I truly love this drone photo that was taken last fall by national award-winning photographer and CHHS Board member Dick Dickinson.
At the right in the foreground is the CHHS Canine Adoption Center, which opened in 2016. At the left in the foreground is the CHHS Feline Adoption Center, which opened two years later. Two of Western North Carolina’s most modern animal welfare facilities, quadrupling our capacity to save and care for rescued animals. Both buildings opened debt-free on the first day of operation.
Just behind and adjacent to the Canine Adoption Center, with that little peek of the blue roof, is the CHHS Puppy Pavilion, which opened in 2018 and gave our little pups a safe and fun place to romp until they had all their booster shots that would allow them to be in one of our 14 play yards to “run with the big dogs.”
At the far top left, the building with the tan roof is one of our two “caretaker cottages,” on-campus residences for our shelter manager and assistant shelter manager. The one in the photograph was built in 2021, and the second cottage was built just last year. These homes not only provide full-time residency for our top management, having them live onsite also ensures that our shelter animals are immediately cared for in the case of any after-hours emergency.
The smaller building with the ramp leading from the feline center is the CHHS Donations & Deliveries Depot. The addition of this building in 2024 allows us to safely and securely store all the generous donations of sheets, towels, rugs, and other supplies we receive throughout the year from the amazing animal lovers in our community. This building also houses the daily deliveries we get from Chewy, Walmart, Sam’s and other suppliers of pet food, treats and toys for the more than 100 shelter animals in our care.
At the far top right out of the view of this picture, our dog walking volunteers enjoy the two pristine ¼-mile loops known as Misty’s Trail that winds through the woods on our 10-acre campus which rises to the ridgeline adjacent to Lonesome Valley.
Finally, in the area at the top middle, just above where that grey pickup truck is parked, is the site of the new Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society Veterinary Clinic, which will open to the public in summer 2027. The two-story building will feature a 2,300-sq.ft. full-service vet clinic on the main level, and a 2,300-sq.ft. apartment for the veterinarian on the lower level. Groundbreaking for this largest animal welfare initiative in our 39-year history will take place this year.
I guess I better move my truck.
Established in 1987, Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal welfare organization located at 200 Gable Drive in Sapphire, one-and-a-half miles east of the Cashiers Ingles in between Cedar Creek Club and Lonesome Valley on Highway 64. Our no-kill shelter is open Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. For more information, visit us online at chhumanesociety.org or call (828)743-5752. Tax-deductible donations to support our lifesaving work can be mailed to: CHHS, P.O. Box 638, Cashiers, NC 28717.
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