McDowell County Animal Shelter

The animal control officer collaborates closely with other organizations that provide animal services, such as Burke Friends for Animals and the Burke County Sheriff's Office Animal Shelter (Humane Society of Burke County).

The purpose of Mitchell County Animal Rescue is to protect, rescue, and care for unwanted and abandoned animals; to raise awareness of the value of spaying and neutering in lowering the number of stray animals; to rehome animals; and to instruct young people in the humane treatment of animals.

Animal rescue organization Heart of the Foothills is a place for fresh starts. In Rutherford County, North Carolina, we provide a safe sanctuary for stray animals while establishing a no-kill neighborhood.

Beginning in 1997 in the garden of its founders, Toni and Ed Davis, Friends for Animals the Humane Society of Burke County eventually relocated to the adoption facility in 2003. One of the biggest no-kill shelters in Western North Carolina now exists thanks to the organization.

Reuniting these animals with their owners is our first priority. All adoptable animals should be placed in acceptable homes or sent to rescue organizations where they can be adopted if they are not returned to their owners.