Global Cat Day is October 16, which also happens to be National Feral Cat Day. For rescue organizations like Alley Cat Allies, it’s a chance to spread the word about protecting and improving cats’ lives, specifically, ending cruelty to cats worldwide.
Alley Cat Allies (ACA) created National Feral Cat Day in 2001 as a call to action to raise awareness about community cats (also called feral or stray cats), promote Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), and empower the millions of compassionate people around the United States and the world who care about cats and kittens to drive change on their behalf.
Today, decades later, National Feral Cat Day is joined with Global Cat Day to to protect and improve cats’ lives on a grand scale AND on the ground in every community.
Learn about the Law and “The Link”
Anti-cruelty laws exist in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and all include felony provisions. It’s important to remember that anti-cruelty laws exist for a reason: animal cruelty offenders are a threat to the health and safety of all members of our communities. The Link between violence against animals and violence against people is well documented.
How to Report Animal Cruelty
Alley Cat Allies has resources that will help you accurately and effectively report animal cruelty, which will help achieve justice for cats in your community who are harmed or killed.
How to stop Violence Against Cats
Your swift action can save their lives. ACA can walk you through the right steps to take.
Stand Up Against Animal Cruelty
Cruelty to cats is happening around the country and the world. Though some cases are publicized, they are far too rarely investigated or prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
As ACA states, “we need to come together now behind a simple message: Every cat deserves justice, and every life matters. Cruelty to cats must be taken gravely and seriously.” You can take the pledge and join the cause below.
- I pledge to join Alley Cat Allies in demanding all animal cruelty be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
- I pledge to educate my community on how to report cruelty to cats and about The Link between violence to animals and violence to people.
- I pledge to be an unwavering voice for cats, because they cannot speak for themselves.
Alley Cat Allies states, “Stopping cruelty to cats requires everything from boots-on-the-ground work to policy change in the highest houses of government. We can do it all, together.”
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