Sept. 17, 2019 A very very sweet young lady stopped by FURR to look at the kitties. Her name was SARAH and she wanted to embark on her first pets as a working professional with her own place! She stayed a LONG time petting the kittens and you could tell she had really put some thought into this. She was full of questions (the right kind!) about how to care for them, etc. I knew right away that Sarah was going to be a wonderful & responsible mom for her new kitties!
Barrington at FURR – Aug 2019
Sarah loved several of the kittens but she immediately fell in love with BARRINGTON! She petted him and listened to him purr and he seemed to like her a lot too! That seemed like a given that Sarah wanted to adopt BARRINGTON, but then she had decided she wanted two kittens so that could keep each other company…..I didn’t even have to persuade her!
Sarah decided to come to visit the FURR rescue facility and visit the kitties again. She had mentioned favoring PIPSQUEAK, but after the lodge visit, she decided definitely……..YES! PIPSQUEAK would be the 2nd kitty adopted! (gray tabby shown above at FURR – Sept 2019)
Barrington & new Mom Sarah – Sept 2019
BARRINGTON & PIPSQUEAK were adopted by Sarah and they will be leaving FURR this coming Wednesday! I am so happy for these two kittens!
BARRINGTON was the kitten I rescued out of a drain pipe after being down there for DAYS!
Pipsqueak & new Mom Sarah – Sept 2019
PIPSQUEAK was a kitten I rescued with his 3 siblings in the back yard woods of a fellow adopter who called me about them. Four kittens were rescued along with their mom, Chatty Cathy. PIPSQUEAK was a teeny tiny little thing and probably the runt of the litter. He finally caught up with the others and turned out to be just adorable & VERY sweet!!!
I am so happy for these rescued kittens! I am grateful to SARAH for giving them a loving home! These 2 kittens will be very happy together!!!
Dottie with Terry (middle) and her new family – Sept 2025
Sept. 16, 2025 WONDERFUL NEWS!!! DOTTIE is adopted !!! I am so happy for this beautiful cat! To think that she went from being on the euthanasia list to being adopted is INCREDIBLE!!!
The young couple that adopted her really had compassion for her past abuse. They are determined to love her & be gentle with her “furrever”!
I took her to her new home & she was pretty calm about it. When I asked how she was doing, I received a video of DOTTIE sitting on the couch with soft blankets making biscuits!!! Can u believe that???
It appears to be a wonderful match and I miss Dottie so much at FURR.
DOTTIE started out being scared of everyone and hated all the other cats, but after we worked with her for a few months, she began to feel safe, confident & pretty laid back. I knew she was ready to go.
DOTTIE will be missed, but what a happy ending for this rescued girl!!!
Terry
>^,,^<
FURR saves Dottie – May 2025
May 31, 2025 Meet DOTTIE in her first video with FURR! I rescued her from New Hanover Animal Control on the DAY she was to be euthanized!
Here is a second video of Dottie after she was at FURR for a couple of weeks! This beautiful 5 years young kitty is long haired, very sweet, very talkative and being wonderful at FURR considering all that she has been through!
DOTTIE’S owner left her at Animal Control and told them to euthanize her because she didn’t want her any more!
We have had DOTTIE a few weeks now and she has been “purrfect”! Everybody loves her and she talks to us, rolls around on the floor, always uses her litter box and is a delight to have! She acts as if she has been abused and seems scared at times almost afraid we are going to hit her or yelling at her? We just pet her gently, love her, talk sweet to her and she LOVES that! She rubs all around our legs and let’s us pick her up with no problem! I’m so glad she is with FURR!
She vetted, healthy, clean and is ready to go! Believe me, we will be extremely picky about who gets her. She deserves a great home!
Dottie relaxing – May 2025
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com. Learn how to adoptthis kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes. If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.
May 4, 2025 This is a picture of a portion of FURR’s nightly dinners! Yes, we feed about 2 cases a day in canned cat food & dry food is always out for the kitties to nibble on including for our kitties in the feral sanctuary!
