Haywood Spay/Neuter, a vital component of Sarge's Animal Rescue Foundation, provides low-cost spay/neuter services, pet medications, and urgent care funding assistance.
Our September dates are full. We will begin accepting appointments on September 8th for October transports. Please note that all appointments must be made in person at our office. To expedite the process, please print out the transport form, complete it, and bring it with you. We need one form per pet. If your pet(s) have already had a rabies shot, a current rabies certificate is required. If not provided, a rabies shot will be administered.
Haywood County residents only.
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We’re Moving!
We are excited to announce that we’re moving on October 8th to our new location at 256 Industrial Park Drive, where we’ll be sharing a building with Sarge’s Animal Rescue.
To prepare for and complete the move, we will be closed October 5th–9th.
We’ll reopen at our new location on Monday, October 12th. We look forward to seeing you there!
Phone: 828-452-1329
Hours of Operation: Mon - Thu 10:30am - 4:30 pm - Fri 10:00am - 12:00pm
ABOUT US
Our Mission
Haywood Spay/Neuter envisions a future where proper health care is available to every pet in Haywood County, regardless of owner income status. Spay and Neuter services are essential to the health of each dog or cat and greatly diminish the cycle of homeless and unwanted animals. Our wellness programs provide education, referral resources, and essential services to empower pet owners to give their companions the healthy, happy lives they deserve.
Haywood Spay/Neuter Today
As a component of Sarge's Animal Rescue, our entire operation is run by one employee and a group of very dedicated volunteers. We spay/neuter approximately 850 pets per year. We are the "front of house" for the ASPCA Humane Alliance hospital. We handle sign-ups, payments, and the crating of pets to be fixed. The hospital picks up the pets, performs the operations, and returns the pets to us the next day. We have the pleasure of reuniting the pets with their owners. We also offer other services which are described on the Our Services webpage.
Haywood Spay/Neuter History
We date back to 1955 when a small group of local residents founded the Haywood County Humane Association “to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote humane educational programs on a county-wide basis.” We reorganized in 1973 and again in 1986, forming the Haywood Animal Welfare Association as a non-profit, tax-exempt community service organization. We’ve made great strides since the days of non-existent county animal control laws and a back-alley county animal shelter. For instance, we were the driving force in the construction of the Haywood County Animal Shelter in 1990, and we worked on passing the legislation for the new adoption center and intake shelter that opened in April 2018.
We have sponsored over 30,000 spay/neuters since 2002.
In 2024 we became part of Sarge's Animal Rescue Foundation, where we are spearheading the efforts to help keep loved pets in homes by continuing to help the public to access low-cost spay/neuter surgeries, and flea and tick medicine, as well as providing vaccine and microchip clinics, a community pet food pantry, and help with medical emergencies. We plan to move into the Sarge's building in the Industrial Park later in 2026.
