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Thursday, November 01, 2012  Redeemer Presbyterian Church in downtown Charleston will remain a church instead of being converted into a private home.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011  Cheetah the chimp from Tarzan flicks of the 1930s dies at Florida animal sanctuary at age 80

Friday, March 04, 2011  107 of the 208 cats seized from the Sacred Vision Animal Sanctuary have been euthanized.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011  An Horry County judge signed a temporary order to remove 300 cats from the Sacred Vision Animal Sanctuary.

Thursday, April 16, 2009  A state district judge from Hidalgo County has ruled against an Edinburg wildlife sanctuary that housed lions, tigers leopards and other exotic animals.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009  On Easter Sunday, several Orangeburg congregations discovered their worship homes had been vandalized. Investigators say windows were broken in five sanctuaries, bringing the number of church vandalism reports in the area to 22 in the past six months.