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September 4, 2025 These poor cats had been adopted before, by another person who loved them, and she returned them when her house was condemned.  The house had a bat problem that couldn’t be fixed.

Now, BLUE FISH & BLUE MARLIN are up for adoption again.  They are beautiful, soft Russian Blue mix kitties, both with a white spot on their chest.

The two brothers have the same parents, but are a year apart from 2 different litters.  They came from the torn down seafood production plant where I rescued 70 cats.

These are the sweetest cats ever and are now, probably, around 5 years old.  They have been through so much.

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.

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May 19, 2025 Terry has decided it’s best for Perch to remain at FURR, living our Sanctuary with plenty of FURR-friends and all the kitty comforts, so he is no longer available for adoption.

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October 20, 2024 Watch Blue Marlin’s new video! How could ANYONE “NOT” want this teddy bear and possibly one of his brothers!!!  This cat is like BIG pillow and soooo kind and sweet!

July 20, 2024 These two handsome brothers are doing great, having recently been returned to FURR, so once again they’re looking for a new home.   Terry adopted out Perch & Blue Marlin a couple months ago, however the adopter’s situation recently changed and, sadly, they are no longer able to keep these kitties.

While Terry follows a careful, thorough process to evaluate and approve interested adopters, sometimes things just don’t work out as planned. Fortunately, FURR accepts returns of kitties originally adopted from us to ensure they never again end up where they started – homeless and in need of rescue!

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.

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May 21, 2024 I finally approved of an adopter for my precious boys: PERCH & BLUE MARLIN!

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Nov 2023 See how sweet and handsome Blue Marlin is in this latest photo and his new video! His brother, Perch, is not shown but they look just alike!

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July 2023 I’m the sweetest boy and just a teensy shy, but OH I’m so soft and I love to be petted!!!  I get along great with all the other kitties and everyone at FURR loves me!  I am about a year old. I have a brother named Perch (mentioned in our Seafood Colony article) we look just alike!  What’s more beautiful than a silvery smooth Russian Blue mix!!! 

September 2025 –  More great photos of Shrimp and Red Fish! They’ll be so happy to have a FURR-ever home.  Learn more about their amazing story below.

May 19, 2025 RED FISH & SHRIMP have come back & are in Room 3. They are doing really well considering & need LOTS of gentle love. SHRIMP will hiss at everyone, but she is just scared & you can pet & love on her. RED FISH is super sweet but scared. These poor cats have been gone TWO years & now back at FURR. I love them both & will see to it that their future WILL be better!

April 23, 2023 A wonderful lady named Chris has been fostering Red Fish & Shrimp. I went by a couple days ago to put their Revolution on them, trim their nails & visit.

Chris has done an amazing job with these 2 cats!  Considering their horrible beginning at the fish place, they are now loved, cared for and safe in a beautiful home! Chris has been great to take my advice and take it very slowly with them.  They have graduated from the large bathroom to include the master bedroom!

These pictures show how great the kitties have progressed.  I am so thankful to Chris for spending this valuable time with them!

Feb. 4, 2022 This tiny but colorful girl is longing for someone to love her! She came from a rough place when she was very young, but she has made huge progress and just needs a little reassurance and love! Read her story in the “Seafood Colony” article. She is so soft and loves to be petted and brushed! She is a gently girl and still shy but ready for the next step in her little life. She gets along great with other non-dominant cats that won’t pick on her. If you want a gorgeous, sweet and quiet little cat to love, she is your girl!

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.

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!

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.

All donations are tax deductible!

Help with Logistics

• Contact FURR to make donation drop off arrangements in the Hampstead, NC area.
• For shipping or in person delivery of donations, please call/text Terry’s cell at 864-483-2444 to make arrangements.

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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.

July 31, 2025 It is with the heaviest heart that I bring you the sad news that TUX went over the rainbow bridge today.  I held him in my arms & soaked his head with tears as Dr. Gervais, (Sound Cat) gently and kindly, helped TUX exit our world.

This truly amazing cat was a FURR favorite.  I trapped him on the FURR property.  He showed up starving, skinny & very feral.  It took me about 2 weeks to get him in a trap.

During his exam, neuter, shots, deworming, etc., it appeared that he had been hit by a car.  He had a limp and sat a little sideways.  An x-ray showed that he had suffered a broken pelvis (that had healed on its own) and he had kidney damage.

With a lot of love, food & simple vitamins, TUX became SUPER happy and sweet!  He gained weight & had several followup visits to the vet to monitor his kidney functions.

Everything was going great until 2 days ago.  TUX stopped eating, became very quiet & sat with his head facing away from us.

I knew right away that things had taken a turn for the worst.

This am early I took him to Sound Cat for an emergency visit.  His bloodwork showed that his kidneys had completely shut down.  His numbers were off the chart.  I knew he was feeling bad.  The news wasn’t good and there is nothing that can be done for a cat when kidneys give up.

