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Adoption is good for your health - Valley River Humane Society

Make Adoption Your Only Option...It's Good for Your Health

Shelter pets provide a sense of purpose and lessen feelings of loneliness. When you adopt, you can feel proud that you are helping an animal in need!
Adoption is good for your family - Valley River Humane Society

Make Adoption Your Only Option...It's Good for Your Family

Adopting a mature pet not only gives older animals a second chance, it often means introducing them to your family will be much easier.

Make Adoption Your Only Option...It's Good for Your Soul

When you adopt, you save a loving animal by making them part of your life and open up shelter space for another animal in need.

Valley River Humane Society - Marble, NC 28905

Valley River Humane Society is a non-profit volunteer organization with the primary goal of reducing the number of homeless animals in our community.  Founded in 1969 as the Cherokee Humane Society, and located on county property at the old landfill on Fairview Road in Marble, NC, VRHS received $250,000 from the estate of Lillian Clifford in 1997, which allowed us to purchase 12.5 acres in Marble, off Hwy 74 and build the present NO-KILL Shelter facility.

VRHS is staffed by caring individuals and volunteers dedicated to helping orphaned animals find forever homes. We take in about 2000 homeless pets and strays every year, split about equally between dogs and cats. Many are adopted locally, and where possible, some of our dogs are transported to other renowned humane societies for adoption in the Northeast.

We invite you to visit our facility and see for yourself the result of the hard work by our staff and volunteers. Consider becoming a member of VRHS and share in our goals of driving greater animal adoptions, promoting spay & neuter practices, advocating for sensible animal control policies, and providing a safe and healthy environment for stray and abandoned animals.

Remember, the VRHS is a non-profit organization under section 501(C) (3) so that your DONATIONS can be tax-deductible.

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How You Can Help

There are countless ways you can help us in our quest for paws.
You can make a donation (however big or small), join our
fundraiser events, or volunteer your time and home as a foster parent

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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter9 hours ago
Sharing again as she has still not been found.
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter21 hours ago
Found by NOA. If this is your dog please contact the shelter at 828-837-2304 proof of ownership is required.
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter1 day ago
Male bulldog missing in Andrews/Topton area. He is an employees dog and greatly missed. Bronco is High Heartworm positive and needs his medication. Please call Valley River with any info
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter4 days ago

Happy Birthday in remembrance of valley River humane society’s amazing shelter manager, Kirsty Waller!! We will never have another like you, but we will continue your mission with love!! Tonight Hunter Drewry and Cheyenne Spicola are driving dogs to New York to their furr- ever...

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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter5 days ago
Happy Transport day!!! 🐶
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter6 days ago

🚨 Volunteers needed🚨 We are in need of driver's to drive up to Asheville for our spay/neuter in our van on Tuesdays & Wednesday. Leaves at 6am Tuesday & Wednesday. 🔹Tuesday will be drop off animals 🔹Wednesday is picking up Please call the shelter (828)837-...

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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter7 days ago

MISSING DOG Sophee went missing at around 1-2pm in Andrews, North Carolina. It is suspected that she jumped out of owners car at White Convenient on HWY 19 in Andrews, North Carolina. She is microchipped. The phone number is not up to date but the...

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