South Carolina – Animal and Wildlife Organizations

• The Crisis of Pet Overpopulation
• Pet Overpopulation Estimates

• Spay SC - task force dedicated to researching spay and neuter efforts in SC and finding statewide solutions to our stray animal crisis
  –  Find a low-cost spay / neuter program near you
  

SC Animal Clubs, Groups, and Associations

• Black River Horsemen's Association - Kingstree
• Cape Romain Bird Observatory
• Carolina Bird Club
• Carolina Butterfly Society - Midlands Chapter
• Carolina Marsh Tacky Association - Hollywood - horses
• Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding
• Charleston Showa Koi Club
• Columbia Kennel Club
• DixieLand Guide Dog Users - Charleston
• Dogs for Autism - Greenville
• Foothills Felines
• Greater Charleston Weimaraner Club
• Greater Columbia Obedience Club
• Greenville County Bird Club
• Healing Species - violence intervention curriculum using rescued, stray dogs
  
• Heroes on Horseback - Bluffton - equine activities for individuals with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities
  
• Low Country Dog Agility of Greater Charleston
• Low Country Saddle Club - Charleston
• Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services - training service animals for physically disabled
  
• Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino Federation of America
• South Carolina Horsemen's Council
• South Carolina Koi & Water Garden Society
• South Carolina Quarter Horse Association
• South Carolina Search and Rescue Dog Association
• South Carolina Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association

SC Animals, Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles

• SC state symbols
  –  SC State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander
  –  SC State Animal - White-Tailed Deer
  –  SC State Bird - Carolina Wren
  –  SC State Butterfly - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  –  SC State Dog - Boykin Spaniel
  –  SC State Fish - Striped Bass
  –  SC State Insect - Carolina Mantid
  –  SC State Reptile - Loggerhead Turtle
  –  SC State Shell - Lettered Olive - a crustacean!
  –  SC State Wild Game Bird - Wild Turkey
  
  
• Aquatic life - Carolina Shores Alphabet Quilt - SCIway K-12 Web Design Contest Winner - James B. Edwards Elementary School
  
• Carolina Dogs - Dixie Dingo, Southern Dingo
• Dinosaurs and dinosaur fossils - SCIway K-12 Web Design Contest Winner - O.P. Earle Elementary School
  
• Reptiles and Amphibians
• Reptiles and Amphibians of the Savannah River Site
• Oysters
• Shrimp
• South Carolina Butterfly Project - Clemson University