Each pet on this page once belonged to someone who either abandoned or could no longer care for it. ...more

November 11, 2009

More than 50 shelters and rescue groups will band together Nov. 14 for a pet adoption blitz that will give special discounts to veterans. ...more

November 5, 2009

Three-year-old Jasmine had a rough start. The spunky black-and-white pit bull was kept in a small crate on a second-floor balcony for most of her life. She escaped one day but fell over the balcony, hanging from her leash. ...more

November 1, 2009

Pasco County Animal Services vans now carry colorful "wraparound" rolling billboards to remind people to spay and neuter pets or to adopt a new, furry friend. ...more

March 24, 2009

Taking Fido to the vet for routine shots can cost upward of $100. With more people out of work and struggling to pay for their own health care, getting required vaccines for the family dog or cat is becoming less of a priority. ...more

March 24, 2009

Pinellas County officials plan to cut 20 to 30 percent from general fund spending in fiscal year 2010. First, however, they want to hear where Pinellas residents would drop the budget ax. The county will hold town hall-type work sessions on budget priorities. The north county work session will be held 5:30 - 8 p.m. this Tuesday, March 3, at Palm Harbor University High School, 1900 Omaha St. ...more

February 28, 2009

Many Floridians are howling mad about legislation that would mandate sterilization of dogs and cats, and they should be. ...more

February 16, 2009

How a community treats its abandoned pets is a measure of its public efficiency and its private heart. Hillsborough County has reason to be proud of both. ...more

December 6, 2008

The Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort, known as CARE, a no-kill shelter for homeless dogs and cats, is holding its seventh annual Tree of Lights for the Animals fundraiser now through Christmas. ...more

December 3, 2008

Dr. Diana Mattox has made it her mission to address Pasco County's pet overpopulation program one animal at a time. The founder of Spay Pasco, a nonprofit spay and neuter program for owned and feral animals, Mattox donates several days a month to providing low-cost spay/neuter surgeries. ...more

November 26, 2008