Urgent foster and adoption need at Darlington County Humane Society Rescue
Because of space constraints at the shelter, the Darlington County Humane Society Rescue has an urgent need for adopters and foster homes for dogs and cats with rescue commitment awaiting transport.
The foster commitment is often for a brief period as transports regularly take homeless pets on to the next state in their rescue journey. Fostering allows those animals without rescue commitment more time to find a home as it frees up space.
The shelter has already had more than 500 intakes this year with no relief in sight. Interested foster homes must either already be approved or submit an application. For more information about adopting fostering, or rescuing from the Darlington County Humane Society Rescue, contact Kim Tiedemann at KimDCHSTiedemann@gmail.com or Facebook at facebook.com/darlingtoncountyhs.rescue or helpdarlingtonpets.com.
Animals at shelters have limited days after their stray hold and many animals are in need. Since shelters have to take in abandoned dogs and cats daily, they run out of cage space, therefore, the dog or cat that has been there days prior will be euthanized. It doesn’t matter if they are young puppies or kittens or purebred animals.
Overpopulation of domestic animals forces local animal control agencies to euthanize over 1 million dogs and cats every year. Nationally, a cat or dog is euthanized in a local animal shelter every 63 seconds.