I am so thankful for Dr. Gervais.  She eased my pain and said this was the only choice.

I have literally cried all day.  I am going to miss this remarkable cat so much.  He was extremely special and im so sorry his time on this earth was cut short.  I will always love him.  He was only 4 or 5 years old.

Bless you all for making him feel loved @ FURR.

Tux’s story, in dated postings below, is a perfect example of what we do at FURR – we see love, beauty and potential in kitties we find in horrible situations, and then make the difference that matters … forever. 

May 14, 2025 Tux will be featured in the June Pawprints Magazine! See his latest videos below!

Watch his new videos:

New video in May 2025 showing what a lovebug he is as Terry tells his amazing rescue & rehab story and explains his special needs.

New video in January 2025 showing his very affectionate nature!

New video in December 2024 describing his big improvements!

December 24, 2024 Took sweet TUX to the vet this am.  He’s having a rough time. With his broken pelvis and injury to his kidneys, probably from being hit by a car, he is a “special needs kitty” who needs medicine and maintenance for the rest of his life.

The good news is that he doesn’t know there’s anything wrong! He gets around just like all the other kitties and is easy to medicate. His medications help address the kidney damage from his injuries, but the meds are not expensive at all. He takes whatever you need to give him – no problem! What a great sport!

More importantly, TUX is just the sweetest cat you could ever meet!  It’s so unfair that he had to begin his young life homeless and injured.  He loves to rub on your legs and be petted and held. The vet says he’s around 6 years old and there is every reason to hope that he’ll have a long and happy life just like any other kitty. Best of all, he gives TONS of love in return to the extra care he needs. Everyone wins!

We hope and pray that a caring person will come along and adopt him for his amazing personality, knowing his misfortune, and will love him all the more!

October 17, 2024 Watch his new video! TUX is doing well in his large holding pen at the sanctuary.  This poor cat is skin & bones, but for a week now he is eating and drinking everything i put in front of him!  He must have been starving.

TUX has been easy to care for & although he is scared and timid, I have been able to pet & stroke him without incident.

This is good and bad!  I am completely full at FURR, but i know if I release TUX into the sanctuary, I won’t be able to work with him every day.

He really seems like he wants love and he is a young cat around 2 -4 years old.

October 9, 2024 So a cat has been seen running by my sanctuary in the evenings.  I’ve been putting food & water out for it.  The cat seemed pretty feral, was VERY skinny and I knew I had to help him.

At first I thought he was black and could be one of my missing ferals!  However, when I finally got a good look at him on my outside cameras, I could see that he did not have a tipped ear & he was actually a Tuxedo (white belly, chest & paws).

I was able to humanely trap him last night and I took him to the S/N clinic today.

He is, in fact, a boy (not neutered), very thin, covered in fleas, no collar and no microchip.  He hissed at me several times showing his disapproval of the events of the day!

But now, he has settled in his large recovery cage (large chicken coop) and is resting.  

Calling him “Tux” since he will be the only tuxedo in the sanctuary…..as bad as that name is!

Tux tested negative for FIV & FeLV & HW and is now neutered, had all his shots, is microchipped, dewormed and treated for fleas.

Welcome to FURR sanctuary TUX!

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 2025 See Buddy’s new feature photo! Sweet boy eagerly awaiting his FURR-ever family!

April 2025 Buddy is still waiting for his FURR-ever home! He is happy, healthy and now loves to be around other cats! He would love to meet you! 

October 2023 Watch his video! Buddy is improving every day learning to trust and be loved!  He is purring & making biscuits!  This gorgeous youngster would LOVE to be an only cat because the other kitties scare him!  He is the sweetest fella, but needs a little time and patience to adjust to a new environment!  Could you be his new angel???  He surely deserves it!  Buddy was rescued underneath the pier at Topsail Beach at Buddy’s restaurant.  A good person called me to come save him!

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. 5, 2025 Watch her new video showing her beauty and personality!

This precious kitty, Yardley, was DUMPED at a scrap yard & FURR rescued her!  What a great rescue!  This sweet & docile little girl is so easy going.  She loves all the other cats & is a favorite at our rescue.  She is such a unique-looking tabby girl with all her crazy spots & stripes….quite soft & beautiful!  At only a year old, she still plays like a kitten.  She is ready for a new adventure with a family of her own.  Pleeeease come and meet her!  You will fall in love!  If you happen to want TWO kitties, she has several close friends ready for adoption also!!!

August 2025 New photo above! Sweet Yardley (female, tabby) is full of life and love! She’s more than ready for their FURR-ever home! Arrange to meet her today by contacting FURR at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com.

