ani

Animal Protection League Of South Carolina


Visit Animal Protection League Of South Carolina >> http://www.aplsc.org/   (report broken link)
9
Reviews
4.6
Visit Animal Protection League Of South Carolina >> http://www.aplsc.org/
(report broken link)
Adoptable Pets in South Carolina
6080 Old Leesburg Road
Hopkins, SC 29061

The Animal Protection League of SC (APL) is a local non-profit humane organization founded in 1982 by concerned individuals who love and respect animals. Our goal is to provide a safe haven for the community’s abused and abandoned dogs and cats and place them in permanent loving homes.

Do you need to find a loving home for your pet?

No-kill shelters do wonderful work, but as a result, are often inundated with pet surrenders. In the unfortunate scenario that you have to find a new home for your pet, please read through the rehoming solution and articles on this page before contacting the shelter.

Review Summary*

Submit Your Own Review View All Reviews
Feral Cat TNR Program
0
Reviews
0
High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter
0
Reviews
0
Rescue Groups
1
Reviews
5
Foster Care
1
Reviews
5
Comprehensive Adoption Programs
1
Reviews
5
Pet Retention
1
Reviews
4
Medical and Behavior Programs
1
Reviews
5
Public Relations/Community Involvement
1
Reviews
3
Volunteers
1
Reviews
5
Proactive Redemptions
1
Reviews
4
A Compassionate Director
1
Reviews
5
Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina
 

11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of Animal Protection League Of South Carolina

Thank you for submitting your review!

Spread the word!

I just reviewed: Animal Protection League Of South Carolina

www.nokillnetwork.org
In South-Carolina

Submit a Review
Rehome Your Pet
Report Lost or Found Pet

Comments

Post your comment on Animal Protection League Of South Carolina

IMPORTANT: This form is only for public comments about the shelter. To contact Animal Protection League Of South Carolina, please go directly to their website (link on previous page), this form will not send your comment to them.


To post Lost & Found Pets, go here >


To Rehome Your Pet or Adopt, go here >


Comment:



reply
Last night on the highway I got a flat tire and while I was fixing it there was a box full of kittens on the side of the road, where can I take them and not worry about them getting killed
posted by lShawn l, on 2022-05-24 16:56:43
reply
I moved to Hopkins and people keep throwing dogs in my yard. I have ten(10) hunting dogs(hounds) that I can't keep. I need help please. I don't want them to be put down they are good hunters they bring me things all the time I just can't keep them.
posted by zenaida McFadden, on 2020-11-16 00:19:14
reply
I have two dogs, one male and one female, siblings. They were my son's, but he is in Colorado and homeless at the time. They both are very people friendly. However, they are animal aggressive. I am trying to find a place for them so they can be adopted together. My current living situation is not allowing me to keep them any longer. Do you have room for them at the APL? They are almost 3 years old.
posted by (empty name), on 2018-11-26 02:47:56
reply
I need help I have a litter of 10 puppies 8 weeks old I thought I could take care of them until they were gone but I can't and I feel terrible that I can't feed them correctly help me I can't take care of them anymore
posted by AndreaKittle-Hudson, on 2018-06-28 20:16:51
reply
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/animal-lovers?source=c.em&r_by=20056517
posted by TomMauterer, on 2018-05-14 18:30:10
reply
Please i need help i have a shih tzu that i need to bring to a no kill shelter.she is mine i cant pay her medical bills im on disability please help my number is 407-558-4493 please call me im desperate i will let you know about her when you call please.god bless you
posted by KrystalLawson, on 2015-09-26 00:01:12
reply
Replying to the lady with the Schitz zhu. I do not see a date. Do you still Have her?
posted by rebeccawaddell95, on 2017-07-01 18:57:15
reply
Super sweet young dog with a great personality. She wants to do good, but has not had a whole lot of attention. She is somewhere around a year old but her people have moved and were not able to take her with them. If I don't find a new home, I will be going to the animal shelter today or tomorrow; Monday, 11/30/15 at the latest. If you can give Sadie a good home, I'm quite sure she will love you forever! I am currently in Aiken, SC but I could find my new home somewhere near Aiken or Columbia, SC. 803-708-2186 or 803-413-7952
posted by DarlynCaldon, on 2015-11-28 07:25:49
Post Your Comment
Rehome Your Pet
Report Lost or Found Pet
one

Other noKill Shelters in South Carolina

Unverified Animal Shelters in South Carolina Adoptable Pets in South Carolina

x

How Can We Help?

Do you need to find a loving home for your pet?

  • NoKill Network can help you responsibly rehome your pet or a homeless pet you have rescued.

Are you interested in adopting a pet in need?

  • If you are interested in adopting a pet in need, NoKill Network can help you find the perfect companion.

Reporting a Lost or Found Pet? Visit our Lost & Found Portal

x

NoKill Network is the #1 Resource for Animal Lovers. How Can We Help You?

Re-home a Pet See Adoptable Pets