Welcome to the website for Oak Grove Animal Sanctuary. UPDATE: Our new website is ALMOST READY!!! It should be live the week of July 19th! Stay tuned! It's a great improvement and we just can't wait!

The BIGGEST news is that we are totally moved into our new facility. It took me nearly 2 weeks but 184 cats and 2 dogs were safely transported to the new place. Another few weeks were needed to allow the cats to adjust to the new place and to allow me to put a THIRD layer of fencing around their area (the beavers from the ponds were not happy to have their paths re-routed...). As a stop-gap while I worked on the fence, I put up a large 6' x 24' cage outside one of the windows in the cat room to allow them to be outside and have a look at their new outdoor space. Here's more information on the fencing that I use: Purrfect Fence.

Previously, the biggest news for us was that I have been laid off. I have been working 3 jobs (Clinsys Clinical Research, my printing/graphic design business and doing some real estate again) to support the sanctuary and the main one that was our primary source of funding is now gone. This is pretty devastating as the other jobs are not salaried and do not offer regular income. If you have ever considered supporting my efforts here at the sanctuary, now is a crucial time for us. We are moving before the end of the year to the new location and our expenses should go down but it still costs a small fortune every month to take care of all these guys. Thank God for my brother and family who funded the building of the new place. Without them and with losing my job like this, we would end up in foreclosure, for certain. I've upated the news pagewith info on our upcoming relocation....

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Oak Grove Animal Sanctuary (OGAS) is located in Eastern Alamance County in North Carolina, in a large house with a full basement and outdoor fenced-in areas. OGAS provides a true home environment to many cats and a few dogs. No one lives in a cage or kennel here. There are couches, chairs and beds – and lots of places to run, play and take long, restful kitty naps.

Some residents are here temporarily; while others will live out their lives here. Many are feral cats who were in unsafe situations or were losing their habitat – coming here was their only chance at life. More have come in from the local kill-shelter; some escaped death thanks to caring employees there. Some of our residents have come as strays, safe here until we find their owners. Others are friendlies, rescued from unsafe situations or just plain unwanted.

We are no-kill and no-cages (except when necessary for health reasons). Loosely divided into several colonies, the cats have access to space that is heated/cooled and safe access to the outdoors via porches and two very large fenced-in areas. The founder lives in the house.

Some residents come with amazing stories – and some create their amazing stories while they're here. Please consider supporting us. We are a 501C3 and 100% of your donation goes to the animals. There are no paid employees. We are mostly funded through my paycheck and times are very tough right now.

To learn more about how you can help us, please visit the News page or the Needs and Wants page.

LET YOUR CATS OUTSIDE SAFELY!
WE'VE INSTALLED PURRFECT FENCE FOR THE
CATS AT THE SANCTUARY. Read More...