Two big dogs found their perfect new families. Liam found happiness as a one and only dog, and Yadkin County rescue Gage (Gabe) found his ideal home! We rescued Gus and Izzie from Harnett County shelter and placed them together into a wonderful foster home, for adoption as a bonded pair! See their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/GusandIzzie/ And we rescued Anna from Edgecombe county shelter. She is now settling into her foster home. Thank you fosters, donors, drivers and

What "hurts the movement" is the actual abuse, not the naming of it. UPDATE: Wayne Pacelle has resigned as CEO, facing employee walkout and withdrawal of big donor funding for HSUS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/humane-society-head-steps-down-after-harassment-allegations/2018/02/02/260acb12-0878-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html?utm_term=.f4b7be71342f History: On January 25, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported that longtime HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle is under invest

Freedom Flights foe Brownie from Transylvania shelter to her Clayton, NC foster home, where she will stay for her heartworm treatment. and for Gabby from Chapel Hill foster to Beaufort, NC Freedom Rides for Hershey also from Transylvania couty shelter to her new family in Charlotte. And Caleb from Richmond Shelter to his foster in Chapel Hill Special Surgery for senior Pasadena who is under heartworm treatment. Another happy CrisisDogsNC adoption for the Rossignol family wh

We rescued 12-14 year old Miss Cora Lee from Charlotte Meck shelter. We thought we could give her time to heal. We put her into hospice. But within days she could no longer stand up. Her back legs could not support her.Her heartworm count was high, she had lived outside most of her life. Her heart could not withstand the harsh treatment. We gave Cora Lee love for the weeks she was with us. Then she stopped eating..Thank you Hope Procops for helping her through this process a

We rescued Teddy from Richmond County Shelter on Saturday, January 14,. and drove him to his foster home On Monday, January 16, his foster was walking him along the Eno River in Durham and a convergency of events happened and Teddy bolted. He has been sited in Ashfield Place, Durham, during the week at night only. We are desperate to find this terrifed dog, who is only about 35 pounds. he has a red collar and might still be dragging his red leash. Offering $250 Reward to f

Liam might have been used as a breeder. His hind legs are scrapped bare of fur in sections, the sign of crating or caging for long periods. But he is full of good humor on his walk out of the shelter this morning to the Davidson County Airport and Pilot Kevin Sisson waiting for take off.. This goofy100 pound two year old relaxed under the plane's back seats for the ride. And two hours later found himself in a sudsy bath at foster Kayla LeMaster's home in Richmond., VA He is

It's a wrap for week one of the new year, with a shared Freedom Ride for Nicholas (left), who was abandoned in the yard when his family moved, and Prince,. whose owner "forgot he was in the yard" and the emaciated dog was left to fend for himself. A foster transfer for senior Pasadena whose new foster (no cats!) will see her through her heartworm treatment at NC State Vet School. A foster for Gabe, rescued from Richmond County, And a new life for Zeus aka Romeo now called Hi

We'd heard about a dog whose owner died, and relatives had brought him to the shelter. "I'd adopt this dog in a nanosecond," Translyvania shelter adoption manager Joleen Brannigan told me. She sent a few pics. Oreo's mate had been adopted but he was lingering, it was months already and he'd been passed by. Just another hound on the discard list. So we took a chance, a possible foster-to-adopt. Today Oreo flew on a sleek little Piper from Asheville to his new home in Cary.

The message came in late last night. A small dog had been brought in from the cold by a good citizen. The home owners had vanished. The house was empty, abandoned. The story was, of course, familiar. A dog left in the yard when the family moved. There was no food and no water, only a long rope that attached the dog to a splintering dog house. Neighbors had seen a young boy shoot the pup with a BB gun. Pellets would later be found nested under his skin. "I couldn't let him

This was reported last night in Harnett County, NC. The heap in the snow on a chain is a brindle dog. The Harnett County Sheriff's office just told me: "Animal control responded. There were 2 dogs not one. The dogs were fine." We have rescued from the Harnett County shelter. Dogs linger in concrete stalls. When a puppy is advertised at the shelter there is a long line of adopters before the shelter even opens. For a few dollars you can adopt, with no background check, no neu