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SOUTH CAROLINA – Get ready for South Carolina’s biggest dog and cat adoption event of the year! From June 20 to June 29, Petco Love Pick Me! SC will ignite a wave of compassion across the state, aiming to find loving homes for 2,500 dogs andcats in just 10 days!
This statewide adoption celebration, powered by Petco Love — and organized by Charleston Animal Society's No Kill South Carolina initiative — unites more than 90 animal shelters, rescue organizations, and Petco pet care centers, making it easy to find your new best friend wherever you live.
“Over the past seven years, we’ve helped more than 12,000 pets find loving homes,” said No Kill South Carolina Project Officer Abigail Appleton, PMP, CAWA. "We cannot wait to see how many more adoptions we can make happen for these amazing pets across our state."
FREE & LOW-FEE ADOPTIONS AT LOCATIONS STATEWIDE
Throughout the event, shelters and rescue groups will offer free or low-fee adoptions to make bringing home a pet more accessible than ever. Nearly every Petco pet care center in the state will host adoptable pets, giving families a chance to meet their future furry friends in a convenient, welcoming space.
Petco pet care centers will have everything you need for your pet, including food bowls, crates, beds, collars and leashes.
For a full list of participating locations across the Lowcountry, the Pee Dee, Grand Strand, the Upstate, and the Midlands, visit PickMeSC.org.
LIFESAVING MEDICAL SUPPORT
As part of Petco Love Pick Me! SC, the Charleston Animal Society’s Simon Greer Mobile Spay-Neuter Clinic will travel the state to ensure hundreds of pets receive vital pre-adoption care, including spay-neuter surgery and vaccinations. Under state law, pets must be spayed or neutered before they can be officially adopted.
“Petco Love Pick Me! SC showcases the incredible impact we can have when
shelters, rescues, and communities unite with one mission: to save pet lives,” said Petco Love President Susanne Kogut. “At Petco Love, we’re proud to power this statewide initiative that opens hearts and homes to thousands of pets across South Carolina.Every adoption is a life transformed—and a testament to the power of collaboration and compassion- and of course, love.”
MARK YOUR CALENDAR & SAVE A LIFE!
From June 20–29, come meet your new best friend. Whether you visit a local shelter or a Petco pet care center, you could be the reason a dog wags their tail again or a cat purrs with happiness.
Remember to bring a leash or carrier when adopting. Some locations will have these items for purchase.
For photos, event updates, and a list of participants, visit PickMeSC.org.
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About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing nearly $410 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for nearly 7 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit PetcoLove.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram , X , Threads, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
About No Kill South Carolina
Led by Charleston Animal Society and powered by Petco Love, No Kill South Carolina has saved over 890,000 animal lives since 2015 by reducing euthanasia rates and promoting adoption and spay-neuter programs. In 2024, South Carolina became a No Kill State, because of the efforts of No Kill South Carolina. Visit NoKillSouthCarolina.org
About Charleston Animal Society
Since 1874, the mission of Charleston Animal Society has always been the prevention of cruelty to animals. Recognized as an international model of lifesaving success, the Animal Society focuses on three impacts: ending the unnecessary euthanasia, overpopulation, and cruelty of animals. Last year, the Animal Society cared for over 35,000 animals, spayed or neutered over
15,000 animals, adopted over 5,000 animals, and taught compassion to over 11,000 children. As South Carolina’s largest lifesaving organization, animal organizations from across the state and beyond seek guidance and support from the Animal Society, whose guiding principle is that it has a disproportionate responsibility to others; if there is an animal in need anywhere that the Animal Society can impact, it will. With 13 consecutive years of exemplary independent financial audits, the Animal
Society remains the top-rated nonprofit organization in South Carolina. For more information, visit CharlestonAnimalSociety.org.
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