Sarge's Animal Rescue Foundation

Our mission is to save healthy, adoptable animals in the Haywood County Animal Control facility. Last year over 2,400 animals in the county facility were euthanized yet a large number were highly adoptable. Our mission is to take adoptable pets from the shelter, give them the loving care they need until their forever family adopts them.

We currently save those pets we can by placing them in local foster homes while we try to find permanent homes for them. Our goal is an Adoption Center with quarantine space, comfortable pens, outdoor runs, a cattery, areas for training and grooming. However, we think of our Foster Program as a 'No-Kill Shelter Without Walls' that enables us to save many dogs and cats right now. If you would like to find out more about becoming a foster home, please click here.

Get ready for Sarge's Annual Downtown Dog Walk Register here or be a sponsor! Saturday 7/31 and Sunday 8/1 : Adoption Days at Sarge HQ! Click here for more info

Current Activities

• We are visiting other organizations to learn from their experiences.
• We are applying for grants and we are building our membership and volunteer force.
• We are holding fundraising events including our annual Downtown Waynesville Dog Walk.
• We have Adoption Days and other events scheduled throughout the year.
• We pull as many endangered cats and dogs as we can from the shelter and house them in foster homes until they are adopted
• We transport others to breed rescue groups throughout region.
• We post photos and information about pets in the shelter on Petfinder so people looking on the Internet for pets to adopt will see them.

There are many ways you can help with these activities, please consider volunteering, or click here for more information about upcoming events.

We will have succeeded when the euthanasia of healthy, adoptable dogs and cats has ended in Haywood County.

SARF Needs Your Help

Join today. Let us know that you recognize the need and will support an Adoption Center for Haywood County. Learn more about the challenge and our vision. Volunteer your time. Consider making a generous donation to help us save lives.