Charleston Animal Society

TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

NO KILL CHARLESTONIN 2013, CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY BUILT THE FIRST COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE EVERY HEALTHY AND TREATABLE DOG AND CAT HAS A HOME. WE CALL IT A NO KILL COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONTINUALLY SAVE ALL HEALTHY AND TREATABLE DOGS AND CATS IN CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 3 IMPACT AREAS: (1) ERADICATING UNNECESSARY EUTHANASIA OF COMPANION ANIMALS, (2) ELIMINATING OVERPOPULATION OF COMPANION ANIMALS, AND (3) PREVENTING ANIMAL CRUELTY. OVER 15,000 ANIMALS BENEFIT FROM 15 STRATEGIES INCLUDING (A) FINDING HOMES FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS THROUGH 5,263 ADOPTIONS, (B) CONTAINING OUTBREAKS OF DEADLY DISEASES THROUGH 24,903 VACCINATIONS, (C) SHELTERED UNWANTED AND STRAY ANIMALS THROUGH 172,975 DAYS OF CARE, (D) PREVENTING THE BIRTHS OF UNPLANNED LITTERS THROUGH 9,379 SPAY/NEUTER STERILIZATIONS, (E) FOSTERING THE MOST AT-RISK ANIMALS THROUGH 174,490 ROUND-THE-CLOCK DAYS OF IN-HOME ANIMAL CARE & REHABILITATION, (F) PROVIDING PERMANENT REFUGE FOR THREATENED COMMUNITY CATS THROUGH 50,133 DAYS OF SANCTUARY CARE, (G) GROWING CHILDREN INTO HUMANITARIANS THROUGH 22,160 COMPASSION EDUCATION LESSONS, AND (H) PREVENTING/RESPONDING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY THROUGH 337 CRUELTY-ASSISTED LAW ENFORCEMENT CASES, AND (I) HELPING FAMILIES CARE FOR THEIR PETS THROUGH A CADRE OF ASSISTANCE AND 17,197 MONTHS OF CRITICAL PET FOOD.

NO KILL SOUTH CAROLINAIN 2016, THIS PROJECT WAS LAUNCHED TO BUILD THE FIRST NO KILL STATE IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES, FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC OCEANS, AND MOST OF AMERICA'S HEARTLAND, TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE EVERY DOG AND CAT HAS A HOME THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO SAVE HEALTHY AND TREATABLE ANIMALS THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA AS MEASURED BY ACHIEVING LESS THAN 10% EUTHANASIA RATE IN EACH OF SC'S 46 COUNTIES. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THERE HAVE BEEN 30,000 FEWER EUTHANASIA'S IN SC'S ANIMAL SHELTERS. IN 2021, THIS STATEWIDE INITIATIVE (1) ORGANIZED THE LARGEST ANNUAL STATEWIDE DOG AND CAT ADOPTION EVENT IN THE COUNTRY RESULTING IN 1,723 ADOPTIONS, VARIOUS (2) EMERGENCY SHELTER RESCUES TRANSPORTS, (3) SHELTER HEALTH CONSULTATIONS, AND (4) ASSISTANCE WITH LARGE CRUELTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS, ALL OF WHICH RESULTED IN A STATEWIDE CANINE EUTHANASIA RATE OF 8% AND FELINE EUTHANASIA RATE OF 14%.

PAW IT FORWARDTHIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO ELEVATE THE FIELD OF ANIMAL WELFARE'S LIFESAVING CAPACITY. IN 2021, (A) 89 ANIMALS WERE RESCUED FROM HARM'S WAY DUE TO HURRICANES, (B) 2,406 HOURS OF TRAINING WERE PROVIDED TO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL PROFESSIONALS, (C) 1,600 POUNDS OF FOOD WERE DISTRIBUTED TO ANIMAL SHELTERS IN NEED, (D) 700 LESSONS IN VETERINARY CARE WERE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN TO INSPIRE THEM TO LEARN SCIENCE, AND 3,430 HOURS VETERINARY MEDICAL CARE TRAINING WERE PROVIDED TO VETERINARY MEDICAL STUDENTS.