Gotta love a place that no matter what no animal is euthanized. These places need more…read moreacknowledgement to the greater good they are providing

From the owner: The Tri-Cities No Kill Shelter; INC. is dedicated to ensuring every animal we house is loved for,…read moremedically fit, and will have the opportunity to go home with an adopter. Operating expenses can vary depending on the number of animal we house, but costs associated with cat/dog food and cat litter never stop. We look to the community for support to help us take care of all of these wonderful, beautiful fur babies. Give us a call, visit our website, or send us an e-mail with any questions, comments or concerns. Thank you again for your continued support of the Tri-Cities No Kill Shelter; INC.

Helpful, a lot of information. Also has lots of referral places for your pet.read more

I was holding off on this one until I was absolutely sure that I had no further need to use this…read moreestablishment for business. While I have met 2 wonderful cats of whom I adopted at this establishment Catista (Callie) and Copycat (Bashful), I cannot excuse the way management operates this establishment. At one point I came here to adopt a cat by the name of Chocolate Fudge. To make a long story short, this cat was not having good synergy with my household and showed no signs of getting more comfortable. Since I don't have a car, I paid $100 for a round trip. This trip was to A. Return Chocolate Fudge so she can find a better home than me since it's the responsible thing to do, and B. Find a new cat to adopt. They refused to serve me for the adoption on that trip based on their personal views of "Oh it's too soon to adopt another one". Isn't the point of adoption is to give these animals a good home so long as the adopter is a good person? Not waste adopter's time with your personal views? Months later, got a call from this establishment asking me to relinquish my registration on Chocolate Fudges microchip. I said "Seriously? You waited for months to ask me for this? Not on the spot? It's kinda not my issue now" but eventually consented to it. Eventually after getting a ride from a buddy, I came to adopt another cat for me an my husband to enjoy. APARENTLY they wanted to be all passive aggressive with me about my first review and waste my time for AN HOUR while forcing me to swallow my pride and apologize. AND leading me to delete my original review for this place. All so they can tell me same visit adoptions are no longer a thing management allows and for me and my husband to go home empty hand despite having a history as a wonderful pet owner. Talk about petty. Now this update review is your karma in spades. I eventually sent my friend as a decoy to adopt Kirby (Thor) FOR ME in which the papers and cat can be legally handed over to me to bypass the bull crap. This place tried to prevent me from adopt this cat but Joe Felix Rosenburg ain't stupid. I'm not coming back here. I may have adopted some winners from here before, but even good businesses will be ruined by terrible management. I will be finding a new place to adopt future pets because I do not support adoption clinics that puts their morals and values above what is right for the animals. And I'm especially upset that I had to swallow my pride, and apologize just to STILL be sent home without a cat. As a Level 8 Local Guide, I'm giving this place a 1/5 Stars.

I found the staff to be hardworking & devoted to the animals, which is very important to me. We got…read moreour GG from the Bridge.

Terrible business. Reported animals left in the snow in blow freezing snow weather, they did…read morenothing. The dogs I reported aren't bred with an under coat. They're okay with animal negligence

Yes I have a complaint it's about the lady that answers the phone at Kingsport Tennessee animal…read moreshelter on idler road she was very rude to me and hung up on me and I was trying to tell her about a red nose pitbull biting me and I was trying to report it but she got rude and hung up on me her name starts with an A I apologize for not being able to remember the name thank you

I adopted an animal from here and fell in loooooove with him immediately - my first cat he travels…read morewith my husband and I across country frequently and is gentle with everyone he meets. the shelter team works very hard for these animals and it shows. Grateful to them and all they do!

This is a fantastic place to adopt pets. I adopted a cat there a few days ago and they only charged…read moreme $20.00 for the adoption fee. They take good care of the animals there. If you want to adopt a cat or dog, this is the place to do it.

Reached back fairly quickly however completely unwilling to work with families regarding initial…read moreadoption fee. The dog we were looking at had medical issues and special needs, in which my husband and I were willing to take on. However my husband was in a serious car accident and was trying to setup a plan, Mind you in the next week and unfortunately they declined even though they had stated we were a "perfect match" for the animal. I would not recommend due to this "rescue" who is interested more in money than the happiness and longevity of their animals. Sad really.

I adopted a kitten from this business in September of 2022 and was given a spaying voucher upon…read morepaying a $150 fee. I recently reached out to the veterinarian office that the voucher was for and was told the voucher was fraudulent. I paid this money for nothing and was scammed by this business. Do not use this rescue facility.

Given they get no support from Avery County, rely on in and out-of-state donations, they do a bang…read moreup job. We adopted Maggie 16 yeaqrs ago from them and out of the many kittens we have had over the years, Maggie was the best. We moved away but would not hesitate to adopt an animal from them if we were younger.

They are the worst Humane society I've ever dealt with. They were very unhelpful, no compassion…read moretoward a injured animal, basically said they couldn't help, call wildlife, wouldn't attempt to help or contact anyone saying they didn't have the information about the animal on the road although they were fully aware! They should not hold the word Humane in their title! I would not work with them nor would I give any donations to them. I'd find another animal shelter or habitat to assist. These people are all out for themselves and not the animals. They should be ashamed!

After seeing a photo of the cutest puppy ever on the Watauga Humane Society website, we drove up…read morethe very next day to meet her and her remaining female littermates. The shelter staff were extremely friendly and helpful, quickly bringing all 3 puppies to meet us and our friend in a relatively clean visiting room, complete with 2 chairs and a handful of toys. We played for the puppies for a while, and they obviously get 5 stars for playfulness and cuteness. After we had inevitably picked out the little runt we had first seen online, the staff came back and took the other two so we could see how she was alone, then they told us a little bit more about her and her litter's history. We then filled out a little bit of paperwork while our baby Poppy, formerly known as Ganondorf, was taken back to be microchipped and get one final checkup from the vet there. Then, for only $170 (plus a refundable deposit of $100 promising we would spay her when she is old enough), we got to walk out with the sweetest 2 month old puppy, a bag of her food, several toys, a coupon to a pet store in town for even more free food and treats, and the promise of a free spay surgery (on top of getting the $100 deposit back) if we bring her back there and use their surgeon. All in all this was a fantastic monetary value, and of course we are absolutely enamored with our new little buddy. 1 month later, I can say she's been an absolute gem so far. She's relatively well behaved for a puppy, which is probably just genetics and good luck driving her temperament, but she is also brave and very well socialized, despite us not taking her out much since she isn't fully vaccinated against parvo yet. The socialization, I attribute to the Watauga Humane Society, as it is very clear she was raised surrounded by love, and given plenty of care and attention.

Dropping in 5 months after getting my puppy to say that the adoption experience at the Watauga…read moreHumane Society was so smooth! I went in knowing which dog I wanted to see and they were quick to bring her out and give us some time to meet with her. After deciding that she was the perfect fit, we completed the paperwork and were sent away with some awesome goodies and lots of well wishes from the staff. The facility was clean and the other animals looked well taken care of. These people definitely care about the animals there! Old and new pics of my Poppy girl for fun!