MEDICAL PROGRAMS SHELTER MEDICINE
Our Shelter Medicine team had a very busy year in 2021! With the Veterinarian shortage, it has been challenging to continue to provide the highest level of care for our shelter pets, but our team continues to rise to the challenge every day! Averaging between 40 – 60 pets per week, our shelter medicine doctors and support staff provide care including vaccines, heartworm tests, wound care, emergency triage, and more! With the state and nationwide Veterinarian shortage, we have seen an increase in the amount of sick and injured animals that require our help. We regularly consult with local clinic partners, the emergency clinic, and specialists to ensure these pets are receiving the care necessary to become ready to find their forever home. Because of you, we can provide a chance at a full life for these sick, elderly, or hard-to-place pets.
Pretty Girl
SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC
Pawmetto Lifeline’s Spay/Neuter Clinic offers high-volume surgeries for public pets and community cats. Pawmetto Lifeline’s Spay/Neuter Clinic continues to be busier than ever despite the ongoing pandemic and veterinarian shortage! Our dedicated team of surgeons, assistants, and support staff performed a total of 10,132 spay/neuter surgeries for dogs and cats since January 1st, 2021, including 4,667 feral/community cats and 417 bully breeds. We also provided 173 free microchips for bully breeds in Lexington and Richland Counties. Making an appointment with the Spay and Neuter Clinic is now easier than ever! Book online at bit.ly/sncappointment! Phone: (803) 465-9100 Email: clinic@pawmettolifeline.org
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and at Pawmetto Lifeline we think this frail, severely neglected cat is beautiful. Pretty Girl came to us via animal control as a good Samaritan had alerted them about a cat that was in horrible condition. Thankfully, the Animal Control Officer removed Pretty Girl from the property that day and we committed to give her a new positive experience with humans. She had a severe neck wound and unfortunately due to the sun exposure and living outside 24/7 she has squamous carcinoma. She is also FIV positive which means all healing will take an extended period of time. She has received the absolute best medical care from specialists and she continues to thrive in our CEO’s office. She is slowly healing as she gets all the food she could possibly want, lots of treats, brushed daily, gets massages and now loves the touch of a hand. The man that owned her and allowed her to live in this condition pled guilty to the charges and thankfully, Pretty Girl will spend the rest of her life at Pawmetto Lifeline. We are so grateful that we have donors that care about the severely neglected and abused as their donations allow Pawmetto Lifeline to grant miracles to pets like Pretty Girl. Donate now at bit.ly/PLDonate!
FREE MICROCHIPS FOR PITBULLS OF LEXINGTON & RICHLAND COUNTY RESIDENTS
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Pitbulls and Pitbull mixes are the least-likely breeds to leave a municipal shelter alive, which makes microchipping their best chance of making it home alive. Visit any of our Care-A-Van stops, Wellness Clinic or On-Site Vaccine Clinic for your FREE microchip with FREE registration.
