The O'Malley Alley Cat Organization

Although two of the kittens were immediately trapped, tamed, and placed into homes, the remaining kitten and the mother cat were not so easily persuaded. About a month after the first two kittens were trapped, the granddaughter netted the last kitten. Shortly after that, granddaughter, grandmother and myself netted the mother cat. She is now spayed and happily living out her life with this wonderful couple. Martha, the granddaughter has adopted Marty the kitten, and they have both gone back to Houston. I’m already looking forward to seeing Martha again next summer. She has promised to help trap and tame kittens every time she comes to visit her grandparents! Please see a picture of Martha and Marty under our “New Beginnings” link.

Also, thank you so much to all the wonderful vets and their assistants who have helped us with all the feral cats and kittens. As you may know, working with feral cats is quite different than working with domestic cats. They can be quite challenging to say the least. Thank you for helping us reduce the over population of stray and abandoned cats. We couldn’t do it without you!

Special thanks to my husband for all the hours of labor he has spent trapping and building feeding stations/shelters for the colonies of cats our organization has spayed/neutered. Also thank you for helping me foster all the abandoned and/or feral kittens and cats we have placed over the years. You are truly my soul mate to put up with all my animals and me!

Many special thanks to our extremely talented and creative web page designer, Tammy Mansfield. Wow! She is awesome. How can we ever thank you for all the hours you have spent researching and working at the computer on behalf of our community’s abandoned and feral cats and kittens. Tammy—you are truly a friend of the animals. Thank you.

Bless you and thank you for caring for our community’s feral and abandoned cats and kittens!

"A hundred years from now, it will not matter the sort of house I lived in, what my bank account was, or the car I drove.... but the world may be different because I was important in the life of the animals and the creatures on this earth."

There is not one person in Nacogdoches that can say they have not noticed an abandoned cat or kitten. They are everywhere—grocery stores, fast food restaurants, car dealerships, and apartment complexes—no place is free from an abandoned cat. In fact, it was during a visit to a dealership in search of my new car, that I realized the need existed for our community’s abandoned cats.

A young black and very thin mother cat was strolling across the parking lot with a few kittens faithfully following her. The entire family was very thin and tired. I was unable to forget that image. My husband and I decided to do something to help. We humanely trapped and spayed or neutered the adult feral cats and placed the kittens in loving homes. With permission from the owner, we also built a feeding station/shelter to house the remaining altered cats. From there, the need expanded to other colonies of cats that were abandoned and multiplying.

As a true animal lover, I cannot bear the idea of so many innocent animals being euthanized and know that people basically want to do what’s right. The solution to greatly reducing the number of unwanted and abandoned animals is a simple and humane one; it is called SPAY and NEUTER. Without your help, the community’s cats and kittens will multiply to astronomical numbers.

As founder and president of The O’Malley Alley Cat Organization it is my honor to work with the community in solving our overpopulation of feral cats and to reduce the number of unwanted cats and kittens from being born. Please read on to see how you can make a difference.

Diana Hensley

"Together we can do so much, alone we can do so little."
(Helen Keller)

"People who let their dogs and cats have litters in order to show their children the "miracle of birth" should come witness the "miracle of death" performed in the back rooms of animal shelters all over the country."
Phyllis Wright, Humane Society of the United States

Thank you for helping to reduce pet overpopulation
by spaying or neutering your pet!

Kirk

Capt. Kirk is the muscles behind all of our cat shelters/feeding stations.In addition to building all of the stations, he is also a feeding monitor, foster and humane trapper.

Upon learning about the formation of The O’Malley Alley Cat Organization, I knew that I wanted to help. As an animal owner, I know firsthand the love a pet wants to give and how wonderful their unconditional love can make you feel. It is beyond my comprehension why pet owners do not spay or neuter their animals and even worse, how some people can abandon their pets. If people would just spay and neuter their pets, we would not have the problem of animal overpopulation.  The O’Malley Alley Cat Organization addresses the basic problem of cat overpopulation, and I want to be a part of that!

Ann Twiggy

Ann

I feel it is very humane to trap and spay or neuter homeless or abandoned cats and it is especially rewarding when the kittens are tamed and placed into loving homes. I have fostered several abandoned yet tame O’Malley cats and all of them have been wonderful to work with. It was very rewarding to see them go to people who will truly make them a member of their family.

Jane

I recently retired as a certified nurse-midwife from Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital. I spent 35 years as a nurse-midwife (CNM) in New York City, New Jersey, and lastly Nacogdoches, Texas. I have assisted women in the birth of their babies in hospitals, childbirth centers, and at home. As a CNM, I have provided health care throughout the entire pregnancy. After the birth, I provided gynecological, family planning health services to my clients.

I volunteer in the O’Malley Alley Cat program of TNR because ‘it feels right’. Call this intuition--or a nudge from the creator--but that is the reason I’m with this stray/feral cat program. I see myself, after I die, as sharing my heavenly seat with armfuls of the cats I’ve helped. Probably a major reason I’ll get there will be ecause these cats put a good word in for me!
Jane Davis
Board of Directors

Darla

I am a professor at SFA, and was introduced to the O’Malley Alley Cat Organization approximately 6 months ago by one of my students. I have always had a love for animals, but have felt helpless and overwhelmed by the enormity of the problems and injustices animals in our community face. Being a part of the O’Malley Alley Cat Organization has given me a sense of accomplishment in knowing that I am making a difference in cat’s lives as well as human lives. For the first time, I feel that I am contributing to a cause that is helping reduce feline overpopulation by not just treating the problem, but humanely solving the fundamental cause. I am proud to be a part of this special organization and to work with people who share my love for animals. Little by little, we are making an impact on our community, in addition to gaining a deep, personal fulfillment.

Mary Beth

I can’t remember a time when we didn’t have a cat or a dog around the house.  Growing up with them, I learned to respect their individual traits and genetic instincts. When dealing with these feral or abandoned animals, you have to put yourself in their place and imagine what their instincts are telling them. They are scared, lonely, hungry and most of all, bewildered and angry with humans. After all, humans are the ones who domesticated and then betrayed them. 

I believe that by trapping, spaying/neutering and then releasing them in a place where they are most comfortable we can help keep the population of feral cats down and find good homes for the abandoned cats. It is our duty as humans, since we caused the problem originally.

By releasing the feral cats we also help keep the rodent population under control and by feeding them on a regular basis, we help protect the birds

John Anderson

John Anderson and Ann Doyle-Anderson (not pictured) – public liaisons, educators, humane trappers and fosters. John and Ann are currently working to implement spay/neuter ordinances and education programs in our school districts, including Stephen F. Austin State University.

Tammy and Amy

I met Diana after I began working with Kirk. I heard him talk about the feral cats and mentioned to him that there would not be much that I could do to help, but I would be glad to help with a website.  He then mentioned it to Diana and I have found myself creating this site. I have received many compliments about the site and I thank you all for that. It is the least that I can do. The picture I have added is a picture of myself and my youngest daughter. She's my sweetheart.

I believe you all do great work and I believe that all the volunteers for this organization should be commended for everything that they do.
Keep up the good work

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