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FURR’s CHEWY Wishlist includes day-to-day essentials like food and kitty litter, so it’s the easiest way to shop for FURR!
We also have our own more complete “Whiskers-to-Tail” Wishlist of everything we need to ensure FURR kitties are healthy and happy.
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For shipping or in person delivery of donations, please call/text Terry’s cell at 864-483-2444 to make arrangements.
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com. Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes. If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring.
March 31, 2025Our Yard sale yesterday was a great success, raising much needed funds to help care for FURR Kitties! We had a great crowd and many people found multiple treasures and extreme value!
Thank you so much to all those who donated so much – great clothes, furniture, housewares, books, decorative items, outdoor gear and more! Many thanks as well to all our customers who stood in long lines to collect their treasures. Thanks as well to all the FURR Volunteers who worked VERY hard on the day of the event and of course for many long days and late nights for weeks on end ahead of this event to deliver, clean and organize everything!
March 20, 2025 FURR is having a HUGE Indoor Yard Sale on Sunday afternoon, March 30, 2025!
We’ll have a wide selection of gently used items including small furniture, clothing, toys, books & much more!
Enter a Raffle to win one of several donated gift baskets!
Nov. 7, 2025 For those of you that knew “LOWES” the ferocious feral cat that I trapped, here he is living his best life!
This feral turned friendly kitty was loved by all at FURR & was adopted by my good friends!
Here is my nephew cat sitting LOWES at LOWES’ house showing off his GORGEOUS colors! We miss those head bunts!!!
Sooo happy he is happy!!!
Terry
>^,,^<
May 19, 2025LOWES has been adopted! Soon he’ll be going to a dear friend of mine and I couldn’t be happier! He will be leaving soon! BOY, another one to be REALLY missed!!! This is hard ya’ll !!! Very emotional saying goodbye to these beautiful kitties.
May 14, 2025In this new video, Terry tells Lowes amazing rescue and rehab story!
Lowes on Fox News 3-14-25
March 14, 2025 FURR’s kitty Lowes is featured on a TV News adoption segment!
January 9, 2025 – At the location where I was feeding Advance Auto Mama Kitty for several weeks, I noticed that even when she wasn’t in that area (via her tracking collar) the food was still getting eaten. This is a wooded area in the middle of a VERY busy shopping center where NO cats could live safely.
Lowes enjoying regular meals – March 2025
I observed a few times and got a few clips on my wildlife camera and saw a gray striped kitty eating the food. Of course, as soon as I would approach, it would run. After I finally captured Advance Auto Mama, I kept putting food out for the tabby cat and then I set a trap to save it.
I caught him, no problem, and took him to be neutered and vetted. He had a HUGE face, so knew he was a male kitty. My goal was to put him in with my feral cats after an isolation period. I put him in the master bathroom at FURR to recuperate after his surgery. Overall, he was pretty healthy, but he was thin, COVERED in ticks, tested negative for FIV & FeLV and got all his shots. I did tip his left ear.
Lowes after rescue – Jan 2025
His name is “LOWES”! So, after a week of hurrying his head and shaking in fear, he has started allowing us to rub and scratch him! He has never attempted to hiss, bite or scratch. After a week, he has accepted the fact that he is safe, warm, fed & being cared for.
I don’t think LOWES will go to my sanctuary because he is going to be awesome! He is also GORGEOUS, has a short stout body and a short tail!
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com. Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes. If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.
August 1, 2026 I got a very sad email from CRAPPIE’S mom. Crappie passed away. Crappie (which is the name of a fish….hence one of our rescues from Atlantic Seafood) was adopted about a year ago. She was just a little black cat that no one wanted. She had limited vision or so that’s what the animal eye specialist told me.
A very kind & caring veterinarian adopted her & told me that she thought Crappie was totally blind. She took CRAPPIE in, cared for her for over a year. Crappie did great and even befriended their dog!
I am beyond grateful that Crappie had a most wonderful life even though it wasn’t long enough.
