leukemia. All studies were/are
humane and done with a majority of
FeLV+ cats already in their forever homes.
Maddie’s Fund
Ⓡ
provides a
$4 million grant to make
Maddie’s
Ⓡ
Lifesaving
Academy possible.
Parvo ICU has its first major
renovation to increase its
capacity by 88 percent.
Research into feline leukemia will
continue after groundbreaking results
from the first study.
APA! pulls 100 percent of the orphaned kitten
population at risk for euthanasia at AAC into our
Bottle Baby Kitten Nursery which means Austin is
officially No Kill for kittens. We also begin our FeLV
and Barn Cat programs. Dazey’s Ward opens in
an effort to save more cats with ringworm. Saves
nearly 200 cats in its first year.
After a Panleukopenia outbreak, the
Bottle Baby Kitten Nursery adopts the
all in/all out method, which transforms
the nursery into three separate
quarantined areas to reduce the
spreading of illness.
Matchmaker program begins – No Kill for
Large Breed adult dogs including those
with moderate behavior issues.
We reach our 50,000th adoption.
APA! gets a three year agreement
to stay in its current location of
Town Lake Animal Center, giving
us more room to take in
vulnerable animals.
Tarrytown Dog Adoption
Center opens up.
Maddie’s Fund
Ⓡ
research into the
parvovirus begins at APA!.
Dog Behavior Program is established.
Three barn cats are placed as official
police animals.
American Pets Alive! begins piloting
training courses to shelters outside of
Austin.
Austin reaches a save rate of over 95
percent with 99 percent of all cats and
dogs saved in the last few months of the
year. APA! saves 10,000 lives.
AmPA! helps dozens of shelters
across the country and over 450
animal welfare workers learn
from the Austin No Kill Model to
save even more lives.
Our Bottle Baby Kitten Nursery and the
medical clinic officially open in APA!
trailers, and APA! makes an official
commitment to save every small breed
dog at risk for euthanasia at AAC.
Austin Pets Alive! is reborn as
a rescue organization
Off-site adoptions and on-site medical
care begin.
City Council passes a resolution directing
city staff to work with Austin’s Animal
Advisory Commission to develop a No Kill
implementation plan. The Parvo Puppy
ICU begins and APA! Makes a
commitment to save every puppy at risk
for euthanasia at AAC.
APA! committed to pulling all puppies,
including parvo puppies, and hit No Kill
for puppies in 2008.
APA! committed to pulling all small
dogs and hit No Kill in January
2009 for small dogs.
APA! moves into its first
brick-and-mortar location on
South Lamar/Manchaca.
The Parvo Puppy ICU gets
its own ward.
City Council benchmark of a 90 percent
live-release rate is met and Austin officially
becomes the largest No Kill city in the US.
First annual American Pets Alive!
Conference debuts, marking the start of
APA!’s sister organization focused on
helping others do what we were doing
here in Austin.
Tarrytown Cat Adoption Center opens.
June 2008
November 2009
November 2008
January 2009
September 2010
February 2011
October 2011
May 2011
Summer 2012
October 2016
2017
February 2018
May 2012
October 2013
January 2017
2018
City Council unanimously passes the No
Kill implementation plan. Sets expected
benchmark of 90 percent. The plan calls
for no euthanasia while cages are empty
and thus, from March 11-March 25, there
are no euthanasias for space for the first
time in AAC history.
The PASS program is staffed, with re-
homing support, helping to raise pet
deposits, and a pro bono boarding
program being utilized to keep pets from
entering the shelter
APA! Gets “Temporary License
Agreement” to operate out of a
portion of Town Lake Animal
Center after the City of Austin
Animal Services moves to
Levander Loop.
March 11, 2010
October 2010
November 2011
55%
53%
798
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2008
69%
60%
2,312
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2009
89%*
73%
5,248
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2011
92%
74%
6,213
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2013
91%
73%
7,620
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2015
97%
82%
10,658
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2017
45%
45%
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
2007
HAD 60 CGC DOGS AND 145 TOP
DOGS IN TRAINING
ADOPTED OUT 325 FELV+ CATS AND
KITTENS.
98%
81%
10,405
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2018
73%
60%
3,560
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2010
95%
70%
6,814
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2012
94%
75%
7,049
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2014
96%
79%
8,003
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2016
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45%
45%
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
2007
National research begins at APA! on feline
leukemia. All studies were/are humane
and done with a majority of FeLV+ cats
already in their forever homes.
October 2016
Matchmaker program begins – No Kill for
Large Breed adult dogs including those
with moderate behavior issues.
91%
73%
7,620
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2015
Three barn cats are placed as official
police animals.
