Shelter Our Strays, Friends of Greenwich Animal Control

11/07/2025

Dogs and cats aren’t always good at communicating to their humans what they want or need. Here, experts reveal 15 ways to make sure your furry friends are at their best

10/29/2025

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY! As autumn arrives, raccoons enter one of their busiest seasons - preparing for winter. They spend the fall foraging for anything they can find, from fruits and nuts to insects and acorns, building up fat reserves to help them through the colder months ahead. While raccoons don’t truly hibernate, they do seek out cozy dens in hollow trees, burrows, or sometimes even attics and sheds to rest during the chill.

To help keep them safe - and wild - it’s important not to feed raccoons - relying on human food can make them dependent and increase the risk of disease. Instead, make your home less inviting by sealing any holes, capping chimneys, removing food sources and securing vents with durable materials.

By letting raccoons thrive naturally, we help keep the balance of our shared environment strong. 💜

10/27/2025

Wings of Rescue is a 501(c)(3) charity that flies at-risk pets from overcrowded shelters and disaster areas  to safe havens — from where they are quickly adopted into loving, forever homes. 

10/23/2025

🌨️ When the cold sets in, food grows scarce.
A handful of oats, seeds, or suet can mean survival.
Peanuts, rice, or baked potatoes — small kindness, big impact.
Skip bread when you can — it fills but doesn’t nourish.
Each meal you share keeps the wild alive a little longer. 🕊️

10/21/2025

10/09/2025

UPDATE: Thank you so much to everyone who has donated! We still have a long way to go to reach the $2500 we need, but so far we have 16 people who have entered, and we've raised $1175, so we still need to raise $1325. The odds are awesome, and we really really REALLY need your help! We need to cover monthly expenses quickly, so we are once again running a contest to win either a $100 Chewy or Amazon gift card (2 winners, each winner chooses the card they prefer to receive). Entries are $25/each, no limit to number of entries. Contest runs until 9 pm on 10/12/25.
Credit/debit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Bank Draft: https://secure.anedot.com/furry-friends-foster-and-rescue-inc/donate
Credit/Debit card: https://donate.stripe.com/3cs6qh7arfQB71CfYY
Credit/Debit card: https://www.furryfriendsct.org/donate
Cash App: $FFFRct

PLEASE enter to Win a $100 Chewy or Amazon Gift Card - Winner's Choice! TWO WINNERS! Please enter today with a donation of only $25 - we desperately need to raise funds and you'll have a chance to win too!

Entries are $25/each and larger amounts receive extra entries, as follows:
$25/entry
$100 = 5 entries
$150 = 8 entries
$200 = 12 entries
$300 = 18 entries
$400 = 30 entries
Incremental extra entries with larger amounts.

The contest will run until 10/12/25 at 9 pm. Winners will be chosen by random drawing after the entry period ends.

We have medical costs upcoming for our dogs; boarding costs that are huge and must be paid down; needs for supplies, food, and preventatives for all of our dogs; and we have absolutely NOTHING as a cushion in case of emergencies. And that is not even including the HUGE mountain of debt to veterinarians, trainers, etc., in which we haven't even been able to make a dent.

The bottom line is that FFFR simply cannot continue to exist with no cash flow. And donations have slowed recently to a very slow trickle.

Your donations will make it possible for us to cover the care for our dogs and begin to chart a path forward.

Please help!