Mia’s Mafia is the cats meow!

Mia’s Mafia is a small group of animal lovers working hard to improve the lives of cats and other animals in need. They focus on Trap Neuter Release for cats and medical care for all the animals they can.

TNR is a process where feral cats (those who live their best lives outside, away from humans except their caretaker/feeder) are trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, given an ear tip to identify they are cared for and altered, and then released back to their home and person who cares about them. During this process, it’s not uncommon to find cats who don’t belong in the feral category. Those are cats who are friendly with people and probably were pets at some point in their life, or kittens who haven’t made up their mind about people just yet. These cats get the same medical care, usually minus the ear tip, and then join a foster home where they begin the search for their perfect match.

"We focus on keeping things positive and supporting each other so we can be at our best to do the most good for the animals. We strive to collaborate with others and encourage our team to come up with new and better ideas of ways to help and to run with those ideas. "

Mia’s Mafia is one of the rescues that regularly uses the Cat Shack facility at our Stonehenge store so our customers there have probably seen a few of their adoptable cats and kittens!

Find out more on Facebook and Instagram!

Click image below to check out more of their adoptables!

Canine Community Outreach, supporting pets and their people in NC

Did you know that animal rescue groups aren’t the only ones helping animals in need? There are many different groups helping animals without operating an adoption or foster program and Canine Community Outreach of NC is one of them.

“At Canine Community Outreach of North Carolina, we’re closing the gap between affordable canine care and our community. By educating owners about and enabling proper medical care, we improve canine lives. We connect individuals in need with low-cost canine medical care and also support medical fundraising for rescue dogs in need.

We are 100% volunteer-run. All money raised goes to spay & neuter initiatives, vaccines and other necessary medical procedures for dogs in our area.”

You can find more information on their Facebook and Instagram pages, or at their website, linked above!

To donate or volunteer click image below!

Freedom Ride Rescue; saving dogs one "freedom ride" at a time

Freedom Ride Rescue is a group of Raleigh dog lovers who are dedicated to helping as many dogs as possible get their “freedom ride”- that trip out of the shelter to a new life and a second chance to find their happily ever after. Everyone with Freedom Ride is a volunteer and the group is completely foster based, meaning their dogs live in homes with families, learning everything they need to become the best housemate possible and your future best friend.

“As fosters, we are willing to have our heart break after we love, rehabilitate and nurse an unwanted, unloved animal until they prance away with their fur-ever person – often never looking back – as they start their life’s most wonderful chapter: the one as a cherished pet.”

You can keep up with Freedom Ride on their website or on their social media channels, Facebook and Instagram.

Go to their website to check out these currently available dogs and more!