In April 2008, Charleston County, SC, became the sixth community to join the ASPCA Partnership. In Charleston, animal welfare organizations have a strong history of working together to address animal overpopulation and pet care through collaborative disaster response efforts, low-cost spay/neuter initiatives, adoption campaigns and cruelty prevention and law enforcement.
The community’s three partner agencies include Charleston Animal Society and Pet Helpers, both of which include adoption services, intake and high-volume spay/neuter clinics, and Humane Net, a collaboration of animal shelters, rescues and animal control agencies that address issues threatening the lives and welfare of animals.
Charleston Animal Society
A 134-year-old institution, CAS takes in over 10,000 unwanted and abandoned animals each year and is the only open admissions shelter in Charleston County.
Humane Net, Inc.
First started in the 1990s, the all-volunteer Humane Net serves as a state leader in the areas of disaster preparedness and response, anti-cruelty, population control and community outreach.
Pet Helpers
A private nonprofit adoption center and spay/neuter clinic, Pet Helpers was founded by Carol Linville in 1976, and is now one of the foremost pet rescue operations in South Carolina.