Austin is a great place for pets and saving the lives of companion animals is taken seriously in Central Texas. Austin Pets Alive is at the forefront of those efforts. Since 2008, Austin Pets Alive! has provided food, housing, and love to more than 40,000 animals in the Central Texas region. They don’t consider themselves your average animal shelter. And why should they? After all, they created an abundance of comprehensive programs—many of which are the first of their kind