Feral cats. Mysterious pigs. Sleeping watchdogs.

Alley Cat Allies is a dysfunctional charity. Why isn’t anyone paying attention?

“Young Mostly White Feral Cat” by Chriss Pagani is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

A week or so before last year’s Giving Tuesday— a day when millions of Americans donate to charity — the staff of an animal-welfare nonprofit called Alley Cat Allies got busy.

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