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The nonprofit Community Partnership for Pets committed to reduce pet overpopulation problem and improving the health and welfare of animals in Henderson County by providing low-cost, affordable spay/neuter programs and assistance with pet food and veterinarian care for families in need. Information: www.communitypartnershipforpets.org, 693-5172, CPforPetsInc@aol.com.
The Community Partnership for Pets is sponsoring a spay/neuter special for the month of May for Henderson County residents. This offer is not for agencies. Spaying or neutering a pet will cost $20 and includes a free rabies vaccination. Call the Spay/Neuter Clinic in Asheville 252-2079 to make an appointment. Residents must mention Community Partnership for Pets to get the special rate.
Strays are kept for five working days. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Saturdays. Fee: $65, dogs, female cats; $50, male cats; includes spaying or neutering, rabies shot and microchipping. Phone: 697-4723. Web site: www.hendersoncountync.org.
Rabies vaccination clinic for dogs will be held at county veterinary offices next week. Shots are $5. Call veterinarian for an appointment.
Stray males: Spaniel mix, black and tan; Great Dane mix, black and white; chow mix, black and white; retriever mix, brown; Rottweiler mix, black and tan; boxer mix, tan and white; Jack Russell terrier, white and brown; shepherd mix, tri-color; hound mix, brown; redbone hound mix, Rottweiler mix, black and tan.
Stray females: Husky mix, black and white, spayed; bull terrier, brindle and white; hound mix, white and black.
Adoptable males: Shepherd mix, tan; schnauzer-Labrador retriever mix, gray; hound mix, tri-color; German shepherd, black and tan; boxer mix, brown and black.
Adoptable females: Rottweiler mix, spayed, black and tan; husky, black and white; Catahoula leopard mix, brown with brown spots; Labrador retriever mix, spayed, chocolate and white; schnauzer-Labrador retriever mix, black and brown.
Adoptable puppies: Rottweiler mix, female, black and tan; Rottweiler mix, female, brown.
Adoptable cats and kittens: Many assorted breeds and colors.
Location: Ross Road. An employee is at the shelter from 9 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Phone: 883-3713.
Adoptable dogs: Feist mix, black and tan, male.
Adoptable puppies: Hound mix, tan.
No-kill, limited admission animal adoption and rescue center. Location: U.S. 64 East. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday; noon to 5 p.m., Saturday. Information: 685-7107, the-aarc.com. All animals spayed or neutered; current on vaccinations. Pets for adoption can be viewed at www.petfinder.com/shelters/NC494.html.
Adult dogs: Shar-pei-Labrador retriever mix, 3 years, female; Australian-German shepherd mix, male, 3 years; husky-Doberman pinscher mix, male, 3 years; malinois mix, female, 4 years; retriever mix, female, 2 years; boxer mix, 1 year, female; hound mix, female, 2 years; beagle, male, 6 years; heeler mix, male, 1 year; two boxer-shepherd mixes, males, 11 months; Australian shepherd-golden retriever mix, male, 1 year..
Puppies: Three Labrador retriever-hound mixes, males, 5 months; Labrador retriever-shar-pei mix, male, 8 months; boxer mix, male, 8 months; shepherd mix, male, 5 months.
Adult cats: Assorted colors and ages.
Kittens: Assorted ages and colors.
The shelter at 1050 Seventh Ave. E. is open to adopt animals from 1 to 6 p.m. everyday. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays adoptable animals are at PetSmart, Arden. Foster homes needed for special needs animals; also puppies and kittens. Volunteers needed. Information: 216-0694.
Adult dogs: Pit bull mix, neutered male, 2 years; pit bull, brown and white, neutered male, 1 year; Labrador retriever, black, spayed female, 2 years, housebroken; boxer, spayed female, 1 year, housebroken; German shepherds, 1 year, two neutered males; Catahoula leopard mix, 3 years, neutered male; chow, 3 years, neutered male; German shepherd, spayed female, 5 years, black and tan; German shepherd, black, 11/2 years, spayed female; Walker hound, spayed female, 2 years; boxer, white with black spots, female, 1 year; cocker spaniel, buff, female, 1 year; poodle, black, male, 7 to 8 years; terrier mix, tiny, 2 years; shepherd mixes, large, 1 year.
