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Rebuilding Brother Wolf: An Overview
Brother Wolf is facing a critical time in its history and the animals need YOUR help. Through this quick overview, learn about our recent leadership transition, financial state, decisions we’ve made about the sanctuary project, and our plans for embracing our roots to strengthen our mission to bu...
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Rescued Cat Gives Birth Twice in Two Weeks!
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is caring for a newborn kitten named Milkshake who has an unusual and downright bizarre birth story. Milkshake’s mom, Sage, was sick with a severe upper respiratory infection when she arrived at Brother Wolf in early March with three prematurely born kittens who she was...
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Puppy Covered in Chemical Burns Cared for by Brother Wolf
(Asheville, NC – March 13, 2019) 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...
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From Hoarding to Home
No-Kill communities are a result of hard work and communities banding together to support each other in our efforts to save lives. That’s why we didn’t hesitate to act when our friends at Haywood County Shelter needed our help after rescuing 20 dogs from a hoarding situation. By transporting...
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Brother Wolf’s Mobile Clinic Surpasses 1,000 Surgeries
(Asheville, NC – February 28, 2019) Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is excited to announce that their mobile clinic has spayed and neutered more than 1,000 dogs and cats since the program launched in November 2018.The mobile spay/neuter clinic was founded to serve communities throughout western North...
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Brother Wolf Embraces it’s Roots: Adoption Center to Remain Open
(Asheville, NC – February 19, 2019) 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 As...
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Meet Our New Executive Director!
I’ve always known that I wanted to help animals but didn’t quite know how until I visited Best Friends Animal Society in Utah while I was in college. I spent some time talking to the staff, and learned about how much of a need there was for business-minded people like me in the animal rescue wo...
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Leadership Transition at Brother Wolf Animal Rescue
Our Founder and President, Denise Bitz, has announced her resignation from Brother Wolf, effective in early February. This planned, mutual decision between the Board and Bitz will allow her to pursue her passion in vegan advocacy, while ensuring the stability and longevity of the organization throug...
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Leah Craig Chumbley
I’ve always known that I wanted to help animals. Growing up we were one of those families who would take a sudden detour off the highway to save a stray dog and we always had lots of animals who we shared our home with. So when I started earning an allowance in middle school and […]...
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Thank You for an Amazing Year!
 Thank you so much for the support and compassion you showed to animals this year. Each and every volunteer, foster, donor, adopter, and advocate came together to improve the lives of  more than 6,000 animals! Please enjoy this video that shows just how much of an incredible impact you’ve made...
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