Haywood County Animal Services & Dept of Agriculture to Address Unlicensed Haywood Animal Rescue

Haywood County Animal Services, in coordination with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Animal Welfare Section, recently responded to a concern regarding a private rescue operating in the county.Upon initial inspection of a facility known as ‘Barton’s Animal Rescue” located at 88 Harry Rogers Road in Canton, officials found more than 16 dogs and multiple cats on the property. State law requires that any organization housing more than nine animals and adopting the