What We Do… 

·           A Shelter Friend works to provide positive publicity and increase visibility of the Bladen County Animal Shelter to increase adoptions.

·           A Shelter Friend acts as a liaison between the shelter and rescue groups nationwide, coordinating rescue  efforts and assisting with the logistics, including veterinary care and transportation.  In 2008, over 1000 dogs and cats, puppies and kittens were moved to safety.

·           A Shelter Friend strives to improve community consciousness toward the creatures sharing our lives through regular newspaper columns on pet topics.  Kindness toward animals helps build a better world for all of us.

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How We Do It

·           A Shelter Friend volunteers make extensive use of the internet and the telephone to connect homeless and unwanted dogs and cats residing in the county animal shelters of southeastern North Carolina with rescue organizations and adoptive homes.

·            A Shelter Friend volunteers temporarily foster former shelter animals, especially puppies.  By obtaining veterinary care and holding them in quarantine outside of the shelter, they can be safely transferred to an approved rescue group or a safe and loving home.

·            A Shelter Friend is working with the Bladen Animal Shelter on a plan involving pre-adoption spay and  neuter surgeries for all animals to be adopted.