This is what the veterinarian owner had to say & it melted my heart:
“I am heartbroken. Crappie passed away this morning at home. She showed no signs of being sick until 12 hours prior when she started showing respiratory signs in the evening and I was going to get a Convenia injection at work and found her comatose. She did not make it to the clinic. I did a private cremation. If you want to spread her ashes together we can. I will adopt Cuttle, if needed…..I need a few days to talk about it.”
Cuttle Fish was Crappie’s sister. She has also been waiting for adoption at FURR for a long long time. No one wants the little short haired timid females. It’s so sad.
Crappie got that amazing chance to be loved. She was very very special & especially since the vet determined that she could not see. I will “FURR-ever” be grateful for that adoption of Crappie & i know she got her wings to Heaven.
I am hopeful that Cuttle will get a chance as well with this caring adopter, but I’m sure she needs time to grieve. Cuttle is very healthy & has no sight issues. We all love her, like we did Crappie, but she also deserves a chance. She is less shy than Crappie & i know she will be loved also….
April 28, 2025 Wonderful news! CRAPPIE is adopted! Last week I took CRAPPIE to her new home! The adopter is a veterinarian & super sweet! She LOVES our sweet little CRAPPIE! Crappie traveled great in the car looking around & never made a peep.
After CRAPPIE got adopted a few months ago & returned after only a few days, I am thrilled that this home will be so much better for her! The vet is a beautiful petite little lady just like CRAPPIE! She understands that in a new home, you have to be patient with a new kitty! She also has a dog & I loaned her my baby gate to make the intro to the dog go smoothly.
Crappie’s new mom tells me that she is eating, using her litter box & purring up a storm! She will be a little shy for a while, but considering all she has been through, the reports that I am getting sound great!
This poor little kitty was rescued at the Atlantic Seafood production plant along with at least 60+ other cats. Crappie was skin & bones & was already blind in one eye. It’s a miracle that she survived long enough for me to save her!
I’m so happy right now for this special little kitty & for the special lady that adopted her!!!
Crappie Jan 2025
January 24, 2025 My name is CRAPPIE, like the fish! Meet me in this video! I was rescued used by FURR at the Atlantic Seafood plant in Hampstead. That plant was torn down & I was saved along with about 70 other relatives of mine!
I’m just a tiny little girl, a couple years old and I am VERY SPECIAL because I am blind in one eye.
I do just fine with one eye & I never feel sorry for myself! It’s hard for me to understand why I am still up for adoption? I guess folks want “purrfect” cats? BUT, I am so adorable, sweet & tiny. My little upside down smile gives me that funny “Grumpy Cat” look! LOL!
Please come & visit me! I really don’t see how you could meet me & not love me!
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com. Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes. If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.
January 1, 2025 Wonderful New Years news! “TIGGER” just got a wonderful home!
I did home visit and paperwork and all was great! I picked up TIGGER from his foster home in Carolina Beach and delivered him to his new home in Hampstead!
So happy for this beautiful abandoned cat!
Wishing him and his new family a wonderful life together and so glad FURR could make it happen!
Tigger posing 12-01-24
December 6, 2024 Meet Tigger, the newest FURR Kitty ready for adoption! Despite being abandoned by his irresponsible owner and left outside to fend for himself, Tigger is a real sweetheart! Fortunately, he was found by a good Samaritan and is being fostered at the moment. So Tigger is safe, but needs immediate adoption! This good hearted foster cannot keep Tigger much longer!
Tigger watching 12-2-24
This beautiful orange tabby just wants love and you can tell by his face that he is all about getting attention! He is about 3-4 years old, now fully vetted and ready to go!
If you’re interested in Tigger, please complete our Adoption Application today! This kitty won’t last long!
For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com. Learnhow to adoptthis kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes. If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.
They need us, and we are confident that with your help, we’ll save more…
Oscar and Emmy April 2024Tux Walking – Nov 2024
February 2025 – Show your love for kitties for Valentine’s Day by making a secure and easy donation on FURR’sGIVINGGRID – just click on the blue Donate button!
