Connecting displaced cats with FUR-ever families
Jamie Powell has a special talent. She can not only tell the 100 cats living at FUR’s feline sanctuary apart, but can even remember their names — despite the revolving door of cats being continually rescued and adopted out.
Western Carolina Dog Fanciers’ annual gatherings attract all shapes and sizes
Several hundred purebred dogs converged at the Haywood County Fairgrounds last weekend to walk the proverbial red carpet in the Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association spring trials.
PAWS director passionate about placing pets
Beth Cline has rescued animals since she was a young child. Her father would scold her every time she brought home another box of kittens, but she just couldn’t leave them sitting on the side of the road and would always find them a good home.
To eat or not to eat, that is the question
Cherished family member, societal parasite, or dinner?
Jellybean loses sight, finds new home
Jellybean is a 31-year-old blind miniature horse. Not being able to see her surroundings may seem like an insurmountable obstacle, but Star Ranch in Haywood County has made it possible for Jellybean to have a second chance to find a family.
The Catman of Jackson County: Sims reflects on decades of dedication to the feline population
Harold “Catman” Sims grew up in a household full of dogs.
Emergency animal clinic to open this spring in Waynesville
Pet owners in the western counties will soon have a shorter drive to tackle when their furry charges are in need of emergency medical care. Junaluska Animal Hospital plans to open the first after-hours clinic west of Asheville in Waynesville on March 28.
For some pet owners in rural west, round-the-clock vet care out of reach
By Jake Flannick • SMN Correspondent
Years have passed since Jack McJunkin’s dog was struck and fatally injured by a car on a Swain County road. But memories of the episode linger.
