Fairfield Animal Hospital

08/18/2023

We will be retiring and closing the office effective September 18, 2023. For copies of your pet's medical records please send the request via email to [email protected].
We ask that you inform us of the email address to email the records to. This page and the office number will no longer be active after September 18th.

09/12/2022

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C. RESIDENTS.

Here is your chance for FREE spay and neuter for your dogs or cats!

Right now, we are offering 30 FREE spay/neuter surgery slots for FAIRFIELD COUNTY residents. These appointments are scheduled with our veterinary partner Spears Creek Veterinary Clinic.

**APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED!**

All you have to do is EMAIL us with the info listed below and FOSTERING FOSTER will make the appointment for you, EMAIL you back with the appointment day and time, and PAY for the spay/neuter surgery.

YOU have to get your pet to Spears Creek Vet the morning of the appointment and pick your pet up that afternoon after surgery.

Please send the following info to:
[email protected]

• Your name
• address
• working telephone number
• pet's name
• cat or dog
• breed of pet if known
• pet's gender
• pet's approximate age
• pet's approximate weight
• description of pet (i.e. color, long fur, short fur)

If your pet does not have a current rabies certificate, a rabies vaccine will be given the day of surgery.

📸 Creds to SpayNation

09/11/2022

Looking for a home ...female husky, young...other information is unknown at this time. She is microchipped, however the person that her # goes to had already given her away.

09/07/2022

09/05/2022

SOUTH CAROLINA SHELTERS DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY
Shelters Across the State at Critical Capacity
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC -- The lives of hundreds of animals in shelters across South Carolina are at stake, as
homeless animals have been pouring into shelters for weeks. “Nearly every shelter in the state, including the two largest
shelters, Greenville County Animal Care and Charleston Animal Society, are at the breaking point and need help now,”
said No Kill South Carolina 2024 Chief Project Officer Abigail Appleton, CAWA, PMP. “These and other lifesaving
organizations are critically overcapacity and there’s no sign of it letting up. We must move these animals into homes now,
especially as we enter the peak of hurricane season,” said Appleton.
To solve this crisis in SC, shelters throughout the state have reduced or waived adoption fees, offered special promotions,
and created special incentives to make adoptions more accessible and affordable to the public. Statewide animal welfare
organizations, such as South Carolina Animal Care and Control Association (SCACCA), No Kill South Carolina and South
Carolina Animal Legislative Coalition, are working together to encourage current pet owners and new ones to make room
for one more. “We are in unchartered waters, in a perfect storm plus one. “We have the end of summer slowdown in
adoptions, the peak of hurricane season, the lingering COVID pandemic, and staffing shortages” stated Shelly Simmons,
President of SCACCA. “We need South Carolina to respond to our plea for help.”
To help with this emergency, every animal lover is encouraged to visit their local shelter(s) now to adopt or foster animals
at-risk. “This is a community crisis, not only an animal shelter crisis. Everyone has a role to play. For instance, citizens
can help lost pets find their way back home instead of taking them to shelters, where they are far less likely to find their
way back home,” stated Denise Wilkinson, Chair of the SC Animal Legislative Coalition (SCALC).
At the same time, businesses, veterinarians, rescue groups, governments, shelters and media can help. “We don’t
declare a ‘State of Emergency’ unless the situation is dire and we know that if we work together, thousands of lives can be
saved,” Appleton said.
“Many shelters are waiving their adoption fees or significantly reducing them in an effort to get more people to take home
a shelter pet. We’re asking all shelters to implement managed moratoriums and accept only animals in danger or who
present a danger to others, until we get out of this State of Emergency,” said Appleton.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
● Media can promote this plea for help and encourage citizens and others to reach out to shelters
● Citizens can adopt or foster animals or sponsor adoption fees
● Businesses can become adoption ambassadors for animals
● Veterinarians can help shelters through the backlog of animals with spay/neuter and take in an animal to adopt
to their clients
● Rescue groups can take in additional at-high risk animals, even though it may not be the type of breed they
normally rescue
● Government shelters and animal control agencies can implement managed moratoriums

08/31/2022

Husky found on Columbia Road near sheriff's dept. Call 635-5959 to identify and claim.

08/05/2022

Open Appointments Saturday and Sunday if you need us!

