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Senior Dogs at AHS and Brother Wolf Win Grant
Senior Dogs At Asheville Humane Society and Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Fetch Grant From Grey Muzzle Foundation
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Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Offers Socially Distanced Valentine’s Day Puppygrams
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue has a long-standing history of offering popular Puppygrams each Valentine’s Day. This unique gift has traditionally included an in-person visit with puppies. Due to social distancing and coronavirus protocols, the organization has found a creative way to continue this much loved Valentine’s gift with a twist this year. Introducing virtual Puppygrams!
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Keep Me Safe Program expanded at Brother Wolf
Job losses and resulting financial struggles have led to a loss of housing for some families during COVID-19. For some relocating families, it’s been a struggle to keep their beloved pets. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue has seen a large increase in requests from Western North Carolina residents who need help with housing their four-legged family members.
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Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Implements New Adoption Strategies Amidst COVID-19 Concerns
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue has implemented new adoption protocols to serve animals in need and to keep people safe. The local nonprofit is currently conducting adoptions by appointment and implementing stringent social distancing and sanitation practices.
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Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Offers Puppygrams in Asheville on Valentine’s Day 2020
Back by “pup-ular” demand, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is offering puppygrams on Valentine’s Day this year. With an option of a $75 or $100 donation to support local shelter pets, the nonprofit animal shelter will send puppies to homes and businesses in the Asheville area on Friday, February 14.
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Brother Wolf Launches $40,000 Matching Gift Challenge to Save Animals in Need
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue announced on Thursday that they are launching a $40,000 donor matched fundraising campaign to save animals. Local donors Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will match donations dollar-for-dollar during this forty day campaign.
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BROTHER WOLF SEEKS URGENT COMMUNITY SUPPORT AS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES BEGIN UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP
Leah Craig Fieser, Brother Wolf’s new Executive Director who joined the organization in February when founder Denise Bitz resigned, has spent the past couple of months reviewing financial information and working closely with staff and board members to best understand the state of the organization. When Fieser began her role, she vowed to lead the organization with accountability and transparency.
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PUPPY COVERED IN CHEMICAL BURNS CARED FOR BY BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE; POLICE SEEK ABUSER
PUPPY COVERED IN CHEMICAL BURNS CARED FOR BY BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE; POLICE SEEK ABUSER An abused puppy named Hope is now in the loving care of Brother Wolf Animal Rescue after being found in a trash bag outside of a McDonald’s in Tennessee, covered in what appear to be chemical burns. Brother Wolf learned about the puppy shortly after she arrived at Friends Animal Shelter in Newport, TN. For the past several months, Brother Wolf has been assisting the shelter with efforts to assess and rebuild their resources after an abrupt leadership change that left them scrambling to provide adequate care for their animals. “What happened to Hope is horrific,” says Audrey Lodato, Brother Wolf’s Director of Animal Care. “Thankfully, since we have been helping Friends Animal Shelter through their transition, they knew they could call us for help. We were able to ensure that Hope would get the urgent treatment she needed in order to have the best chance at survival. At just 2 months old, she has already known so much fear, pain, and suffering. We wanted her to finally know love and compassion, for perhaps the first time in her life.” During an initial exam by …
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KITTEN SEASON IS COMING: LOCAL RESCUE HELPS PREPARE COMMUNITY
The phenomenon known as ‘kitten season’ happens each year as the days get longer, temperatures get warmer, and cats have easier access to food, resulting in more mating and an increased chance that litters will survive and thrive. Here in the southeast, kittens usually begin to appear in local shelters in February.
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Brother Wolf Adoption Center To Remain Open
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue has been under the leadership of its new Executive Director, Leah Craig Fieser, since its Founder, Denise Bitz, resigned in early February. Though Fieser has been with the organization for less than a month, she has been part of the Asheville nonprofit community since 2013 and previously worked with Brother Wolf in a different position.
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