Not only is Sherry Silk the executive director of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay, but she's also playing matchmaker. ...more

June 11, 2008

The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Suncoast is recruiting "foster parents" to provide extra short-term TLC to shelter animals before they're ready for adoption. ...more

June 10, 2008

Cats are first when it comes to America's favorite pets. We cat lovers are owned by 85 million of them in the United States. ...more

June 5, 2008

SEBRING — The attorney for a Moore Haven correctional officer announced Thursday that the case against his client in the shooting of her pit-bull dog in late March, was dropped by the state's attorney's office. The charge was dropped on April 15 and the attorney received notice on April 24, according to information received from the court. Dawn Marie Thomas, 31, of Sebring, was arrested by Highlands County sheriff's deputies on March 25, and charged with causing cruel death, pain or suffering to an animal, after sheriff's investigators said she shot and killed her pit bull dog in its cage after it started to show aggressive tendencies. Had the case been brought forward, the charge would have been a third-degree felony. ...more

May 30, 2008

LUTZ - As a demolition crew's backhoe ripped down the walls of a mobile home where a young mother and her two children were found slain, her son's classmates honored them this morning by planting a memorial garden. ...more

May 28, 2008

When deputies found Edward Covington hiding under a pile of clothes in the Lutz mobile home where his girlfriend and her two children were slaughtered, he was covered in what looked like blood, according to court documents. ...more

May 23, 2008

When deputies found Edward Covington hiding under a pile of clothes in the Lutz mobile home where his girlfriend and her two children were slaughtered, he was covered in what looked like blood, according to court documents. ...more

May 22, 2008

CRITTER CALENDAR Snip And Chip Through May 30, any pet spayed or neutered at the Animal Coalition of Tampa's Spay-Neuter Clinic will get a free microchip with the clip. Microchips provide a permanent form of identification that can ensure you're reunited with your pet, whether it runs away or you're separated in an emergency, such as a hurricane. ...more

May 7, 2008

Cell Phone A Savior Regarding "Deputies Have Suspect In Library Attack" (front page, April 26): ...more

May 3, 2008

Meet Harley, a 3-year-old Persian mix who is gentle, loving and was surrendered by his owner. He is current with his shots, has been neutered and has an ID microchip implant. Stop by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Suncoast shelter, 7734 Congress St., New Port Richey, or call (727) 849-1048 and introduce yourself to him or any of the other animals the SPCA has available for adoption. ...more

February 23, 2008