06/17/2026
🚨🆘 PUBLIC PLEA FOR HELP – MAMA DOG ON HOPE MILLS RD 🆘🚨
We need your help. Seriously.
For the third time, our team spent hours tonight trying to trap a terrified mama dog living near Hope Mills Road. Despite every effort, she would not enter the trap. She is exhausted, scared, confused, and desperately trying to survive after being separated from her babies.
A few days ago, we rescued her six 1 week-old puppies from underneath a shed where ants were attacking them and the extreme heat was becoming life-threatening. The puppies are now safe and being bottle-fed by an amazing foster, but their mama is still out there.
She is a black-and-white pit bull who is actively nursing and is most often seen near Hope Mills Road between Hope Mills and Raeford Road.
⚠️ If you see her:
• DO NOT chase her
• DO NOT call out to her
• DO NOT try to catch her
• PLEASE slow down while driving in the area
• Take a photo or video if possible
• Note the exact location and direction she is traveling
• Contact Meraki Animal Rescue immediately
Every sighting matters. Every minute matters.
This sweet girl is staying dangerously close to a busy roadway, and we are terrified that if we don’t get her safely trapped soon, she may become another tragic roadside statistic. She has already endured so much and deserves the chance to be reunited with her babies.
The good news is that we have a new plan.
Rather than continuing to push a trap she clearly doesn’t trust, we are going to slow down and work on earning that trust. With the help of a wonderful neighbor, we will continue feeding mama at a designated feeding station and allow her time to become comfortable with our trap setup. Our hope is that by removing the pressure and letting her acclimate, she’ll eventually feel safe enough to enter on her own.
In the meantime, her six puppies will continue receiving around-the-clock care at their foster home while we care for mama where she is. The ultimate goal is simple: get mama safely trapped, healthy, and reunited with her babies.
At the same time, Meraki has taken on seven additional lives overnight—one mama and six bottle babies. We didn’t plan for this, but when animals need help, we step up.
And let us tell you… SIX bottle babies is a LOT. 🍼🐾
Six puppies = lots of formula.
Six puppies = lots of feedings around the clock.
Six puppies = lots of laundry.
Six puppies = lots of p**p.
Six puppies = lots of cleanup.
Our incredible foster is caring for six tiny beating hearts that require constant attention, day and night. While we continue working to bring mama to safety, we’d love to help lighten the load for the person keeping her babies alive.
🐾 HOW YOU CAN HELP 🐾
We desperately need puppy formula, puppy food, p*e pads, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, paper towels, and food for mama. Our Amazon Wishlist can be found here:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2A8HYNSDH47ND?ref_=wl_share
Monetary donations are also greatly appreciated and will go directly toward supplies, food, veterinary care, and getting this family healthy, safe, and reunited.
💚 Zelle: [email protected]
💚 Cash App: $MerakiSavesLives
💚 Venmo: -Peterson
Please share. Please watch. Please help us save this mama before it’s too late. ❤️
