Austin Pets Alive! is expanding! For many years, we've been preparing to rebuild. But not JUST rebuild — reimagine and rebuild. We're tossing out the traditional animal shelter setup and reconstructing APA! in a new way to pave the way for a new model for lifesaving.
Say Yes Alive! Now
Yes Alive! is our ambitious and necessary four-phase building plan to transform the care and lifesaving of at-risk pets in our hometown of Austin — and beyond. For the first time ever, we're calling on all our supporters to help us raise money for FOUR locations.
Yes Alive! is more than a capital campaign — it’s a comprehensive capacity campaign that will allow us to do more, teach more, and save more than ever before. In the last three years, we have experienced a 20% annual increase in animal intake, all while caring for the most challenging medical and behavioral cases.
Our inspired, successful programs and services are being delivered out of dilapidated, flood-prone, rat-infested facilities that are on the verge of collapse and in desperate need of demolition. Despite being described as “the worst shelter facility in Texas,” we have saved over 120,000 pets in this space. However, No Kill is no longer good enough for us, and we can’t say “yes” to every pet who needs us when our potential is severely limited as a result of our environment.
Thanks to a 75-year lease agreement we recently signed with the City of Austin, we will maintain our presence in downtown Austin at the
Town Lake Animal Shelter (TLAC). However, due to the presence of power lines above and water pipes below, we must rebuild in a much smaller
footprint than we currently have available to us, even as our operations continue to expand. For that reason, the final phase of the Yes Alive!
Comprehensive Capacity Campaign will be to rebuild a smaller adoption and foster service center at TLAC but expand the rest of our operations
to the new, additional locations.
Watch this video to learn more.
You can give now here, where your gift will be directed toward supporting this urgent project. If you prefer
to give by check, please include “Yes Alive!” in the check memo or with an accompanying note and mail it to our lockbox address:
Austin Pets Alive!
P.O. Box 736245
Dallas, TX 75373-6245
We also accept many other gifts, such as cryptocurrency, donor-advised funds, IRA distributions, stocks, and more, as well as multi-year pledges.
Please contact us at [email protected] to discuss additional ways to give.
Please contact us by emailing [email protected] to schedule a phone call with our Chief of Philanthropy or schedule a virtual group tour.
A centrally-located regional hospital for sick and injured animals who are treatable, and can live long and happy lives — but who are now losing their lives in shelters.
A first-of-its-kind pit stop for cats and dogs coming from shelters where their lives are at risk, where they can safely stay until it’s time to embark on the journey to a loving home.
A safe and calm refuge for emotionally traumatized dogs who can be trained and guided into loving homes and for undersocialized cats awaiting barn placement.
A place in Austin where lives are saved and families are made.
Leave a lifelong legacy, named after your family or in honor of a loved one.
Here are some currently available opportunities to make your mark on lifesaving in Austin — and beyond!
Please contact us to discuss these and other naming opportunities.
Thank you to our generous campaign supporters for helping us build a world where no cat or dog will lose their life simply for not having a home.
