Tell County Council to Stand Up for Animals

We urge you to use your voice and let the members of Charleston County Council hear your concern for the animals. Urge them to renew a fair and full contract with Charleston Animal Society and to refrain from pursuing a policy of euthanizing animals after a five day hold. Below is a list of names and emails for your convenience. we appreciate your support in contacting Charleston County. Email your councilman, post on social media and write letters to the editors to local newspapers.

COUNTY COUNCIL CONTACT INFORMATION:

Herbert Ravenel Sass, III, [email protected]
(District 1: Mount Pleasant)

Larry Kobrovsky, [email protected]
(District 2: Mount Pleasant, Sullivan’s Island, Isle of Palms, Awendaw, McCllellanville)

Robert L. Wehrman, [email protected]
(District 3: Mount Pleasant, City of Charleston, North Charleston)

Henry R. Darby, [email protected]
(District 4: City of Charleston, North Charleston)

Teddie E. Pryor, Sr. [email protected]
(District 5: North Charleston)

Rev. Kylon Jermone Middleton, [email protected]
(District 6: West Ashley, North Charleston)

C. Brantley Moody, [email protected]
(District 7: West Ashley, North Charleston)

Joe Boykin [email protected]
(District 8: James Island, Johns Island, Wadmalaw Island, Edisto Island)

Jenny Costa Honeycutt, [email protected]
(District 9: City of Charleston, James Island, Folly Beach, Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island)

You Can Send Something Like This

Dear Councilmember __________,
For over 150 years, Charleston Animal Society has served our community and given a second chance to thousands of animals. As such, I am truly alarmed at the ongoing dispute regarding Charleston County and Charleston Animal Society. As a Charleston County taxpayer, I ask that you work in good faith with the Animal Society and put aside petty politics that not only harms the county’s reputation but endangers the lives of animals and threatens public safety in our community.
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PICK ONE OF THESE THREE POINTS TO INCLUDE IN YOUR EMAIL / LETTER TO THE EDITOR / SOCIAL MEDIA POST:

  1. I ask that you work with Charleston Animal Society on a fair contract for the humane disposition of the
    animals in our community. Paying only for a five-day stray hold does not guarantee a humane outcome
    for the animals, and this community has worked especially hard the last twelve years to move away
    from the dogcatcher mentality.
  2. I ask that you end the double taxation you are proposing. Every resident in Charleston County pays Charleston County taxes, so why would Charleston County not cover every citizen who finds a stray animal and brings it to the animal society? Why would citizens in the unincorporated areas be the only ones benefitting from paying taxes for animal services to the county when all citizens pay anyway?
  3. I ask that you commit publicly and in the proposed contract that you do not support euthanasia for healthy, savable, and treatable animals. Getting dogs and cats ready for adoption is no easy task, but those animals deserve to have a second chance. Only paying for a five-day stray hold and then expecting them to be euthanized after that time and/or not paying for their boarding and treatment is inhumane, and our community truly deserves and demands better than that.

KEEP CORRESPONDENCE CORDIAL AND END WITH A THANK YOU
I appreciate your service to our community, and I hope that you will do the right thing for both our
community and the animals served by both the county and Charleston Animal Society.

Sincerely,

Name
Charleston County resident