March 12, 2025 Great news!  Scrappy (male, black) has been adopted! This sweeeeet boy was DUMPED at scrap yard along with his sister.  He was skinny and didn’t really know what was happening to him, but he (and his sister) was rescued by FURR!  

SCRAPPY quickly became a favorite lover boy at our rescue.  He was so gentle and kind even though he was unsure about his future.  He trusted us and became a gorgeous, shiny golden eyed boy!

My niece has adopted him so that keeps him in my family!  I’m so happy for her and Scrappy!  He is doing really great right off the bat!

Her long-term roommate has an orange male kitty the exact same age as Scrappy!  Gradually they will meet and hopefully be able to play together!  Right now Scrappy is making air biscuits, purring up a storm and loving all the attention he is getting! HOORAY for a black cat adoption!!!

October 19, 2024 Scrappy is a beautiful, SWEET, adorable, big-eyed, BOY!!!  See his new photo on the right. Yardley is also friendly and purrs when you hold her!

Who will LOVE one or both of these babies for life???  Someone LUCKY, LUCKY, LUCKY!!!

July 24, 2024 Kristy, a FURR Volunteer, notified me about some cats living in a junk yard in Burgaw, NC, near Wilmington. 

Watch videos of Scrappy and Yardley at FURR on August 13, 2024!

She met the man that owns it and took some food for the poor skinny cats. There is a mama cat, 2 male cats and 2 kittens.

With Kristy’s help, we trapped the 2 kittens and took them to the Cape Fear S/N clinic last week.  My intention was to get them fixed, shots, etc., and release them again. However, the kittens are young and sooo skinny!  They are about 10-12 weeks old.  I have had them recovering at my feral cat sanctuary.

The 2 kittens are “Yardley”, a female Domestic Short Hair gray tabby, and “Scrappy”, a male Domestic Short Hair with black fur.

They started out scared to death and eyes bigger than saucers.  Now, a week later, they seem glad to see me, I’m petting and holding both of them and they are purring! They will be moved up to the house, and join Connor, after quarantine.

Another rescue group is helping me TNR the mama and other 2 male cats.  The sad part is that the mama tabby is really skittish, but wants love.  She could easily be tamed and adopted out, but I just don’t have any room at this time.

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.

If you would like to volunteer please contact Terry at Adoptafurrcat@gmail.com.

January 16, 2025 Our FURR Facebook has been maintained for SEVERAL years by Christa Ramos!  Christa’s mom used to volunteer for me in Charlotte (Waxhaw) when we used to live there.

Sandy (Christa’s mom) knew how desperate I was to find someone to do FB for FURR & so she asked her daughter, Christa, to donate it. Christa agreed & has been doing our FB posts for a long time!

What you don’t know is that Christa took on this task along with her full time job, family to take care of, many pets of her own to care for AND also helping dog rescue groups!

We have found someone locally that has agreed to do our FURR FB & finally relieve Christa of that burden.  Christa also lives out of the state, so she’s never even been in our area!

Bonnie has agreed to take on FURR FB & we are thrilled to have her helping us!

But, I don’t want to understate the huge gratitude we owe to Christa for the years of hard work she did for us!!!

Thank you Christa for everything I know you had to sacrifice to add another responsibility to your plate!  We are so thankful for your efforts & will never forget you!  Best wishes & happy 2025 to you Christa & your family (and beautiful mom, Sandy).

Christa is slowly transitioning FB over to Bonnie.  Here’s hoping 2025 will be a record year for adoptions, donations & volunteers! It takes a village!

THANK U CHRISTA & BONNIE!!!

TERRY >^,,^<

December 19, 2024 Wanted to send a out a BIG THANK U to a couple of FURR volunteers that have gone above & beyond to help me & the kitties!!!

Laura & Patti helped me with the FURR Christmas cards!  It’s a big job every December and takes a lot of volunteer hours! I arrange, order & pay for the cards.  Then I get return envelopes & inserts ready.  Patti & Laura folded, stuffed & stamped nearly 1,000 cards!  Then I finish them up, seal & mail them. The Christmas cards are our biggest fundraiser of the year.  We have to get $1,500 to start to cover our costs before we make a profit for the kitties! Keep your fingers crossed that we have good donations!

Next I want to thank Karlin, who put in EIGHT hours of community service hours for her employer & did it all at FURR!  She scrubbed & steam cleaned the floors & Elizabeth helped us get better organized.  Thank you Karlin for doing this hard work.  It was really needed!  Thank u Elizabeth for helping her!!!

It takes a village!

Terry

November 24, 2024 Want to extend a BIG THANK YOU to a couple of folks behind the scenes @ FURR!  Without these hard working volunteers, we could not survive!

Michelle Rivers in Charlotte, NC FURR’s Vice President is not seen, but is all around us!  Michelle runs the FURR web site!  She updates it, upgrades it when needed, works closely with our developer and does am amazing job!  Hers is not easy and she “tries” to keep me in the loop whenever she can tie me down…LOL.  

