History
Core Values
Leadership
Programs
Miscellaneous
100

The year Austin Pets Alive! was founded.

What is 1997?

100

Question everything. We lead the No Kill movement because we are constantly solving the unsolvable problems in lifesaving sheltering.

What is Innovative? 

100

Social Work Program Coordinator

Who is Lindsay Cooney?

100

The year the PASS Program began. 

What is 2008?

100

The MISSION of Austin Pets Alive!.

What is To promote and provide the resources, education, and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals?

200

The persons who founded Austin Pets Alive!.

Who are James Collins and his then-wife Judy Ford?

200

No Kill Now. It is our obligation to overcome the obstacles to lifesaving, and we are driven to find measurable, attainable solutions to shelter killing.

What is Driven? 

200

Strategic Director of Human Resources

Who is Elena Tolstikova?

200

The year the Bottle Baby Kitten Nursery and the medical clinic opened. 


What is 2009?

200

The year in which City County unanimously passed the No Kill implementation plan. 

What is 2010?

300

The year Austin Pets Alive! was reborn as a rescue organization. 

What is 2008?

300

People are the solution, not the problem.

What is Inclusive?

300

Social Work Program Development Manager. 

Who is Alexis Telfair-Garcia?

300

The year the Parvo Puppy ICU began in Dr. Jefferson's bathroom. 

What is 2009? 

300

The VISION of Austin Pets Alive!. 

What is That every shelter animal, in Central Texas and beyond, gets a true chance at the life they deserve?

400

The year Austin Pets Alive! opened its first brick-and-mortar location on South Lamar and Manchaca.

 

What is 2010?


400

Respect life, in all its diversity, without prejudice. We pride ourselves on the respect, value, and love we give to each individual animal and balance that with the respect we give to pets as a whole group.

What is Respectful? 

400

President - Board of Directors 

Who is Dr. Ellen Jefferson? 

400

The year the Matchmaker Program began. 

What is 2015?

400

The year the first annual American Pets Alive! conference debuted. 

What is 2011?

500

The year Austin become the largest No Kill city in the United States. 

What is 2011?

500

Perfection is the enemy of lifesaving. We rely on ourselves, our hands and minds, and the things around us to save the lives who have nothing else.

What is Resourceful?

500

President and CEO - Austin Pets Alive!.

Who is Dr. Ellen Jefferson?

500

The year the Dog Behavior Program was established. 

What is 2012?

500

The year Austin Pets Alive! saved its 100,000th pet.

What is 2022?