About us
Our Mission - The Ashe Humane Society works to promote the welfare of companion animals in the community through programs and strategies aimed at improving responsible pet ownership and reducing the pet population. Dedicated to the welfare of companion animals, Ashe Humane Society is a non-profit organization that is entirely run by volunteers and funded solely by donations and fundraisers. Check out our adoption page and see how you can help our mission by accessing our links.
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History
The Ashe Humane Society was formed in March, 2004 by a group of people brought together by their concerns for the welfare of animals in Ashe County, North Carolina. In the past years, several attempts had been made in the community to form a humane society; all failing for various reasons, but primarily because of individual member’s inability to contribute the time, energy and focus necessary to ensure the success of the Society.
An early asset to the newly formed 2004 Society was the leadership and experience contributed by John Lisk. John gained his extensive leadership experience as a past Executive Director of a large metropolitan Humane Society in South Florida. He assisted volunteers of the Ashe Humane Society to form a plan for success. He emphasized the need for coordination and planning and the importance of having a centralized person to perform that function in the organization. He recruited a former employee for that position and a plan was presented to the members in June 2004.
A mission statement was written and programs developed that revolved around supporting the mission of “Saving and Protecting Animals of Ashe County”. Publicity and fundraising were targeted as primary needs in order to establish the Society in the community and enable it to achieve its long term goals. We have grown our efforts every year thanks to our donors, volunteers and local businesses.
We received our 501c3 status in 2006.
The Humane Society’s efforts have worked well since 2004. We now have a permanent facility, we support the community spay/neuter program available to Ashe County residents only for their pets, have a small foster program in place for our adoption cats and have a viable pet adoption program.
(as of 4/2022 our spay and neuter vouchers are for our adoption cats only due to lack of veterinary appointments. )
Please see the Spay-Neuter page of our website for more information about our Ashe County Spay and Neuter Transport Clinic Program open to Ashe County citizens for their dogs and cats (both house cats, and ferals/community/barn cats)
