Yes, they are a no-kill shelter. CAS has an extensive foster program, of which i am a member. One type of foster is for older animals who need a break from the shelter. Another is where you take an animal into your home and keep them until you are able to get them adooted. If a cat is very old and hasn't been adopted, there is always the chance one of the fosters will take them and care for them for the rest of their life. But whatever happens, they are never put down.
Charleston Animal Society is part of a No Kill Community. For shelters that use the "No Kill Shelter" designation, animals that they refuse to accept are generally taken in by the community shelter, like Charleston Animal Society, which is not able to refuse animals from their community. A shelter that picks what it takes in is called a "limited admission shelter" and shelters that are required to accept all animals are called "open admission shelter." Limited Admission shelters often use the term No Kill Shelter because they can simply turn away an animal they think they would have to euthanize, which in turn labels the Open Admission shelter a Kill shelter. Because of this we do not use the term No Kill shelter. Unless an entire community has decided to not unnecessarily euthanize animals no single shelter should ever use the term No Kill to describe itself. Charleston Animal Society saves all healthy and treatable animals, including older cats that are hard to adopt.
The shelter has a no kill policy. I'm not familiar with how they handle older cats who are not adopted.
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