Top Hat And Tails

We’re having a party! Join us to celebrate saving over 1,000 cats and dogs through our volunteer-led programs and help us save the next 1,000 and more! We’ll be at the Tillery, 701 E. Tillery Street from 6 PM to 9 PM. Tickets are $25 at the door, $20 if you pay in advance. You [...]

Paw Aid – Helping Heal Animals!

We help the animals with special medical needs at Austin Animal Center when the shelter lacks the budget and staff needed to help them. We fund heartworm treatments, orthopedic surgeries, eye and dental surgeries, diabetes testing and medications, treatment for feline leukemia, and any other special medical needs our animals have.

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Austin Animal Center

The goal of the Austin Animal Center is to place all adoptable animals in forever homes through adoptions, foster care or rescue partner groups. Austin Animal Center, the largest municipal animal shelter in Central Texas, provides shelter to 23,000 animals annually and services to Austin/Travis County. This facility accepts stray and owned animals regardless of [...]

Hard Luck Hounds

Long underfunded and understaffed, the city’s animal shelter depends on volunteers to walk, socialize, and dote on the dogs under its care. And for years, shelter volunteers have watched too many of these dogs linger for weeks or months, waiting for adopters that never come. Sometimes, these long stay dogs are finally deemed “unadoptable” and [...]

Desperate Housecats

Not every cat that lands at the Austin Animal Center is easily and quickly adopted. Many cats who have been surrendered to the shelter are overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of shelter life. Cats over five years of age, while they still have a lot of life left in them, are often passed over [...]

Events

Helping the Community

Classic Cats and Canines

Dedicated toward rehoming dogs and cats 5 years and older that have been displaced by transitional situations such as housing, incapacity of a caretaker, or other circumstances out of their control. These great animals are awaiting a new forever home at the Austin Animal Center and often represent the highest need to exit the shelter [...]