Hours of Operation: Mon - Thu !0:30am - 4:30 pm - Fri 10:00am - 12:00pm
Phone: 828-452-1329
Haywood Spay/Neuter, as a component of Sarge's Animal Rescue, provides low-cost spay/neuter services, pet medications, and urgent care funding assistance.
TRANSPORT UPDATE: Asheville's ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance does not have potable water and is temporarily closed. The projected re-opening date is mid-December. Therefore, our spay/neuter services are suspended until they are up and running. Our office is open for flea and tick medication purchases. Please be patient during these trying times.
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For those with October dates, we will reach out to you first with the earliest available spay/neuter appointments.
Good news..stay tuned...The ASPCA will be offering free wellness clinics at our location. These clinics will include free check-ups, microchipping, rabies and distemper shots, skin condition treatments, and minor wound repair. We will post the dates here once they are known.
WE HAVE FREE CAT FOOD, DOG FOOD, AND CAT LITTER
ABOUT US
Our Mission
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Haywood Spay/Neuter envisions a future where proper health care is available to every pet in Haywood County, regardless of owner income status. Spay and Neuter services are essential to the health of each dog or cat and greatly diminish the cycle of homeless and unwanted animals. Our wellness programs provide education, referral resources, and essential services to empower pet owners to give their companions the healthy, happy lives they deserve.
Haywood Spay/Neuter Today
As a component of Sarge's Animal Rescue, our entire operation is run by one part-time employee and a group of very dedicated volunteers. We spay/neuter approximately 850 pets per year. We are the "front of house" for the ASPCA Humane Alliance hospital. We handle sign-ups, payments, and the crating of pets to be fixed. The hospital picks up the pets, performs the operations, and returns the pets to us the next day. We have the pleasure of reuniting the pets with their owners. We also offer other services which are described on the Our Services webpage.
Haywood Spay/Neuter History
We date back to 1955 when a small group of local residents founded the Haywood County Humane Association “to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote humane educational programs on a county-wide basis.” We reorganized in 1973 and again in 1986, forming the Haywood Animal Welfare Association as a non-profit, tax-exempt community service organization. We’ve made great strides since the days of non-existent county animal control laws and a back-alley county animal shelter. For instance, we were the driving force in the construction of the Haywood County Animal Shelter in 1990, and we worked on passing the legislation for the new Adoption Center and intake shelter that opened in April 2018.
We have sponsored over 30,000 spay/neuters since 2002.
Board of Directors
President Windy McKinney
Treasurer Bonnie Grumka
Secretary Nancy East
Board Member Caitlin Morrow
Board Member Kelley Pezzella
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Board Members Emeritus
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Connie Hewitt
