Volunteers participating in a coastal cleanup Saturday along the Courtney Campbell Causeway made an unexpected discovery - the mutilated carcasses of a goat and two chickens. ...more

September 20, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Fido deserves a fighting chance, too. That's why the Suncoast Animal League donated 45 sets of animal resuscitation masks to Pasco County Fire Rescue on Thursday. ...more

August 7, 2009

An Odessa woman was arrested on two counts of cruelty to animals after she left her dogs in a car during the heat of the day for at least 45 minutes, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

August 4, 2009

The Mr. Snuggles case returns to court this afternoon. A disposition involving the dog's former owner, Amy Chantarak, is set for 1:30 p.m. today. ...more

July 27, 2009

A 31-year-old Tampa man sliced a pit bull's ear off with a machete, Hillsborough County Animal Services says. ...more

July 10, 2009

The complaints about all the cats came in for years. On June 24, Hillsborough County Animal Services finally served a search warrant at a Valrico home, finding eight dead cats and at least 11 more living in what investigators described as deplorable conditions. ...more

July 1, 2009

The complaints about all the cats had been coming in for years. On Wednesday, Hillsborough County Animal Services finally served a search warrant at a Valrico home, finding eight dead cats and at least an additional 11 living in what investigators said were deplorable conditions. ...more

June 25, 2009

Animal services officials served a warrant at a Valrico home where they found 8 dead cats and 11 live cats in deplorable conditions. ...more

June 24, 2009

Bonnie Thatcher of New Port Richey urges people not to abandoned no-longer-wanted pets in wild areas. ...more

April 29, 2009

Saturday's Pet Adoption Expo at the Florida State Fairgrounds found new homes for 406 animals, officials said. Visitors snapped up the 16 dogs and 10 cats from Hillsborough County Animal Services. Other animals were brought to the expo by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and various other rescue groups, including Little Miracles Rabbit Rescue and Sir Snuffy's Hedgehog Sanctuary, both of which had animals who found new homes, said animal services spokeswoman Marti Ryan. ...more

April 26, 2009