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Latest Animal Rescue Efforts

Beautiful Together Animal Rescue Updates Wow, what a whirlwind two weeks in dog world! We have a big animal rescue effort update! Thanks to our amazing Dog Team and incredible foster squad, we were able to pull all of these dogs and more from shelters. A special thank you to our transport volunteers as well […]

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Hollywood Feed Adoption Event

Hollywood Feed Adoption Event Recap! Thank you so much to Hollywood Feed for co-hosting such a wonderful adoption event with us! 3 adoptions, some fantastic supplies donations, coupons for our adopters, and several new faces despite the weather! Hollywood Feed will be giving us the proceeds of their March roundup, so make sure you stop […]

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Welcoming Mama & Puppies!

Congratulations to this healthy mama and puppies! This sweet mama and puppies were rescued earlier this month (March), and we couldn’t be more grateful and excited! Thanks to some exceptional coordinating from our dog team, we were able to pull Coco from her outdoor shelter earlier than planned as she was clearly ready to get […]

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Our Lucky ”St. Paddy’s” Brood!

We can’t wait for you to meet our sweet pitties, the luck “St. Paddy’s” brood! We’re so glad we could bring these sweet pitties into rescue! Our lucky “St. Paddy’s” brood of 8-week-old pure pit pups are enjoying foster and are ready for adoption! Join us at the Durham Central Park Food Truck Rodeo on […]

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Adoption Events 2023!

Mark your calendars — we have a few adoption events for you! Come meet your next furry friend at one of our upcoming adoption events! Our adoption events (virtual and in-person) are fun for everyone including our animals. They are also incredibly important to the work that we do.  Adopting a pet, of course, is a big decision. […]

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Our Amazing Foster Team!

Our amazing foster team is at it again — rescuing & loving animals in need! We have the most thoughtful foster team! Guinness, Porter and Murphy are all settled into their new foster home, accompanied by these sweet notes. It truly takes a village, and we rely on the work and support of our incredible […]

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Meet Our Boxer Lady!

Meet Brooklyn, our loving boxer! Would you like to meet our sweetheart boxer? This senior lady is close to our hearts, and she just needs someone to give her a chance! Sweet Brooklyn is a looking for her second chance at love after her owner passed away. As boxers go, she’s a lower energy dog […]

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How to get involved with our Sanctuary Build?

Latest work on our sanctuary build & how you can get involved! We’re starting our week with a lot of gratitude! Thank you to the Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center Impact Club for volunteering your time to clean up our trails (and play with the puppies!) And thank you to Steve Lackey and Ben […]

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Meet the ”Brew Crew”!

Our ”Brew Crew” litter of hound mix puppies are all ready for adoption! As we all know, it takes time and patience to raise puppies, and so we are looking for those special families who are looking to add a puppy into their pack! Let’s meet the ”Brew Crew”: Allagash – This freckled-face sweetheart loves […]

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Rescue Pet Photography

Telling our rescue animals’ stories through with photography! Our fearless leader is also an incredible photographer! We are so excited for some new sanctuary updates coming soon, which will allow us to take even more soul-connecting portraits of these little loves! From Tamara Lackey, our founder: I love photographing rescue pets – from brand new […]

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Upcoming Dog Adoption Event

Come join us for our Dog Adoption Event at Hollywood Feed! Looking for your next furry friend? Come meet some of our Beautiful Together dogs at our Dog Adoption Event at Hollywood Feed Chapel Hill! The event is from 12-5pm on Saturday, February 25th! Our Director of Cats will also be there to answer questions […]

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Gift in Honor of Loved Ones

What’s the sweetest, most thoughtful way to say ”you’ve captured my heart”? A gift in honor of loved ones, or in memory, that ensures our rescues have the chance to find someone special of their very own! Making a gift in honor of a friend, family member, sweetheart or beloved pet is simple. Visit the […]

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Animal Wellness Clinic Belief

