{"id":212202,"date":"2026-03-30T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212202\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:34:13","slug":"strutt-with-your-mutt-5k-in-duplin-county-raises-funds-for-jacksonville-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212202\/","title":{"rendered":"Strutt With Your Mutt 5K in Duplin County raises funds for Jacksonville rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Runners and their dogs will have a chance to hit the trails this weekend while supporting an animal rescue.<\/p>\n<p>The Strutt With Your Mutt 5K, a dog-friendly race that raises money for Adoption First Animal Rescue in Jacksonville, is scheduled for Saturday at the English Country Barn in Magnolia in Duplin County, southwest of Kenansville.<\/p>\n<p>The event includes a 5K run and a one-mile fun run that participants can walk.<\/p>\n<p>Bre Corbitt, a rescue specialist, said the organization takes in some owner surrenders, but most animals come from euthanasia lists at local county shelters.<\/p>\n<p>We do take some surrenders, but the majority of our animals do come from the euthanasia list at local county shelters. So animals that were at risk of euthanasia, we&#8217;re able to take them on, get them their vetting that they need, spayed or neutered, microchipped, and get them adopted out to loving homes,\u201d Corbitt said.<\/p>\n<p>Penny, a dog adopted from the rescue, came in third at last year\u2019s 5K.<\/p>\n<p>Registration costs $30. <a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/NC\/Magnolia\/StruttMuttWalkRun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to register for the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Runners and their dogs will have a chance to hit the trails this weekend while supporting an animal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-212202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}