ArtHouse Tattoo supports Austin Pets Alive! with Cause for Paws event

ArtHouse Tattoo rang in the New Year with its fifteenth Cause for Paws Tattoopalooza event.

Attendees came in Sunday afternoon to get pet-related tattoos to help support Austin Pets Alive!, the largest no-kill shelter in the country.

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"One day we just decided, why not just support them, if we can do something for them?" owner and tattoo artist Michael Metaxa said. "Because we have dogs, and our youngest dog actually from APA, we adopted one."

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All proceeds from the event were donated directly to Austin Pets Alive!.