Lost or abandoned pets in Jasper County are getting some help from their friends from the east as Beaufort County stepped up in mid-July to assist Jasper Animal Rescue Mission in continuing animal control operations in their county after they stopped animal intake in early July.
“I mean it’s…not good,” said Jasper County Councilmember Chris VanGeison during their July 21 council meeting. “The animals are in the heat during the storms, cold, they’re in the rain. And we’ve got to step up as a county.”
The Jasper facility reportedly has been taking in five animals a day, equally 1,800 a year and their facilities are “overwhelmed,” VanGeison said…