Our Animal Wellness Clinic Belief: Care & Comfort At our twice-weekly animal wellness clinic, our belief is two-fold: practice preventative medicine while ensuring our rescues know that they’re safe throughout the process. We know that vaccines, checkups, microchipping and other exams aren’t pleasant, but teamwork, treats and lots of hugs make it much smoother! We […]

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Latest Sanctuary Update

We have a small, but beautiful sanctuary update for you! This beautiful new 4’’ x 8’’ hand-painted sign is now finished and ready to go to the property! The Sanctuary is the intersection of so many of our core values. Our welcoming sign was painted by our East Chapel Hill High Beautiful Together Club, and […]

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Pet Therapy & Mental Health

Hosting Pet Therapy Events: Did you know that in addition to our youth programs, we also offer in-school pet therapy events and mental health wellness days? At these events, we invite students to interact with our rescue dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens. We also offer hands-on instruction – including activities like bottle feeding kittens or […]

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A mama cat’s special story of hope & love:

Sweet Arya’s Story of Resilience Many of you might remember Arya (Taylor), who was pregnant and had just been hit by a car when we brought her into rescue last fall. We have an update on this mama cat’s special story! Only her premie kitten, Santi, who weighed only 2.4oz, made it. Two days after […]

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Beautiful Together Animal Sanctuary’s Mission

Our mission is simple: To connect the vulnerable and the voiceless in purposeful ways that benefit us all. Thank you, from all of us at Beautiful Together Animal Sanctuary! We have some great news share – an anonymous donor has offered to double all donations, up to $100,000! That means that your generosity will go […]

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Thank You to Our Amazing Team of Women!

It might not be International Women’s Day officially, but we are so thankful for our amazing team of women who volunteer with us! We’ve got so many incredible women volunteering, fostering, adopting, and supporting Beautiful Together Animal Sanctuary that it would be impossible to list them all. We are so grateful for them (and you!), […]

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The First Step in helping Rescue Animals

The first step in helping our rescue animals isn’t always the easiest step, but the most critical. Beautiful Together rescues abused, abandoned and neglected dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters and inhumane situations. So, our first step is pulling these animals out from these situations. From there, these rescue animals almost always need some form […]

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Celebrating Beautiful Together’s Anniversary!

We are celebrating Beautiful Together’s Anniversary! January 2023 marks our second anniversary, and here is the story of how it all began. Just over two years ago, we made our first pull. On January 14, 2021 we pulled our very first animals— a scared mama dog who had been hit by a car and her […]

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Health Benefits to having a Pet (pt.2)

Did you know there are a lot of health benefits to having a pet? We’re picking up our list where we left off, and learning more about the incredibly powerful positive impact animals have on us. 4. Increased activity Dog owners often have no choice but to walk their pet, thus providing them with an […]

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Health Benefits of having a Pet!

There are so many incredible benefits the come with having pets in our lives! Whether you own a pet, foster, volunteer, or even help a friend with their furry friend, animals have an incredibly powerful and positive impact on us! So here are just a few of the health benefits of having a pet: 1. […]

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How Much Do We Spend on our Rescues?

How much do we spend on our rescues’ wellness and recovery? From fosters needing routine procedures before adoption to rescues who were hurt or malnourished and need more intensive care, we spend anywhere between $15 to $2000 per animal. Routine procedures can include general wellness exams, as well as administration of vaccinations, necessary preventatives and […]

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How Your Donations Help

Every donation – big and small – matters, and this is how your generous donations help our animals and our vision! Bright days are ahead of us – thanks to your donations and support. We can’t wait to see our Beautiful Together’s Animal Sanctuary’s future home here in Chapel Hill become a present realty. Every […]

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Adoption Event 2023

Come joins us for our first Adoption Event of 2023! Join us in the 02 fitness lobby on January 29th to meet you new best friend! We will have cats +kittens from 11:00 until about 12:15 and then dogs + puppies from 12:30-2pm. Interested in adopting? Or fostering? Click the links below to meet your […]

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