Adoption is good for your health - Valley River Humane Society

Make Adoption Your Only Option...It's Good for Your Health

Shelter pets provide a sense of purpose and lessen feelings of loneliness. When you adopt, you can feel proud that you are helping an animal in need!
Adoption is good for your family - Valley River Humane Society

Make Adoption Your Only Option...It's Good for Your Family

Adopting a mature pet not only gives older animals a second chance, it often means introducing them to your family will be much easier.

Make Adoption Your Only Option...It's Good for Your Soul

When you adopt, you save a loving animal by making them part of your life and open up shelter space for another animal in need.

Valley River Humane Society - Marble, NC 28905

Valley River Humane Society is a non-profit volunteer organization with the primary goal of reducing the number of homeless animals in our community.  Founded in 1969 as the Cherokee Humane Society, and located on county property at the old landfill on Fairview Road in Marble, NC, VRHS received $250,000 from the estate of Lillian Clifford in 1997, which allowed us to purchase 12.5 acres in Marble, off Hwy 74 and build the present NO-KILL Shelter facility.

VRHS is staffed by caring individuals and volunteers dedicated to helping orphaned animals find forever homes. We take in about 2000 homeless pets and strays every year, split about equally between dogs and cats. Many are adopted locally, and where possible, some of our dogs are transported to other renowned humane societies for adoption in the Northeast.

We invite you to visit our facility and see for yourself the result of the hard work by our staff and volunteers. Consider becoming a member of VRHS and share in our goals of driving greater animal adoptions, promoting spay & neuter practices, advocating for sensible animal control policies, and providing a safe and healthy environment for stray and abandoned animals.

Remember, the VRHS is a non-profit organization under section 501(C) (3) so that your DONATIONS can be tax-deductible.

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How You Can Help

There are countless ways you can help us in our quest for paws.
You can make a donation (however big or small), join our
fundraiser events, or volunteer your time and home as a foster parent

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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter3 days ago
Santa’s little helpers are getting into the Holiday spirit 🎅 🎁

Decorating and having a blast🎄

We have lots of adorable little kittens and the sweetest cats around , stop by and hangout with these cuties and see which one picks you 🤗

Hours- Tuesday-...
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter6 days ago
Valley River Humane Society would like to send a big shout out and thank you to Big Realty and their staff for the donations they collected to help all of the animals at the shelter. The generosity of our community can be seen in the...
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter6 days ago
It’s Giving Tuesday and here’s one of the best saves of 2024! Midge, now Jessie, was found as a stray shot, seizing, and crashing from her wounds. @Cheyenne Spicola got right to work, bringing Midge back to life. Fast-forward a few months and the newly-healed,...
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter1 week ago
Thanks to Murphy Living magazine for putting the spotlight on lovable senior dog Bruce! Adopted from VRHS by Dad Joe and family, Bruce (formerly known as Neo) has been in his forever home for almost a year now, living out his golden years in glossy...
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter1 week ago
We’re still counting our blessings today at VRHS! Thankful for our communities that support our rescue efforts. We have some super sweet cats ready for a Thanksgiving miracle - a home for the holidays. And check out another great photo of Dakota and his continuing...
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter2 weeks ago
Happy Thanksgiving

I wanted to wish everyone at VRHS a very Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you have had a really good day with family and friends A special Thank You goes out to those that came in to take care of all the shelter fur...
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter2 weeks ago
Meet Goldie 💛🧡

This sweet 1 year old girl would be so thankful and grateful to find her furever home .

She is incredibly affectionate but prefers being the only cat in the house.

As soon as you open up her kennel door, she comes...
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter2 weeks ago
Meet Hamish & Harold💙

They cute and gorgeous boys are 7 months old, they are playful and sweet.

Very similar in color-
Hamish has a long white line on the nose , while Harold has a white dot. 🙂 🙃

Stop by the shelter to...
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Valley River Humane Society Animal Shelter2 weeks ago
Meet Sheila

This 1 year old love bug will melt your heart.
As soon as you open up her kennel door she comes over for love and pets. She’s also patient and calm ❤️

Stop by the shelter to meet Sheila, she’s located right at...

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