By: Dean Olcott Photo: Dan Krosse Editor’s note: By day, Dean Olcott is a surgery assistant in the Sam Greer Spay Neuter Clinic at Charleston Animal Society. But one of his other passions is keeping healthy by working out. This former fitness trainer put together a few exercises that […]
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By Teri Errico Griffis They say if you want puppy love, get a puppy, and that’s exactly what Alicia Duffany did. After a tough year that left her unsettled, unsure and a little bit lonely, her life was turned around by rescuing someone else—a puppy named Ginger. “I was battling […]
When the Petco Foundation asked for pet adoption stories from around the country, Gil Grooms of Hanahan decided he would share his story of adopting Chloe, a special yellow lab who entered his life, just before tragedy would strike his family. “I truly believe that God put Chloe in my […]
By: Abigail Kamleiter Abigail Kamleiter is the Director of No Kill South Carolina and through Charleston Animal Society, she helped organize several of the evacuation transports of animals in and out of Charleston. This is her dispatch from an airlift out of Mt. Pleasant, just hours before Irma hit […]
By Helen Ravenel Hammond Photos: Barbara Bergwerf Everyone loves turtles, but taking that adoration to the next level is a group of diehard volunteers who are members of the Island Turtle Team. Mary Pringle, project leader of the group, explains that this is one of 30 groups formed all over […]
Local Pet Detectives have reunited hundreds of pets with their owners By Helen Ravenel Hammond Charleston Animal Society has its very own Ace Ventura: Pet Detective! That’s right, Santanna Williams has the important job of reuniting lost pets with their owners. The process? Like a modern-day Nancy Drew, Williams scans […]
Working the Evacuation Pipeline Aldwin Roman is Charleston Animal Society’s Director of Anti-Cruelty and Outreach. Within days of Hurricane Irma hitting, he and his team logged more than 1,600 miles bringing to life the vision of the “Hurricane Evacuation Pipeline.” After his third trip to evacuate animals from Florida, Aldwin […]
Charleston Animal Society offers refuge to animals caught in recent hurricanes. By Dan Krosse, Aldwin Roman and Abigail Kamleiter Photos: Aldwin Roman, Kay Hyman, Abigail Kamleiter, Matt Chan As Carolina Tails goes to print (later than usual because of the busy hurricane season), Charleston Animal Society has evacuated […]
By Jamie Healy Editor’s Note: Jamie Healy, Sr. Grant Writer for Best Friends Animal Society and newest member of the Allendale Correctional Worship Center/Character Restoration Initiative’s Fundraising Board. In the midst of rural South Carolina lies Allendale County, the 2nd poorest county in the state (average household income $25,327) and […]
By Lisa LoVullo Charleston Animal Society has many individual and business stakeholders and Kia Country of Charleston is so glad to be among the most passionate. In 2014, we sought to align ourselves with a local nonprofit and devote time and resources to something that would prove meaningful for both […]
How everyday people like you are finding answers that will make lives better for animals. By Dan Krosse On any given day across America, thousands of people are helping to find cures for animal sickness, increase the lifespans of our favorite pets, and generally make life more humane for […]
By Helen Ravenel Hammond An orange tabby is curled up in the front window. Across the café, another is cuddled up in a basket or sprawled out on the kitty ledge. Look high, look low; try to spot each cat. Here at Pounce Cat Café + Wine Bar, there are comfy […]
By Caitlin Kuczko and Dan Krosse As the star of Animal Planet’s hit show, My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy sees cats at their worst. And somehow, he works his magic in every episode to reach inside these troubled felines’ minds to bring good mojo back to homes around the […]
By Ellie Whitcomb Payne Could more alligator sightings in the Lowcountry actually mean fewer of the reptiles living in our midst? A look at “nuisance” gators and their prevalence as the tricounty area population grows. A steady increase in alligator reports over the last several years shows more Lowcountry residents […]