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We are open to the public to visit available animals at our adoption locations. Visit us daily for same-day adoption or meet our dogs and cats. Click the 'adoption inquiry' button in an animal's profile or email adopt@austinpetsalive.org with the name you’re interested in for the next steps on setting up your meet & greet. If you need help finding the right match email matchmaker@austinpetsalive.org for dogs and catmatchmaker@austinpetsalive.org for cats with a short description of what you’re looking for and what your home environment is like.

Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is a nonprofit animal shelter and rescue organization pioneering comprehensive, innovative programs designed to save the most at-risk homeless companion animals and educate others to do the same through its American Pets Alive! nationwide education and outreach division. A leader in No Kill sheltering in America’s largest No Kill city, APA! helps more than 10,000 dogs and cats annually in Central Texas and beyond get a chance at the life they deserve. To learn more about APA!, visit austinpetsalive.org.