Adult cats: Black and white, female; black, female, 1 year; white with black, male; long-haired calico, spayed female; orange, spayed female, long hair; many assorted from which to choose, any color.
Puppies: Pit bull, neutered male, 9 months; several mixes; terrier mix, female, 6 months. All puppies are in foster care.
Kittens: Large variety of assorted colors and ages.
Bunnies: Seven young, six babies.
Nonprofit animal shelter at 989 Little Mountain Road, Columbus. Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursdays; closed Sundays. Strays kept five days. All animals spayed or neutered. Information: (828) 863-4444, www.foothillshumanesociety.org. Only animals from Polk County accepted.
Adoptable dogs: Feist mix, female, black and tan with gray, 2 years; beagle-terrier mix, white and black, female, 4 to 5 years; husky mix, black and white, neutered male, blue eyes, 3 years; Labrador retriever mix, yellow, neutered male, 1 year; Labrador retriever mix, black with white, male, 2 years.
Adoptable puppies: Three Labrador retreiver mixes, black and white, two males, female, 11 weeks; black and tan mix, 11 weeks, female; two Australian shepherd mixes, blue merle female, black and tan male, 10 weeks.
Adoptable cats: Tortoise-shell, spayed female, 6 years; two brown tabbies, spayed females, 1 year; orange and white, neutered male, 1 year; tortoise-shell, female, 3 years; orange and white, neutered male, 1 year; gray and white, long hair, female, declawed, 1 year.
Adoptable kittens: Four blacks, females, 7 weeks; two brown tigers, females, 7 weeks; orange tiger, male, 10 weeks; gray, male, 8 weeks; orange tiger, male, long hair, 10 weeks.
No-kill agency at 105 E. Main St., Brevard. Animals are spayed or neutered and have had all shots. Fee: $35 to $50. Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Phone: 884-6577.
Looking for stable foster home situations for temporary placement.
Adoption Day: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Public may bring pets to be placed for adoption. Free service. Dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, ferrets. Must pick pets up if not placed.
Kittens: Black, male, 8 weeks; black, female, 7 weeks; long hair, male, 7 weeks; two black and whites, females, 7 weeks; gray and white, female, 7 weeks; tiger, fluffy, female, 7 weeks; calico; variety of kittens.
Cats: Two tabbies, females, 11/2 years, long hair; calico, female, declawed, spayed, must be only cat, 6 years; long-hair, female; black and white, male, 2 years; yellow tabby, male, 1 to 2 years.
Dogs: American bulldog, female, must be indoor/outdoor fenced yard, needs attention, less than 5 years; boxer-German shepherd mix, spayed female, friendly, 4 to 6 years.
Nonprofit group finds homes for retired racing greyhounds. Information: 692-4986 or www.greyhoundfriends.com.
A nonprofit animal rescue group that rescues strays and tries to match animals with their owners or find new owners for adoptable animals. Phone: Carol Fossen, 884-9504.
Adoptable dogs: Labrador retriever, black, spayed female, 21/2 years, housebroken, does not do well with other animals.
Adoptable cats: Many for adoption, assorted colors and ages.
Adoptable kittens: Many that need homes, assorted colors and ages.
Purrs and Whiskers in Hendersonville recently has joined other animal welfare organizations in the area who list their homeless pets on Petfinder.com. The site currently has more than 200,000 homeless pets listed and is updated continuously.
Visit www.petfinder.com/shelters/NC502.html. Once visitors to the site find a pet they are interested in, they contact the shelter where the pet is housed. Each animal placement group has its own policies and handles its own adoptions.
Animal Compassion Network is a nonprofit organization placing rescued and abandoned dogs and cats into approved permanent homes. All of the dogs, cats, puppies and kittens available for adoption are cared for by foster families. Adoption fee includes spaying or neutering, vaccinations, microchipping with lifetime registration. Information: www.a-cnet.org, 258-4820.
Basset Hound Rescue of Georgia has a N.C. Rescue Associate in Western North Carolina. To see the adoptable album, call Judi Bartlett at 651-8185. Information: www.bhrg.org.
Friends of Penny attempts to assist miniature pinschers in need by providing foster care, transport, adoptive homes, veterinary care, other services and information. All are spayed/neutered, have up-to-date vaccinations and are heartworm negative. Information: (888) 685-6613, www.rescueminpins.com.