Animal Cruelty Doesn't Stop - Carolina Tails Magazine

Published April 8, 2019

Endangered Species?

BY JOE ELMORE, CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY PRESIDENT & CEO PHOTOS: JEANNE TAYLOR/JTPETPICS.COM Animal welfare has progressed by leaps and bounds in America […]

Published October 1, 2017

Love for the Loggerheads

By Helen Ravenel Hammond Photos: Barbara Bergwerf Everyone loves turtles, but taking that adoration to the next level is a group of […]

Published January 13, 2017

A Muzzle for Every Dog?

By Ellie Whitcomb Payne A proactive training approach encourages early muzzle introduction and aims to remove the stigma of its use. One […]

Published March 1, 2024

SC Animal Protection Laws Among the Worst

Each year, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) publishes its U.S. State Animal Protection Laws Ranking Report. It is the longest-running and most authoritative of its kind, assessing the strength of each state and territory’s animal protection laws by examining over 3,600 pages of statutes. Each state and territory are ranked based on 20 different categories of animal protection. Unfortunately, South Carolina is almost dead last, falling to #47 when it comes to the strength of animal protection laws here.