Links to local Austin area pet resources

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Dr. Roy Smith has been providing the finest veterinary care
to our cats for nearly 20 years.
If you are looking for the best in care for your feline
 family members please consider Central Texas Cat Hospital.

At Central Texas Cat Hospital our mission is to provide
the highest level of care to cats in a nuturing environment. 
We continuously strive for Excellence in Feline Medicine by:

• Participating in state and national seminars and training.

• Maintaining our membership in a national research and information group (Veterinary Information Network) and other professional organizations.

• Treating each cat as an individual while considering all options for treatment while considering the wishes and needs of the cat owner.

• Our full time veterinarian, Dr. Roy Brenton Smith, is licensed by the state of Texas and has over forty years experience as a veterinarian.  He is nationally recognized and frequently speaks at conferences and seminars  throughout the United States.

LOCAL SHELTERS –

RESCUE GROUPS - FOSTER HOMES

Animal Trustees of Austin was founded by concerned citizens desiring to help lost, abused and abandoned animals in Austin and Travis county. Being a volunteer organization, ATA is made up of members from all walks of life, that contribute widely-varied skills, but are united by one common interest -- the welfare of the animals. The ATA rescues animals from the local shelters and operates low cost spay-neuter clinics.   Animal Trustees has placed over 2000 dogs and cats in permanent adoptive homes, and has spent over $175,000 on medical care above and beyond the minimum to care for special needs animals. 

Their good work is far too broad to explain here. Click on the logo above to learn more.

Mail:  P.O. Box 26742, Austin, TX 78755-0742
Spay-Neuter and Vaccination Clinic: (512) 450-0111
Clinic Address: 5129 Cameron Rd, Austin, TX 78723
Adopt Cats: (512) 832-5444 

SHADOW CATS

 Shadow Cats provides care and support to unwanted, abused, feral, or injured cats.
Click the link above for more information and to visit their adoption pages.

The Central Texas SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is a non-euthanasia (no kill), limited intake animal shelter. We provide shelter, food, medical care, and adoption services for homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. These services are funded solely by private donations and adoption fees. 

We accept strays as well as owner release animals in addition to rescuing from local kill facilities.

Shelter is located at 909 S. Bagdad Road (in Leander, TX) just 5 miles north of Austin.  

Phone: 512-260-SPCA (260-7722) Fax:512-260-7066  info@centraltexasspca.com

Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) was founded in 1997 as a private-sector support organization working with government entities, other nonprofits and the public to stop the killing of Austin’s adoptable dogs and cats. We have been implementing small scale projects to help Austin’s pets, pet owners, and shelters since 1997. Our leadership team has demonstrated success in nonprofit development, government, law, marketing, and fundraising, as well as veterinary medicine, animal behavior evaluation and training, and in the development of animal fostering and adoption programs. In addition, we have a wonderful volunteer organization and are always looking for additional support in this area.

What are we doing?
In 2008, APA embarked on a bold and aggressive initiative to create an Animal Resource Center. This will encompass all of APA’s existing programs while creating a “safety net” for Austin’s pets and their owners. APA! hopes to take on the 10,900+ animals that our city shelter is killing each year and give them a better chance at survival.

 PET HELPERS    www.pethelpers.com
P.O. Box 4104   Austin, Texas  78765   (512) 444-PETS
Pet Helpers is a non-profit animal welfare organization, whose goal is to reduce the number of innocent animals being destroyed each year, by placing these homeless animals in permanent, loving homes. Pet Helpers is staffed by volunteers who care about the plight of all homeless pets.

Austin Siamese Rescue  
Austin Siamese Rescue is an affiliate of the Texas Siamese Rescue non-profit group. All the cats on their pages live in the Austin, TX area and are looking for loving and responsible homes.

Austin Siamese Rescue cats come from a variety of backgrounds. Some faced death at the shelter, while others came from abusive and neglectful households. Still others were treasured companions of guardians who could no longer care for them. What they all have in common is a need for a forever home, where they can live their lives as the happy, pampered cats they all deserve to be.

 Austin Humane Society The Humane Society SPCA of Austin & Travis County is a non-profit organization dedicated to re-homing orphaned animals, promoting the human-animal bond, educating children and adults about responsible pet ownership and preventing pet overpopulation.
The Humane Society, located at 124 West Anderson Lane, Austin, TX, has been caring for animals for over forty years and operates one of the most progressive animal shelters in Texas.

http://www.lifelongfriends.org/Pet Adoptions (formerly Lago Vista Pet Adoption and Welfare Service, Incorporated) is a non-profit, no-kill animal shelter dedicated to preventing animal suffering, rescuing and caring for stray and abandoned dogs and cats and finding homes for these animals, educating the public about responsible pet ownership, and encouraging pet owners to spay and neuter their animals.

We are NOT the average shelter and refuse to participate in the killing of hundreds of healthy, homeless animals that takes place every 60 seconds in America. We are an all volunteer organization, and it has been your continued support and compassion that has allowed us to manage animal rescue challenges, operate and maintain our shelter, and facilitate hundreds of adoptions.

An animal sanctuary providing pet adoption and animal rescue 

in the Austin area.
For more info click on the graphic above to visit Thundering Paws!
 P.O. Box 1555 Dripping Springs, TX 78620-1555

AustinRescue - Home of Shelter Friendly Rescue Groups

Resources for Rescue Groups, Adopters, and Pet Owners
An inclusive list of local rescuers of both dogs and cats, shelters and rescue.

A nonprofit organization, located in Austin, Texas, dedicated to the emancipation of pets from euthanasia and overpopulation, and the interest of overall pet health and general animal welfare.
They operate a mobile spay-neuter clinic in various parts of Austin. Click the link above for the current schedule and information.

City/County Animal Control & City Run Shelters
Local animal control and city/county shelters may or may not euthanize animals that are brought to them. Please use the resources below for adopting
a new companion animal, or searching for a lost pet. However do NOT place one that you can no longer care for.  If you have an animal you can no longer care for please click here for other options or contact one of the many NO-KILL organizations above.

 TLAC: Town Lake Animal Center- A great place to find that new pet or to search for your lost pet.  However, they do still “euthanize” animals at times so try every other resource to place any pet that cannot be cared for.  The pet adoption center and offices are located at 1156 West Cesar Chavez between Lamar and Mopac. The new Austin Animal Center http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/health/pets/ is scheduled to open in Nov 2011.
Their phone number is 512-972-4738. Adoption and reclaim hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11:30 a.m. through 5 p.m. Weekends

Williamson County Humane Society - The Humane Society of Williamson County (HSWC) is an "open-door" shelter committed to accepting every stray, unwanted, injured or abused animal, in addition to young, healthy puppies and kittens. This is NOT a no-kill facility and they do euthanize animals so try every other resource to place any pet that cannot be cared for