Between April 1-28, 172 unwanted dogs were received at the Aiken County Shelter, and 96 throw-away cats. These numbers are one snapshot of the magnitude of the problem FOTAS is helping the county address.
They were on their way to the beach, but the kids were begging to stop at the Aiken County Shelter, promising to walk “just a few dogs.” They adopted “Paws,” a 4-week-old kitten. Ultimately, the kitten went with the family...
Ansel was a stray, but someone must have loved him, because all you had to do was look his way and that tail would wag his whole great big American bulldog body. Everything wagged.
Her name is Linda. We like to honor our special volunteers by highlighting them here. These are Linda’s own words in response to, “Who are you, and why do you do it?”
To say FOTAS’ mission has been blessed these last four years is an understatement. The quest has been to help Aiken County provide our community with a public shelter that is a healthy, happy place seeking never to euthanize an adoptable pet. The whole...
If you pass Bone-i-fide Bakery on Laurens, you may see cats playing in the window. They are available for adoption from the Aiken County Shelter, and you don’t have to go to the shelter to adopt. You can do it inside the store.
Sylvia and her two children had always had four dogs because there used to be Apple. Sylvia found Apple on the road, and it was hard to tell who rescued who, and then Apple died suddenly leaving Sylvia devastated.
Two speakers, one from County Council and one representing FOTAS, invoked Gandhi’s quote about a people’s moral progress to mark the significance of the groundbreaking ceremony for the new county shelter last Sunday.
If you move to Aiken, as foster parents Marcia and Dan did, because you confused eventing jumps with the name of a town, life after that has to be an adventure in happenstance.
Although Conway is the image of his (shorter) predecessor, Rudy, the uncanny resemblance had little to do with Conway’s promotion from adoptable dog to County Shelter Mascot. He earned that station.
The week before Christmas, Sandra, a regular FOTAS volunteer, found a boney black lab mix curled against the back wall of his cage at the County Shelter. No amount of coaxing would get him to come out.
The FOTAS board opened its first meeting of 2013 welcoming Councilwoman Kathy Rawls, the new shelter's greatest champion and FOTAS' biggest advocate on County Council. She joined the board as an ex-officio member, adding renewed life to the...
Country music bounced off the cinder block walls in the “surgical closet” at the Aiken County Shelter the day we went to meet the “new” county veterinarian (who actually started the last week in October).
