Causes: Animal Protection & Welfare, Animals

Mission: We are dedicated to ensuring the highest quality of life for animals in Henderson County and our neighboring communities through adoption, outreach, and education.

Geographic areas served: We are dedicated to ensuring the highest quality of life for animals in Henderson County and our neighboring communities through adoption, outreach, and education.

Programs: The Blue Ridge Humane Society, established in 1950, is a nonprofit, limited admission animal welfare organization, dedicated to reducing the overpopulation of companion animals in henderson county, north carolina and to improving their quality of life through adoption, collaboration, and community education. The Blue Ridge Humane Society is committed to proper and reasonable animal care. The organization stresses the importance of spay/neuter education through many venues. The organization provides spay/neuter services to anyone adopting an animal and provides financial assistance through programs to qualifying individuals who require assistance in having their pet spayed or neutered. The Blue Ridge Humane Society provides financial assistance for medical treatment of animals to the general public. These funds are from specific grants received by the organization for that purpose only. Individuals who qualify, receive financial assistance for heartworm, flea and tick medicine, wellness check-ups, required vaccinations, and emergency surgeries. All animals receiving assistance with these funds must be spayed or neutered. The organization also offers a community pet food bank which assists in feeding animals of qualifying families to ensure that the owners are able to keep the pet in their home rather than being surrendered to a shelter due to the inability to feed the pet.