07/25/2022

‼️Fairfield County Residents‼️

The Fairfield County Committee addressing animal ordinances will be meeting TOMORROW - July, 25th at 5pm at 250 Walnut St in Winnsboro to discuss changes to the animal ordinances. If you care about making meaningful changes to animal welfare in Fairfield, PLEASE attend and bring your neighbors!

07/23/2022

Why do we have a "dungeon" ?

Letter to Editor in The Voice July 14 Randy Bright

So, the fund balance is not so dry after all!

Eureka! We do have the money to address our desperate First Responder and Animal Shelter needs.

Yes there are millions of dollars just lying fallow in the county’s fund balance – the same fund balance that Mr. Bell has been telling us is dry, all spent by the previous administration.

In fact, council has $4.2 million in an account named Mt. Zion leases. The county does have a Mt. Zion building lease obligation to pay – about $600,000 annually. Why not hold back two years’ worth of the lease payments ($1.2 million) which would leave $3,000,000 in the lease account to address the immediate aforementioned needs?

We could annually replenish the two-year safety period, and use the rest of the money for desperate needs while minimizing the impact of value erosion due to inflation.

Furthermore, that “dry” fund balance contains $4.5 million non-earmarked money. Another $450,000 is tucked away camouflaged by vague descriptions. There’s even $10, 000 set aside for the long ago closed Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Really?

Remember these hidden funds are in addition to the county’s rich revenue stream from the nuclear plant which is providing one of the state’s highest per capita revenues.

We do not, however, have any more money to waste for council members’ individual inane, misguided wants.

So, yes, we do have money to seriously address the desperate needs of first responders and the animal shelter. But, as council twiddles, inflation is eating away at the value of those funds.

Let’s prudently put those funds to good use supporting our woefully underfunded first responders and animal shelter. Obviously, we should not spend it all now, but we could use some of it to cure a lot of severe ills in our county and still have plenty left for obligations and rainy days.

Hopefully, council will act quickly and rationally with smart application of the not-so-dry fund balance.

One of the shelter’s pit bull guests scrambles up to look out of a barred ‘window’ in the wall of the shelter’s intake building, referred to by staff as the dungeon.

07/13/2022

I am passing along what I read last night on FB from Dr. Knight, the veterinarian that cared for Emanuel and his litter mates. Real "food for thought".

I don't want this to get us "down". We have to stick together and to keep pushing for all parties involved (county/state solicitors, investigators and animal control) to be committed to "standing up against all abuse and neglect of animals in their communities.

Keep the faith....

Hoof & Paw Benevolent Society & Friends,

Mr. Husky plead "No Contest" to the lesser charge of a misdemeanor charge of mistreatment of animals. The original charge of felony animal cruelty was reduced because the solicitor said she was not able to prove "Intent". The conditions were set out for Mr. Husky as below:
1. 90 days of jail time that was suspended
2. Three years of probation...
3. $2000 restitution
4. 30 hours of community service to be performed at the Fairfield County Animal Shelter
5. Must have remaining dog spayed and provide proof to the probation officer
6. May never own another dog again
If Mr. Husky is found to be in violation of any of the judge's orders with probation, he will immediately be sent to jail for 90 days.
While we are pleased with Husky never being allowed to own another dog, we are not happy that he is being allowed to keep the one he still has.
Recent cases of animal cruelty/abuse in Charleston and Orangeburg counties received far greater sentences for less animal abuse with a fewer number of animals involved. It is unfortunate that it took the death of two dogs, horrible life altering injuries suffered by Emmanuel, and starvation of all four dogs to get the above sentence handed to Mr. Husky.
We do not blame the judge who gave a stricter sentence than originally asked for by the solicitor's office. However, the lack of effort by Fairfield County Investigator Lee Haney and the seemingly disinterest of the solicitor's office lead to a much weaker case against Mr. Husky. Only partial justice was served today.
A genuine thank you to the Voice newspaper and the Hoof and Paw Benevolent Society for their concern and persistence to find the person who left Emmanuel and other 3 puppies(all four less than 8 months old) in the woods to die.
Also, to those concerned citizens who showed their support in Emmanuel's recovery through monetary donations and kind wishes... Suzan and I were dumbfounded by the outpouring of support for the last 7 months.
Sadly, these will not be the last abused animals. Keep vigilant and do something about this real problem.

Dr Robert Knight

Below is an updated photo of Emmanuel. He has been adopted and loves his new family. He is doing fabulous!!!!! Thank you everyone for your kind prayers!