Best Activist
Ellen Jefferson, DVM, Austin Pets Alive!
Veterinarian Ellen Jefferson has channeled her lifelong passion for animals into a full-time mission to make Austin a genuine "no kill" city by 2012. Under Jefferson's leadership at Austin Pets Alive!, the nonprofit has become a key player in the city's no-kill vow. That means finding safe, happy homes for healthy and treatable pets – thousands of which end up at the city shelter. Put your paws together, y'all, for Dr. J.
