Pia Silvani is the director of behavior and training at the Asheville Humane Society, where she and a team of trainers teach canine manners and “puppy kindergarten” classes.

Pia Silvani is the director of behavior and training at the Asheville Humane Society, where she and a team of trainers teach canine manners and “puppy kindergarten” classes.
Across the Northern Hemisphere, something is in the air. Gardeners are planting seeds. Dresses and skirts are getting shorter. As the first day of spring draws closer, Mother Nature turns her focus to the birds and the bees — and in Buncombe County, to the kittens. March to October is the feline breeding season, colloquially […]
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is up for a $100,000 prize from the ASPCA. All it needs to do now is to find homes for hundreds of animals. To kick off the three-month adoption frenzy, BWAR is hosting an adoption event that lasts all day and all night on Monday. When else can you bring home a new pet at 11 p.m. on a school night?