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Hurricane Ian devastated Southwestern Florida last week and wreaked havoc on people and animals alike. Prior to [...]

The SPCA Albrecht Center and shelters across the nation are at critical capacity. The housing crisis, fears [...]

By Sarah Neikam, Director of Operations Last week, an adopted dog was returned to the SPCA Albrecht [...]

By Susan Gainey, Executive Director Over a decade ago, I was at a community adoption event with [...]

(Photo: Susan Gainey attends the Animal Care Expo and visits with SPCA staff before beginning her [...]

By: Emilee Heise, Director of Special Events Kitten & Puppy Season is already upon us here [...]

Sybil Altman, Shelter Manager at the SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare, recently earned her Certified [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services This month, the SPCA Albrecht Center would like to [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director (The animals featured in this blog's photos are past puppies & [...]

By: Emilee Heise, Director of Special Events The SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare is kicking [...]

By: Sarah Neikam, CAWA, Operations Manager Many of the calls we receive at the SPCA Albrecht [...]

(PHOTO: Danny Phantom, one of the SPCA's current adoptable heartworm positive dogs) Heartworms. That one word [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services PHOTO: SPCA volunteer Judy York For March 2022, the [...]

By: Emilee Heise, Director of Special Events As the days grow longer and the temperatures creep [...]

Two years ago, the SPCA Albrecht Center established an Employee of the Month program as part [...]

Grant of 300 vaccines helps save more pet lives in Aiken, SC The SPCA Albrecht Center [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services PHOTO: SPCA volunteer Yvette McCord For February 2022, the SPCA [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director “Forever” is a strong word. We can’t predict how long our [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services PHOTO: SPCA volunteers Linda & Collin Smith For January [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director “Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Thursday marks one year since sweet Lars has been in our [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services PHOTO: SPCA volunteer Pam Leitz The SPCA Albrecht Center [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Goodbye, Thanksgiving and turkey – Hello, sleigh bells and Season’s Greetings. [...]

By: Sarah Neikam, Operations Manager I learned recently about a misunderstanding regarding the staff working in [...]

By: Sarah Neikam, Operations Manager Pets have been popular gifts for a long time - for [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Our shelter dogs’ dreams are coming alive with the Paws ‘n [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services PHOTO: SPCA volunteer Joanne Martin The SPCA Albrecht Center [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director On October 1, 2016, we waved goodbye to Oreo, a young [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director In the mid-80’s the SPCA Albrecht Center opened the doors to [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services PHOTO: Kathryn Dow with pups Eddie & Rosie The [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Michelle Jurnak began her work with the SPCA Albrecht Center [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Last week, SPCA staff found a crate sitting in front [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Finding homes for homeless animals is our mission at the SPCA [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services The SPCA Albrecht Center would like to recognize two [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager “A shelter is not a home.” It’s something we’ve said [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services For August’s Volunteer Spotlight, the SPCA Albrecht Center would like [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Last Christmas was my second Christmas by myself. I remember walking [...]

For those of you with rescues, I’m sure you wonder what life was like for your [...]

By: Sarah Neikam, Operations Manager If you’ve ever considered volunteering in an animal shelter, but you weren’t [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services For July’s Volunteer Spotlight, the SPCA Albrecht Center would like [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Dogs come into the care of the SPCA Albrecht Center [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services For June’s Volunteer Spotlight, the SPCA Albrecht Center would [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Daylight again. The grass is wet and I don’t like [...]

(PHOTO SOURCE: Emily's Legacy Rescue) By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Every animal has a [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services For May’s Volunteer Spotlight, the SPCA Albrecht Center would [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Today’s article is the second of an eight-part series intended [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services For April’s Volunteer Spotlight, the SPCA Albrecht Center would [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager This week’s article is the start of an eight-part series intended [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager More years ago than I care to count, there was [...]

When you report animal abuse or neglect, you may be saving more lives than you know. [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services As the weather cools and we prepare for the [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Gratitude, it is said, is "the healthiest of all human [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Falling in love with a pet is easy and often [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director If you are involved in the going-ons of the SPCA Albrecht [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director A couple of weeks ago, the SPCA Albrecht Center started a [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director There is hardly anything more heartbreaking to a loving pet owner [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director September is ‘National Disaster Preparedness Month,’ and the SPCA Albrecht Center [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director As a participating shelter, the SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director With an estimated 70 million – yes, you read that [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Cruel tethering and chaining has been an issue on the [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director We are living in an uncertain time. A time when it [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Falling in love with an animal is easy, and it can [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director In the world of pets, there is a lot of emphasis [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director The SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare of Aiken, SC [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Summertime is here, which means one thing and one thing [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director “Overcrowded Shelter in Desperate Need of Adoptions” - We read [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director The Humane Society of the United States reports that 51% [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Since 1935, the SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare has [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Every year, I like to reflect on this article I [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director In my totally biased, cat-loving, wanting-to-own-a-farm-of-cats opinion, kittens are on the [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director None of us are excused from the unexpected changes life [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Believe it or not, in the wake of every difficult [...]

Last week was National Pet Week and we wanted to recognize Aiken pets who own the [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director From the moment their paws enter the doors of the SPCA [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Heartworms. That one word is enough to change a potential [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Birds are chirping, butterflies are fluttering, flowers are blooming – [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director In the animal welfare world, there is nothing scarier than [...]

By: Miranda Ewing, Director of Volunteer Services Recently we highlighted a wonderful volunteer, Elizabeth Colon-LaBorde, who [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director The effects of COVID-19 are widespread, affecting millions of people, but [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Coronavirus – it’s all we’ve been hearing about in the [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Our dog Ozzy is what we like to call a “garbage [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Shelter dog, Serena, hit the jackpot the day she met [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director If you’re like me, you’re a sucker for feel-good videos [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Animal Welfare is an ever-growing, ever-changing field. As shelters and animal [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director Every year, as the hope of warmer weather approaches, shelters [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director A few months ago, a couple came in to register their [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director On January 15th, over 270 animals, including dogs, cats, chickens, [...]

By: Claire Roberson, Communications Director With a brand new decade, I’m feeling a new spark of [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager The past year was one of loss for many in [...]

Hopefully you take your dog for a walk every day. If so, give yourself a pat [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Christmas is over and so begins the season of returns. [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Christmas is just five days away! I'm excited, and so [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager What do you think of, when considering the word "gift"? [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Writer William Arthur Ward said "Feeling gratitude and not expressing [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Our animal shelter, like many others, runs like a faucet [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager The 2016 presidential campaign season has proven, perhaps more than [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Meow. Meooooow. That's usually the first sound I hear when [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Parties can bring together all sorts of people. But only [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Do you have plans Saturday night? Do you like food? [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Last week, in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew, Charleston [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager With all of this excitement and talk about Barkaritaville and [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager September comes to a close this week, believe it or [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager My husband, Tom and I bought new living room furniture [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager The 4th annual Barkaritaville event is only 39 short days [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager "Great things are brought about and burdens are lightened through [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager Though you can't tell by the weather, summer is officially [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager I work for a non-profit organization. There are no stock [...]

By: Sarah A. Neikam, Operations Manager How's your summer swimsuit body coming along? Feeling fit? Looking [...]