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Ground Breaking News
Written By: David Stroud - Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society | Issue: 2018/06 - June
The Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society has announced the largest expansion on our 10-acre campus since the 2016 opening of the CHHS Canine Adoption Center.
Last month, we hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new CHHS Feline Adoption & Animal Care Center, the single-largest investment specifically for cats and kittens in our 31-year history. The new building will feature safe, modern and comfortable housing for up to 80 cats and kittens, and is expected to be completed in late summer.
The new CHHS Feline Adoption & Animal Care Center will include three main cageless play rooms for cats with three spacious porches for plenty of fresh air and sunshine, a glasswalled kitten nursery room, holding and isolation rooms, and a state-of-the-art medical room for visiting veterinarians, vet techs and trained staff to conduct examinations, provide treatment and perform minor surgeries.
“When we opened the Canine Adoption Center in 2016, it became the most modern animal welfare facility in western North Carolina,” said CHHS Executive Director David Stroud. “It featured industry-leading design, humane housing and extra capacity for dogs and puppies that was desperately needed. We need to do the same thing for our feline friends. Despite our low cost and free spay/ neuter program, our intake of local stray and owner-surrendered cats and kittens has quadrupled in the past five years. We don’t ever want to turn away an animal in need who is brought to our doors, so we are looking forward to the doors opening for the new CHHS Feline Adoption & Animal Care Center.”
Established in 1987, Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit no-kill animal shelter that receives no state or county tax dollars, and no funding from any national animal organization. CHHS is located on Highway 64 in Sapphire, two miles east of the Cashiers Crossroads and is open from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5:00 P.M. Sunday. For more information, visit us online at CHhumanesociety.org. Tax-deductible donations to support our lifesaving work can be mailed to: CHHS, P.O. Box 638, Cashiers, NC 28717.
