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Meet Monkey!

Today's Featured Friday Pet is Monkey! Who doesn't love a strong, independent woman?? Monkey is an opinionated beauty who may be least touchy-feely of all our cats, but has a no-nonsense attitude that's refreshing and frankly relatable.…
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Meet Gillian!

Today's Featured Friday Pet is Gillian! Hey friends, let us tell you about this sweet baby angel Gillian! Gillian is what we call in the trades a "boneless wonder" because she'll quickly turn to jelly as soon as you bust out her favorite…
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Using Your IRA for a Tax-Free Donation

Using Your IRA for a Tax-Free Donation With all the tax law changes and deduction increases using the tax benefits that charitable donations can provide may have become a little more complicated. But, there are ways that you can continue to…
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Meet Andre and Drake!

Today's Featured Friday Pet are Andre and Drake! Drake and Andre are two kitties very near and dear to our hearts, and very well may be THE most fabulous, most loving, and most charming kitty duo in the history of the world! 5 year old…
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Blue Ridge Humane Wins Best Of Non-Profit and Consignment

Blue Ridge Humane Society takes the overall in the 2019 Best of Blue Ridge presented by BlueRidgeNow for the second year of the local awards program. For 2019 Blue Ridge Humane Society received two nominations during the first round of voting,…
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The New Hope Program is a Match with Double Your Donation!

Double Your Donation! We think things come better in two's... kittens, dog and their person, treats, donations! Today through Thanksgiving, every dollar donated to Blue Ridge Humane Society will be matched with a donation to our New Hope Program! The…
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Meet Poppy!

Today's Featured Friday Pet is Poppy! Let us introduce Poppy! The lovely Poppy was adopted as a wee kitten, and unfortunately was recently returned due to her human parental unit splitting up. Her former dad said she was perfect and hated…

Ask Crystal: Pet-Safe Halloween Tips

Welcome to "Ask Crystal," where you can ask your pet behavior questions! You can submit your question for Crystal at the bottom of the page! Dear Crystal,  I am planning on celebrating Halloween at my house this year.  I have never…

Ask Crystal: Healthy Cat Scratching Outlets

Welcome to "Ask Crystal," where you can ask your pet behavior questions! You can submit your question for Crystal at the bottom of the page! Dear Crystal, I recently adopted a kitten and she is ripping my house to shreds. My couch, my…
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Meet Bella!

Today's Featured Friday Pet is Bella! Don't let her grump face fool you, Ms. Bella is a total sweetheart! This voluptuous lady embraces her curves and invites you to (literally) embrace them as well. Though she's not a clingy cat, she does…