The Animal Advocates Coalition, Inc. is a 501c3 organization that is working to create no kill communities through empowerment, leadership, advocacy and education. We are based in North Carolina, and work throughout the southeast either directly, or through partner organizations, focusing on preventing animals from entering the sheltering network through low cost spay/neuter assistance and education, pet retention, pet redemption, and the embracing of the no kill concepts. We believe that these concepts must begin at the community level in order to create reform of current animal sheltering practices. Spay/Neuter education and awareness must infiltrate into the schools and public awareness programs and out to the general public through low cost options. We chose the word Coalition specifically because we believe that it takes an interwoven network of organizations across counties, states, and judicial lines in order to really see the change that this nation needs for the homeless animals.