New Shelter Project

The Aiken SPCA is building a brand new shelter.

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Shop at Petsmart and Support the Aiken SPCA

As you may have read in our post about fundraising news, we recently partnered with Petsmart to offer the community great deals while earning a small commission that will go toward caring for all the animals at the shelter.

Petsmart is having a four-day only, online sale this weekend! Click the link below to go directly to the sale. Starting today, you can buy things for your furry loved ones at discounted prices, and support the Aiken SPCA at the same time. Hurry! The sale ends Monday!

Shop the PetSmart Dollar Day Sale at PetSmart.com! Offer Valid 2/16 – 2/20.



Aiken SPCA Fundraising News

Aiken SPCA New ShelterAll kinds of new and exciting things are happening at the Aiken SPCA! It’s been a little over a year since a fire swept through the shelter. Since that time, we’ve received an outpouring of support from the community, and adoptions have been strong. You can read more in the Aiken SPCA 2011 Annual Report.

Here’s what else we have going on.
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The Long Wait for Adoption

Aiken SPCA Adoptionsby Gary Willoughby, President and CEO, Aiken SPCA

One of the things that supporters and Aiken SPCA volunteers like best is that animals up for adoption in our shelter are there until they are adopted. Not all shelters are able to do this, but most are trying more creative things to truly rescue more animals, not just house them for a few days.

In our community, animal control departments have made big attempts at improvement in a variety of areas over the past several years. Aiken County and both the cities of Aiken and North Augusta have voucher programs for spay and neuter services for their pet-owning residents who can’t afford the procedure.
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The Ugly Brown Dog’s Rescue

Ugly Brown Dogby Joy Albrecht, Vice President, Aiken SPCA Board of Trustees

On a Sunday morning some years back, I was driving down Dibble Road here in Aiken. Rounding a curve I saw a large brown animal lying in the road. I pulled my car over and approached realizing it was a large dog. My first thought was that he had been hit by a car and was either dead or gravely injured. Checking him over, I saw that he was awake and did not appear injured, although he would not lift his head. As I patted and stroked him, he watched me with a look I can only describe as resignation.

Trying everything I could think of to coax him to get into my car (including my daughter’s cookies), I was unsuccessful at getting him to sit up, let alone stand. Hoping, praying another car would come along to help me lift him into my car, I soon realized I was going to have to go it alone.
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