Category: Adoption Success Stories

January 14, 2026 The little black cat that I trapped going through the garbage at Food Lion HAS BEEN ADOPTED!!!

This adorable tiny cat with a BIG personality went to an amazing family today!  Dad + 6 older kids was “purrfect” for Lioness!  No doubt, Lioness will entertain them as much as they will entertain her!

I could not be happier with this great match!  We will all miss Lioness at FURR and her sweet & playful nature, but this is what it’s all about folks!

Trash dump kitty hits the lottery! My heart is so happy right now!

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November 1, 2025 Watch her affectionate, playful nature new video!

September 22, 2025 Last week I was going by Food Lion in Hampstead late one night when I saw a little black kitten rummaging through some trash!

I quickly ran to FURR, got a trap & within about 3 milaseconds, I had her in my trap….she was TINY.  She was quiet as a mouse.

Back at FURR, all I had left was our “people” bathroom & that’s where she would have to go.

I reached into the trap to scruff her & bring her out and she started making air biscuits while I held her by the neck!  

Well, this is good news!  She was actually thrilled that I was holding her & when I put her down, she started rubbing my legs.  

She voraciously ate a can of kitten food & I began treating her for fleas & worms, etc.

I named her “Lioness” since she came from Food Lion & looked like a little black panther.

Needless to say, she is precious, adorable, sweeeet & only a teensy shy.

Someone will be VERY blessed to have this baby in their home!!!

Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!

Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes.

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.

If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.

November 26, 2025 The sweet little kitten found crying in the blackberry bushes has a new home!

From the very beginning, this sweet & beautifully semetrical tuxedo boy, was a JOY!

BERRY was super playful, loved life & anyone that would pay him any attention!

His new home is wonderful with a family, 2 other cats & a sweet doggie!

We already miss him @ FURR, but sooo happy for him!!!

October 27, 2025 This ADORABLE little boy, “BERRY”, is ready to go!  Watch his new video!

He is a gorgeous Tuxedo with the softest fur & best personality ever! This little guy was rescued by FURR when he was in a BERRY patch crying for help!  Anyone would be lucky to have him.  His colors are so symmetrical!  Berry is available to be seen @ FURR any time by appointment.  Better hurry….he wont last long!!!

August 29, 2025 A new little one ready for adoption at FURR named “BERRY”!

This little kitten was all alone in the blackberry bushes crying for help!  It was late at night and FURR volunteer, Elizabeth was out walking her dog.  She heard the kitten crying in the bushes and she came and got me.  After a few minutes of the kitten alluding capture, I was finally able to grab him!

BERRY has been amazing!  He loves everybody and is being fostered by Elizabeth.  BERRY loves to cuddle and loves the dog (big golden retriever)! He is truly amazing, happy and playful.  BERRY is fully vetted & ready to go!

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.

March 22, 2026  Great news today!  MINNIE was adopted & went to her new “FURR-ever” home!  This young couple just fell in love with her & visa versa!  MINNIE really took to them & rubbed on them, gave them lots of head bumps & ate treats!    

I feel great about this match up and I broke the news to Alyssia today.  She was happy for MINNIE & sad at the same time.  Alyssia rescued MINNIE near the Surf City bridge, but turned her over to FURR because of her animal menagerie at home not working out.  New puppy & several cats already  

Feb. 2026 Beautiful Minnie is available for adoption! Meet her soon – someone’s bound to fall in love with her!

Feb. 17, 2026 The BEAUTIFUL sweet kitty named “MINNIE” was returned to FURR yesterday.  She was adopted last year, but sadly, the entire dynamic in the household changed with her arrival.

There were already 4 kitties and a new puppy in the home.  MINNIE is super sweet & just a love, but the other cats were just not having it.  MINNIE was scared of the puppy also, so she would probably do best without a dog in the home.

MINNIE is a little less than a year old, absolutely gorgeous & looks exactly like Wildflower’s twin sister!  Both are long haired brownish gray tabby cats!

August 27, 2025 This beautiful little kitten was found by one of our FURR volunteers, Alyssia. She saw the kitten in the marsh and she did whatever it took to catch her!

She was scared and tiny…quite small for her age and very skinny.

After a couple of months, vet work from FURR and lots of love from Alyssia, MINNIE is now ready for adoption!

She is really super sweet, purrrrrs up a storm & has the softest fur! This kitten is fully vetted & gets along well with EVERYONE!

FURR has lots of cute kitty friends that can accompany MINNIE as well!

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.

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!

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 & 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 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!!!

They will be missed very very much……..

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

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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!

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.

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 

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May 19, 2025 LOWES 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, 2025 In this new video, Terry tells Lowes amazing rescue and rehab story!

March 14, 2025 FURR’s kitty Lowes is featured on a TV News adoption segment!

Watch Terry and Lowes in this YouTube video segment!

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January 2025 Meet Lowes and read his story! We’re so happy to introduce Lowes, a handsome, affectionate boy!

Watch Lowes in his new video!

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.

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.

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!!!

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!

Learn more about my rescue and rehabilitation story in May and June 2023 including major dental surgery!

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!

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!

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.

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 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!!!

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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!!!  

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….

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.