94%
75%
7,049
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2014
92%
74%
6,213
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2013
Off-site adoptions and on-site medical
care begin.
APA!’s PASS Program begins to help pet
owners maintain ownership and proper
care of their pets.
APA! committed to pulling all puppies,
including parvo puppies, and hit No Kill
for puppies in 2008.
69%
60%
2,312
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2009
Our Bottle Baby Kitten Nursery and the
medical clinic officially open in APA!
trailers, and APA! makes an official
commitment to save every small breed
dog at risk for euthanasia at AAC.
City Council passes a resolution directing
city staff to work with Austin’s Animal
Advisory Commission to develop a No Kill
implementation plan. The Parvo Puppy
ICU begins and APA! Makes a
commitment to save every puppy at risk
for euthanasia at AAC.
73%
60%
3,560
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2010
APA! moves into its first brick-and-mortar
location on South Lamar/Manchaca. The
Parvo Puppy ICU gets its own ward.
September 2010
APA! committed to pulling all small
dogs and hit No Kill in January
2009 for small dogs.
November 2009
January 2009
November 2008
Austin Pets Alive! is reborn as
a rescue organization
June 2008
55%
53%
798
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2008
City Council unanimously passes the No
Kill implementation plan. Sets expected
benchmark of 90 percent. The plan calls
for no euthanasia while cages are empty
and thus, from March 11-March 25, there
are no euthanasias for space for the first
time in AAC history.
The PASS program is staffed, with re-
homing support, helping to raise pet
deposits, and a pro bono boarding
program being utilized to keep pets from
entering the shelter
89%*
73%
5,248
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2011
March 11, 2010
October 2010
APA! pulls 100 percent of the orphaned
kitten population at risk for euthanasia at
AAC into our Bottle Baby Kitten Nursery
which means Austin is officially No Kill for
kittens. We also begin our FeLV and Barn
Cat programs. Dazey’s Ward opens in an
effort to save more cats with ringworm.
Saves nearly 200 cats in its first year.
APA! Gets “Temporary License Agreement”
to operate out of a portion of Town Lake
Animal Center after the City of Austin Animal
Services moves to Levander Loop.
Dog Behavior Program is established.
95%
70%
6,814
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2012
November 2011
City Council benchmark of a 90 percent
live-release rate is met and Austin officially
becomes the largest No Kill city in the US.
First annual American Pets Alive! Conference
debuts, marking the start of APA!’s sister
organization focused on helping others do
what we were doing here in Austin.
Tarrytown Cat Adoption Center opens.
February 2011
October 2011
May 2011
APA! starts saving more large breed
adult dogs than ever because of TLAC
cage space. APA! brings the Dogs
Playing For Life model to Austin. APA!
now has at least two playgroups a day,
every day, rain or shine and implements
an organized volunteer/dog program to
get dogs out of their kennels twice daily.
Summer 2012
APA! gets a three year agreement to
stay in its current location of Town
Lake Animal Center, giving us more
room to take in vulnerable animals.
May 2012
After a Panleukopenia outbreak, the Bottle
Baby Kitten Nursery adopts the all in/all
out method, which transforms the nursery
into three separate quarantined areas to
reduce the spreading of illness.
Tarrytown Dog Adoption Center opens up.
October 2013
American Pets Alive! begins piloting training
courses to shelters outside of Austin.
96%
79%
8,003
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2016
We reach our 50,000th adoption.
97%
82%
10,658
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2017
Maddie’s Fund
Ⓡ
research into the
parvovirus begins at APA!.
January 2017
Maddie’s Fund
Ⓡ
provides a $4
million grant to make Maddie’s
Ⓡ
Lifesaving Academy possible.
2017
Austin reaches a save rate of over 95
percent with 99 percent of all cats and
dogs saved in the last few months of the
year. APA! saves 10,000 lives.
AmPA! helps dozens of shelters across
the country and over 450 animal welfare
workers learn from the Austin No Kill
Model to save even more lives.
2018
HAD 60 CGC DOGS AND 145 TOP
DOGS IN TRAINING
ADOPTED OUT 325 FELV+ CATS AND
KITTENS.
98%
81%
10,405
AAC ACTUAL LIVE
RELEASE RATE WITH APA!
AAC LIVE RELEASE RATE IF
APA! DIDN'T EXIST
NUMBER OF LIVES SERVED
BY APA!
2018
2019
Research into feline leukemia will
continue after groundbreaking results
from the first study.
Parvo ICU has its first major renovation
to increase its capacity by 88 percent.
February 2018
*89% instead of 90% because it is fiscal year instead of calendar year
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