Now that I am no longer an office worker, I don’t want to know anything more about computers, electronics or business.  Just leave me in the field to trap & save cats! Michelle also registers all of our microchips for our cats.  She does many other things as well to help FURR, such as putting the adoptable cats on Petfinder and Adopt-a-Pet! Without her I don’t know how I would make it.  THANK YOU MICHELLE for the love & support for the rescued FURR kitties!!!

Next, but not least, is CHRISTA!!! NY – FURR FACEBOOK!!! Christa also helps with fundraisers on FB to help keep the funds coming in!  THANK YOU CHRISTA for all you do for the FURR kitties!!!

October 29, 2024 THANK U ELIZABETH for taking a few minutes out of your busy days to visit and work with the FURR cats several times a week!  This has made a HUGE difference in how quickly the shy cats are responding, not just to me, but to Elizabeth also which helps when new people come to visit.  There are several cats that have made a lot of progress just having Elizabeth and me both working with them every day:

Thank you Christa for all your hours spent helping to get our stories out on social media!  Christa is not even in the area, but posts all of our news, adoptable cats & announcements.  This is a REALLY important part of reaching the public so that they know who FURR is and how to help, adopt or donate!

Crappie! Gordon! Addie & Party Girl! Yardley! Blue Fish! Salmon! Tux! Charlie!

All of these cats were very shy & have made a huge step forward in their trust of humans!

Buddy, Toto, Cuttle Fish, Spot, Finny & Guppy are still a challenge….

The rest are beyond ready to leave FURR & get adopted! I am really struggling with why we still have these amazing black cats!

I am saddened every night I leave FURR because Oscar & Tony SCREAM for me NOT to leave them & I’m very emotional about these beautiful boys!  They deserve MORE & are the best kitties ever!!!  WHY??????

PLEASE HELP ME find them a home!  They are truly loving, playful, healthy & GORGEOUS boys!!!

Next, thanks to Elizabeth for making contact with various companies on FURR’s behalf to see what we can get!  She was able to get Chewy to donate FOOD & A NEW VACUUM!  Way cool Elizabeth!

She has also contacted Land Rover, Wilmington, to see about their commitment to animal rescue & also other companies.  

These are the things I just don’t have time to do & GREATLY appreciate anyone to help with!  These are so many opportunities out there to help the cats that only takes some time & research.  Thank u Elizabeth!

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Sept. 23, 2024 Thanks so much to our volunteers who keep our kitties healthy and happy! But we still need several more in order to have adequate coverage and eliminate “double shifts”!

August 7, 2024 Update – We are thrilled to introduce a new volunteer, but several more are still needed!

First, please welcome Elizabeth, our new Kitty Happy Hour (KHH) volunteer!  Elizabeth moved to Hampstead only a couple of months ago and literally lives about a block from FURR!  She, and her son Cam, did volunteer work before and we are THRILLED to have them at FURR!

Elizabeth has been coming at least twice a week for KHH and it is already making a huge difference in the cats’ level of trust with strangers.  Now, we have 2 KHH folks:  Patti & Elizabeth!

With that said, I am currently doing 28 shifts a week after tomorrow.  I am hanging in there, but I’m exhausted, so we need help in the worst way. Please try to recruit your kitty-loving friends, family, neighbors and anyone that might be able to spare a few hours a week. 

While the job requirements are simple and few – volunteers MUST love cats unconditionally, have a good work ethic and dependability – the time they spend with FURR kitties is richly rewarding for both themselves and FURR kitties!

July 10, 2024 We need volunteers!  Please consider giving back to the community by helping FURR cats!

All of the FURR rescues came from your local community, in and around Wilmington and Hampstead, NC. Most of the rescued cats came from the old Atlantic Seafood fish plant that was torn down this year.  

Read the amazing story of how FURR rescued over SEVENTY cats from this abandoned set of buildings.  It took over a year to catch all of the cats, get them all vetted & paid for. A lot of the cats, and all of kittens, have been adopted, but most of them are still being cared for and fed by FURR at their new safe sanctuary.  We need volunteers to help us with the cats ready for adoption and the feral cats in our care.

September, 2023 – Watch this video of Terry with all the beautiful FURR kitties that are ready for adoption! In the meantime, hear her plea for volunteers for all kinds of help!

Terry urgently needs volunteers to help with a variety of activities such as taking care of kitties (feeding, letter boxes, etc.), administrative tasks or petting and playing with them during “Kitty Happy Hour” to help socialize them for their future FURR-ever family life!

If you would like to volunteer please contact Terry at Adoptafurrcat@gmail.com.

Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on our Petfinder page!

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

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

March 31, 2025 Our 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!

Learn more about FURR and meet our Volunteers!

See you there!