"It's unsustainable," said Lexington County Council Chairwoman Beth Carrigg during the meeting. Overcrowding in animal shelters is a problem across South Carolina, Jones said. The revisions to the ...

As in many places, Lexington County Animal Services is already struggling to keep up with the volume of dogs coming its way. Between January 2023 and August 2024, the shelter, which can ...

In 2017, Lexington County handled 2,391 stray cats at its animal shelter. Since feral cats aren’t considered adoptable, many of those cats were destined to be euthanized. “People used to bring ...

Well Lexington County Animal Services has a unique pet. A potbelly pig. The folks at the center named him Odin and he was found on Fish Hatchery Lane in West Columbia. They say he loves scratches ...

Lexington's idea for a county-owned barn to house stray livestock is unique in South Carolina ... and hired a large animal investigator, the burden lay on the Sheriff's Department to rescue ...