Vets Pets, a North Carolina-based cooperative network of veterinary hospitals, today announced that AVL Animal Urgent Care will open this summer at 17 Bryson Street in Asheville’s Biltmore area.
The hospital, led by Ethan Abrams, DVM, will offer same-day and walk-in urgent care for companion animals at a lower cost than the emergency room.
Vets Pets identified the need for urgent veterinary care in central Asheville, where most emergency and after-hours options are concentrated in the southern part of the city. The Biltmore area offered the right location, and Vets Pets moved forward in summer 2024 with construction of a new hospital to serve that part of the community.
The hospital was weeks from opening when Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina in September 2024. The storm flooded the newly built facility, destroyed the interior, and forced a full strip down to the shell. Helene was a devastating blow for the Asheville community and for a project that had been so close to welcoming its first patients. Vets Pets made the decision to start over and rebuild…