Yearly Archives: 2020
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The South Carolina Animal Legislation Coalition (SCALC) is gearing up to take new legislation to the Statehouse in 2020 that would focus on saving the Pit bull. 30% – 40% of dogs that enter shelters in South Carolina are Pit bulls, but a whopping 70% of dogs euthanized are Pitties. […]
By DAN KROSSE Jessica Lichty and Link find their own private sandbar on Folly Beach. (Photo: King & Fields) THE PAW PRINTS IN THE SAND ARE IMPOSSIBLY SMALL. A Poodle? A Dachsund? Nope, it’s just Lovey – the neighborhood cat. Lovey didn’t get the memo that Lowcountry beaches are the […]
IT’S STAGGERING TO THINK THERE are only 400 North Atlantic Right Whales left in the entire world. These massive animals make their way every year from New England to the Caribbean, passing the South Carolina coast in the process. Once plentiful in the Atlantic, the Right Whale was hunted in […]
A 6-year-old girl discovers the love of an animal for the first time. By DR. LINDA BENDERAS A CHILD, I WAS AWKWARD, shy, and slow to learn to talk. I had trouble connecting with other people and seeing how I fit in with the worldaround me. When I look back […]
Photos: BRENNA WILLIAMS, ALEXANDRA ROSTAD AND DAN KROSSE More than 1,000 signed up for fundraising walk and run. “It was cold and wet but aren’t our animals worth it?” That’s how Charleston Animal Society President & CEO Joe Elmore summed up Paws in the Park on November 16th, “This day […]
As the “snow” fell in front of Petco in West Ashley, Irene Holland and her dog Donald celebrated the unveiling of the $10,000 Petco Foundation grant her story won the animals at Charleston Animal Society. (Photo Jeanne Taylor / jtpetpics.com) IT WAS LIKE A SCENE OUT OF THE North Pole: […]
By JOE ELMORE, CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY PRESIDENT & CEO AS WE BEGIN A NEW DECADE, I CAN’T HELP BUT LOOK back and reflect on the number of suffering animals from our community and state that I witnessed last year alone. It reminds us of the need to be vigilant and […]
No matter how much we love our pets, there’s always the chance they will run into a legal situation. Attorney David Aylor took time to answer questions from our readers in this edition of Ask a Lawyer. QUESTION: I keep hearing that marijuana or CBD could be helpful for pets […]
CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY IS BBB CHARITY CHALLENGE WINNER The Better Business Bureau (BBB) Serving Central South Carolina and Charleston was looking for a way to give back and support local charities in Palmetto State communities. That’s how the BBB Charity Challenge was born. Businesses were asked to nominate their favorite […]