Why donate to FURR? If we can get enough people to give us a small donation, we can rescue and care for more cats and kittens urgently in need and prepare them for a FURR-ever home, like Oscar & Tony, bonded brothers, and sweet, handsome Tux, one of our special needs kitties!
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
While we are so grateful to our community of supporters for helping FURR survive this long, we are continuing to struggle and unfortunately moving backwards in terms of our expenses versus our donations due to several rescues this year where the kitties needed expensive veterinary care, such as the kitties rescued from living near an Advance Auto store. We don’t know how much longer we can sustain this trend, but we can’t stop saving the FURR kitties! Our work is too important, so we are asking for your help to make ends meet.
If you’re not in a position to donate, you can also help by sharing FURR’s GIVINGGRID with others you think might want to help too. You can also share FURR’s facebook page!
Somehow, we always find a way to make it through for the benefit of all our precious kitties. Sometimes it almost seems impossible and we look back and wonder how we got by. Then we remember, our miracle is you! Thank you for helping us!
What to know about FURR?Feline Urgent Rescue and Rehab (FURR) was founded in 2009 by Terry Schultz and to this day, 100% of her time is devoted to rescuing and rehabilitating stray and feral cats and kittens. Your donation supports our “no kill” shelter, a cage free facility, the FURR Lodge, which is a safe haven for cats and kittens to temporarily reside, recover and become adorable, loving pets ready for FURRever homes.
For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com.
Learn how to adoptthis kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes.
If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fosteringor sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.
Badger enjoying new home Jan 2025Badger enjoying new family Jan 2025
January 24, 2025 SWEET update from BADGER’s new family! BADGER (now “Shadow”) is the declawed Russian Blue mix kitty rescued after being abandoned at a junk yard! Still can’t believe that…
These pictures will make your hearts so happy that we are all part of saving these precious lives!!!
Badger with his new family – Nov 2024
November 24, 2024 BADGER’S HAPPY ENDING!!! BADGER, the declawed Russian Blue male cat that was ABANDONED in a carrier with a kitten, has found his happy home!
Badger & Swirls were BOTH left inside a carrier together & left at a scrap yard !!! Thank goodness the carrier was found before they DIED in there and Kristy & other rescue folks contacted me!
Badger went to a wonderful foster home to live until we could get him checked out at the vet & fatten him up. He was VERY skinny & looked pretty rough with an unkept coat, etc.
Once we got healthy & happy, I had a million calls for him, but one family really suited him the best! They have 2 little girls and Badger is getting more love than he knows what to do with! These whole family is thrilled to have this sweet & beautiful cat! The pictures tell it all! My heart is so happy!!! Terry >^,,^<
November 5, 2024 The beautiful declawed male Russian Blue mix has been adopted by a wonderful family! This kitty was left for dead in a carrier in a scrap yard!!! Inside the carrier with him was Swirls!!!
Badger with new family’s daughter – Nov 2024
I would love to prosecute people that abandon animals this way. With more and more camera surveillance going on, people better beware! I take this very seriously and it is now a federal offense to abandoned an animal! Jail time and a fine will be coming your way if caught!
BADGER is the sweetest boy and has been in a wonderful foster home for a few months. He will be going to his new home this weekend! I’m so thrilled the family has 2 young teen girls that are totally smitten with BADGER! Life for him will be great!
Last, but definitely not least is an emotional one for me……EXTREMELY emotional! In fact, I can’t even type this without bawling my eyes out….
Badger watching 10-21-24
October 21, 2024 DECLAWED & GORGEOUS! Young Russian Blue mix needing a “FURRever” home that was DUMPED at a scrap yard! Can u believe it?
“BADGER” is VERY personable, easy going and LOVES attention. He is only 1-2 years old & has been completely vetted by FURR & ready to go! BADGER would prefer to be an only kitty & the center of someone’s world. This amazing cat will NOT last long, so answer our brief adoption questionnaire on catfurr.org SOON!
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com. Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes. If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.
