Burke County Animal Services

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

Update: adopted

💎✨ PUPPY SPOTLIGHT: PRECIOUS! ✨💎

It’s pretty hard to find a puppy more deserving of the name Precious! 🥹💕

🐾 Precious is 12 weeks old and ready to find her forever family!

We believe she may be a hound mix, but since Precious was found all by herself, we don’t know her exact breed for sure. What we do know is that she is absolutely wonderful! ❤️

🐶 Dog friendly
🐱 Cat friendly
👧👦 Loves people
💖 Sweet, playful & ready for a home!

Precious is already spayed, microchipped, up to date on age-appropriate vaccines, and current on flea/tick & heartworm prevention.

And the best part? Her adoption fee is only $40! 😍

Could Precious be the little girl your family has been waiting for? Come meet her and let her steal your heart! 💎🐾

📍 Burke County Animal Services
636 Kirksey Dr, Morganton
📞 828-764-9588

✨ Precious is ready. All she needs now is YOU! ✨

Please SHARE to help this sweet girl find her forever home! 🐾❤️

09/03/2026

We still need fosters!

🚨 URGENT FOSTER NEED! 🚨

We have a few young kittens who desperately need a foster home for just TWO WEEKS so they can grow a little bigger, stronger, and get the extra TLC they need. 🐱💕

And guess what? We provide the supplies — you provide the love! ❤️

You don’t have to be a lifelong foster or have tons of experience. You just need a safe space, a little time, and a whole lot of love to give. In just two weeks, you could make an incredible difference in these tiny lives. 🥹

🐾 2-week commitment
🐾 Supplies provided
🐾 Kittens provided 😻
🐾 You provide the cuddles, care & love!

📍 Stop by Burke County Animal Services
636 Kirksey Dr., Morganton

Be their hero. 🦸‍♀️🐾
Two weeks of your time could mean a lifetime for them. ❤️

Please share this post and help us find these babies a safe place to grow! 🐱🏡

09/02/2026

This month, we’re celebrating Valorie! 🐾💙
Valorie has truly stepped up and blossomed in her role assisting our medical team on surgery days. She has become an instrumental part of our surgery process, helping us get animals through their procedures and ready for the next step in their journey in a timely manner.
Her willingness to jump in, learn, and help wherever she’s needed makes a huge difference to our team — and, most importantly, to the animals in our care. 🐶🐱
We couldn’t do it without you, Valorie! Thank you for giving your time, your heart, and your hard work to the animals at BCARC. We are so lucky to have you! ❤️

Please join us in congratulating Valorie on being our September Volunteer of the Month! 🎉

09/02/2026

Come join us tomorrow 5pm - 6pm!

09/01/2026

Help we’re lost and want to go home!

Found on Melvin Propst Dr in Morganton.

Stop by 636 Kirksey Dr to reclaim.

09/01/2026

🌎✈️ MEET MILAN & HER WORLD TRAVELERS! 🐾❤️

You don’t need a passport to travel the world… you just need a puppy! 🌎🐶

Meet Milan and her adorable litter of little travelers! ✈️ These sweet babies were named after cities around the world, and they’re ready to pack their tiny bags and head home with YOU! 🥹❤️

🌍 Meet the puppies:
🇬🇧 London
🇮🇪 Dublin
🇮🇹 Florence
🇵🇪 Lima
🇦🇹 Vienna
🇪🇬 Cairo
🇨🇭 Geneva
🇲🇨 Monaco
🇨🇺 Havana

These little globetrotters are 2 months old and already have quite the travel checklist completed! ✅

🐾 Spayed/neutered
🐾 Microchipped
🐾 Up to date on age-appropriate vaccines
🐾 Current on flea & tick prevention
🐾 Current on heartworm prevention

Momma Milan is a shepherd mix, so these babies will likely grow into medium-to-large-sized dogs. They’re sweet, playful, curious little pups who are ready to start the next chapter of their adventures. ❤️

Now all they need is a destination…

YOUR HOME. 🏡🐾

Could one of these little world travelers be your new best friend? 🌎❤️

📍 Come meet Milan and her puppies at Burke County Animal Services!

📞 828-764-9588
📧 [email protected]

Your next adventure might have four paws. 🐾✈️🌎

09/01/2026

Help! I'm lost and want to go home!

Found at Speedway in Morganton

09/01/2026

🐾💙 TINY IS READY FOR HIS FOREVER HOME! 💙🐾

Meet Tiny! This handsome boy is almost 1 year old and has so much love to give. 🥰
Tiny is great with other dogs, loves all people, and absolutely enjoys being part of the family. He’s the kind of pup who just wants to be included, loved, and by your side. 🏡❤️

And he’s all ready to go home!

✨ Tiny is:

🐶 Great with other dogs
❤️ Loves all people
🏡 Loves being part of the family
✂️ Neutered
💉 Up to date on vaccinations
❤️ Heartworm negative
🦟 Current on flea/tick & heartworm prevention
📍 Microchipped
🎂 Almost 1 year old
Tiny has done his part — now he just needs a family of his own. 💙

If you’re looking for a sweet, social companion who wants nothing more than to be loved and included, Tiny could be your guy! 🐾

636 Kirksey Dr Morganton

08/29/2026

🐾 Meet Fern — the little fighter who refused to give up. 💕

Fern is just 8 months old, but she has already overcome something that could have changed the course of her entire life.

Fern was hit by a car and left injured in the road. Thankfully, a Good Samaritan found her and rushed her to an emergency veterinarian. Radiographs revealed a fractured lumbar vertebra, and Fern was unable to use her back legs.

The prognosis was guarded to poor. There was no guarantee Fern would ever walk again.

But her Good Samaritan refused to give up on her. They took Fern home and committed to the intensive care she needed, giving this little girl the time, love, and support she needed to heal.

And then… Fern started surprising everyone. ❤️

After about a week, they noticed the tiniest movements in her legs. It may have seemed like something small, but it was a huge sign of hope.

At 10 days post-accident, Fern was walking. 🥹🐾

Now, at just 12 days, she is doing remarkably well. She is still learning how to properly use her left rear leg — the leg that suffered the most nerve damage — but she is making progress every day.

Fern essentially had to learn how to walk all over again.

And she did.

A fractured vertebra is an uncommon and serious traumatic injury in dogs, and unfortunately, it can carry a guarded to poor prognosis. But Fern has defied the odds. She has overcome pain, uncertainty, neurological damage, and a tremendous physical challenge — all before she has even reached her first birthday.

❤️ Now Fern needs her next chapter.

Fern is ready to move into a new home or medical foster home where she can safely complete her recovery.

Her Good Samaritan has done an incredible job getting Fern to this point, but their home is located close to a road. Now that Fern is mobile again, there is a very real concern that this determined little girl could make her way back toward the road — the very place where her journey began.

We don't want Fern's incredible second chance to come full circle in the wrong way.

Fern needs a safe, secure environment where she can continue strengthening her legs, improving her mobility, and learning to confidently navigate the world on four feet. 🐾

She may have a little more recovery ahead of her, but Fern has already shown us exactly who she is:

Brave. Determined. Resilient. And absolutely unwilling to give up. 💗

Now she needs someone who won't give up on her either.

If you can provide Fern with a loving adoptive or medical foster home, please reach out to learn more about what she needs. And if you can't foster or adopt, please share Fern's story. Her forever family — or the safe medical foster home she needs right now — could be just one share away.

🌸 Fern fought incredibly hard for her second chance. Now let's help her finish her journey home. 🏡🐾❤️

Email [email protected]

636 Kirksey Dr Morganton, NC
828-764-9588