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2021 Year in Review
2021: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
YEAR IN REVIEW
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2021 WAS THE YEAR EVERYTHING WAS SUPPOSED TO GET BACK TO NORMAL, BUT THEN IT DIDN’T. YET YOUR SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT WITH CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE OUR LIFESAVING WORK FOR ALMOST 20,000 ANIMALS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
Charleston Animal Society deployed teams to assist the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office with the largest animal cruelty operation in South Carolina history. 400 animals needed rescued. This was one of several cruelty cases in 2021. Charleston Animal Society steps into the future with Petco Love Lost and a high-tech solution to finding lost pets using facial recognition. Learn more at lost.petcolove.org.
At its 147th annual meeting, Charleston Animal Society announced the Palmetto State can be a No Kill State by 2024. $1 million will be coming to shelters across South Carolina if the goal is met, courtesy of Petco Love! Charleston Animal Society’s Disaster Response Team traveled more than 21,000 miles, rescuing 289 animals from the path of hurricanes, tornadoes, cruelty situations and shelter overcrowding. The team is nicknamed “The Love Train.”
Charleston Animal Society brought animals to greet healthcare workers exhausted by the Delta surge of COVID-19. The Canines for Caregivers program started at Roper Hospital and soon spread to other area hospitals.
Due to a statewide veterinarian shortage, Charleston Animal Society’s No Kill South Carolina 2024 initiative completed two weeks of performing spay/neuter surgeries for dogs and cats in animal shelters located in 11 different counties, across every single region of the state. Veterinarians from around the country were brought in to help. Pick Me! SC is the nation’s largest annual statewide adoption event for both dogs and cats. More than 1,700 animals were adopted in the June event organized by No Kill South Carolina 2024 and sponsored by Petco Love.
Out of 2,700 tickets sold, the winning Tesla Model Y Lifesaving Raffle ticket landed in the hands of Charleston resident John Osborne. This year you could win a Lexus SUV — go to CharlestonAnimalSociety.org/carraffle today.
