Tuxedo Junction Rescue - Main Page, Cats and kittens for adoption in Austin, TX

Tuxedo Junction Rescue is a no-kill rescue
organization dedicated to providing tender care
and permanent placement into loving homes
for cats at risk for shelter euthanasia in Austin, Texas.

We primarily rescue black and white ("tuxedo")
and black cats because of their historic difficulty
in being placed through shelters.

However, this focus does not preclude
rescue of other cats in need.

Why do rescue groups exist?

It is an unfortunate fact that the spaying and neutering of companion animals is not a priority for many people. Because of this, animals pay the price: they reproduce at tremendous rates, and there are not enough homes for all of them. Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC), the city animal shelter, cannot keep up with the numbers of unwanted animals that come in. On an average day in Austin, 30 companion animals are put to death
at TLAC because there is simply no room for them.

We got a loving home together.

Of those 30 animals euthanized,
most are perfectly adoptable, like the kittens pictured at left.
They were scheduled to die but were rescued
from that fate by a rescue group.

They were fostered at Tuxedo Junction Rescue
until they could be placed in a loving permanent home.

Until the general public takes the responsibility
to make sure that the pets they claim to care about don't reproduce and the City government supports changing Austin’s current practice of killing animals in its shelter instead of adopting kinder solutions, it is unlikely Austin can truly become a no-kill city.

Volunteers will continue to rescue a few lucky animals
and find them homes. But many animals
who come to the city shelter will still be killed
to make room for more unwanted animals who arrive daily.

Marian dreamed of a real home.. and her dream came true!

How can you help stop the needless killing?

First, of course, please be sure all your animals
are spayed or neutered!
Adopt one of our featured cats,
or foster just one rescued animal if you can.
Contact our city council and TLAC to tell them
you want Austin to devote more resources
to efforts to help it become a TRUE no-kill city.

Henry & Olivia became friends at TJR

When you or other friends of
Tuxedo Junction Rescue shop at www.flyingpanda.com
or order through Flying Panda Gifts catalogs,
10% of your purchases will be
donated to our organization,
providing us with much needed funds.
Just click on the banner; it takes you directly to the Web site where
you'll find many unique products for pets and their people.

Click on the image above too see our entire line of "DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE HOMELESS ANIMALS DIE!" items.

Click on the image above to see our entire line of
"DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE HOMELESS ANIMALS DIE!" items.

Click to see all the KEEP AUSTIN SPAYED products!

Click on the image above to see our entire line of
"KEEP AUSTIN SPAYED" items.

The 2007 Tuxedo Junction Rescue Calendar is
available now. Order early for holiday gifts!
It features 13 full color photos of our
wonderful rescue cats
enjoying their stay with us!

The work we do
at Tuxedo Junction Rescue
is dedicated to the memory of Duncan,
who taught us about love,
and helped us
become who we are.

TJR is financially self-supporting and we ask for an adoption fee from those who adopt.
We require a signed adoption application, an adoption agreement,
and we follow up adoptions for at least a year.
We reserve the right to refuse any applicant for any reason.

The Tuxedo Junction Rescue Gift Shop features cat calendars, cat T-shirts, hats, & apparel,
cat ornaments, cat greeting cards, cat bumper stickers, cat photo prints, and much more.
All profits from the sale these one of a kind cat items directly helps pay for food,
medical care, and related expenses.
All of the images on the products are of our rescued cats who we have placed in loving homes
or who may still be looking for that special home.

We are currently at capacity and not accepting new cats into our program.

The number of cats that we can accept is based on the number of adoptions we have.

For alternates in finding a shelter or home for a stray cat

or your owner surrendered cat, click HERE.

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Use Goodsearch as your search engine and enter Tuxedo Junction Rescue as the cause you wish to support. Every search will earn a penny for TJR!

The TJR Kitty-Train logo was designed
and donated by the talented Jaime Jones..
Click here to see his web site of incredible art