7132 Sim Canady Road, Hope Mills, NC 28348 (910) 425-0967 shelbyttd5@aol.com
About Us
Our Mission:
We will reduce the number of euthanasias at Cumberland County Animal Control by half in the next five years by making spay and neuter, vaccinations and basic veterinary care affordable and available to every pet owner.
Fact: 12,000 companion animals have been euthanized at our shelter every year for the past thirty years. Our animals are out of time…
Q: Is that all you do?
A: No. We help pet families in crisis by providing free pet food, dog houses, kennels, fences, Rabies shots, whatever is needed. We also provide food and toiletries for the family. UCC sponsors mobile vaccination clinics six times per year. In spring 2012, we will open the first non-profit veterinary clinic in this area.
Q: How in the world do you pay for all that?
A: Sidewalk Sales, vaccintions, raffles, grants, and donations. We have shopping privileges at Second Harvest Food Bank which makes it possible to feed all who ask.
Q: How can I help?
A: Donate items, services, or financial support to "The Big Fix", our non-profit veterinary facility scheduled to open in early spring 2012 at 2674 George Owen Road, Fayetteville NC.
We are a 501(C)(3) organization. Please mail tax deductable donations to: UCC, 7132 Sim Canady Road, Hope Mills, NC 28348
Our History:
“Unchain Cumberland County” was founded in 2008 with one mission: An anti-tethering ordinance for Cumberland County. On February 2, 2009, Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to “unchain” our county. Our ordinance, which allows no tethering whatsoever, is the best in the state.
UCC has built many, many fences for families with chained dogs; we have bought fencing materials for many others, and we will continue to do that, but fences are just a charitable gift from UCC, never a part of our mission. The “unchain” was always about the ordinance, not the fences.
With our first mission accomplished, we moved on to “The Big Fix”, which is subsidized spay and neuter. Our mission now is to reduce the number of shelter deaths by half in the next five years by offering spay and neuter to all, regardless of ability to pay. Since December 2009, we have subsidized more than five hundred spay and neuter surgeries.
In August 2010, UCC was approved for shopping privileges at Second Harvest Food Bank. We now offer food to the entire family, not just the pets.
The success of our mission depends on you, our volunteers, and the support of our communities. Without you and that support, we cannot continue helping the many pets and families in crisis. We are all volunteers; you, me, all of us who help the animals. However, the people we do business with are not volunteers. They are Animal Control, Cumberland County, Gray’s Creek Animal Hospital, Affordable Animal Care, local businesses, and the dreaded IRS. They hold UCC accountable for all things. We are a tax-exempt organization, and accurate records must be kept for all activities, especially donations, monetary and otherwise, if we are to keep our non-profit status.
Note: We are not rescue. We do not foster, except in emergencies. Our objective is to help families keep their pets.
Our policy is "Goodwill" - No Exceptions!
