Veterinary Specialty Care is Open in Case of Emergency

Veterinary Specialty Care with locations in Mount Pleasant, SC and Summerville, SC

While COVID-19 has disrupted lives and businesses across the country since March, Veterinary Specialty Care, the only locally and privately owned 24-hour emergency and specialty veterinary hospital in the Lowcountry, has remained open to help pets, strays and injured wildlife. Services include emergency care, internal medicine and surgery. For families on vacation in the area

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Our Pets, Our Lifeline

Thumbnail image for Our Pets, Our Lifeline article - Neighbors social distancing during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Just like that the world came to a standstill. The novel COVID-19 will be viewed as one of the worst pandemics in world history, having claimed over 200,000 lives worldwide as of April 25 bringing economies to their knees and creating crippling anxieties among the masses. What we did not count on was the critical importance

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National Therapy Animal Day

Medical staff getting their fix from a pet therapy dog

The surgery went well, your prognosis is excellent, but at the moment, recuperating in a hospital room is probably one of the last places you want to be. You’re grateful for the continuous care, yet you long to be home with your family – which for many – includes that furry four legged member as

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Hallie Hill Animal Sanctuary: A Special Shelter

A cabin at the Hallie Hill Animal Sanctuary. Photos by Jeanne Taylor Photography | JTPetPics.com

Hallie Hill Animal Sanctuary in Hollywood is just that: a sanctuary providing lifelong care for the animals that come into its custody. Some animals are specially-abled – blind or deaf – and others can be considered feral and may never warm to human companionship, but that doesn’t keep the staff and volunteers from trying. There

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Feral Cat Helpers: Caring for Stray and Feral Cats

Why not adopt an adorable cat?

[The] goal throughout this journey has been to cut down the feral cat population that keeps popping up in this area Seven years ago, Paula Genovese was volunteering with other organizations helping care for the cat population in Charleston. By happenstance, Genovese got the idea for Feral Cat Helpers (FCH) after seeing a woman in Beaufort

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