TAMPA - City workers on Wednesday found the body of a dog killed two days earlier by an alligator at Al Lopez Park. ...more

February 13, 2008

SEBRING — When Helen Bogus first brought her dog Kelly into her home in December, she never knew how many dogs she truly adopted. Even when the Golf Hammock resident heard the news from veterinarian Wendell Anderson that Kelly was pregnant, she was not ready to have puppies. When Jan. 14 came, however, Bogus and Highlands County Humane Society board member Barbara Clark spent all night with the golden retriever/Irish setter mix-breed and several kids in the neighborhood as they helped with Kelly's labor. "We just wanted Kelly," Bogus said. "We really just wanted one dog but we ended up with 14." ...more

January 31, 2008

As years go, this one was not off to a promising start. It was around 7 in the morning, which meant it was still dark in the North Carolina mountains we had come to, hoping to relax for a few days before getting back to a new year and the daily routine. ...more

January 6, 2008

Howard Bethel didn't want to give up his dogs, but faced with hundreds of dollars in fines and perhaps thousands of dollars in veterinary bills, he loaded six of the pets into the white animal control van. ...more

December 12, 2007

TAMPA - Howard Bethel didn't want to give up his dogs, but faced with hundreds of dollars in fines and perhaps thousands of dollars in veterinary bills, he loaded six of the pets into the white van. ...more

December 12, 2007

From Pedro Rodriguez's view, he was punishing his runaway puppy, authorities said. ...more

December 1, 2007

Shortly before 1 a.m. today, a Hillsborough County deputy was patrolling the Brandon area when she saw someone "brutally" attacking a puppy, according to an arrest report. ...more

November 30, 2007

Meet, Rufus...Ru for short. This week I was fortunate to be invited to an English farm where Ru lives with his family Chris & Colin Gibbins. Ru is a 2 year old Kelpie working dog. It was a wonderful experience to meet him in his own environment and I was anxious to see exactly what he could do with a herd. ...more

November 24, 2007

It is one thing for the president of the United States to pardon a pair of turkeys every year and send them off to live out their days in Florida. It's quite another to save a turkey from the Thanksgiving table by inviting it to live with you. ...more

November 22, 2007

An incredulous judge sentenced a man to three years in prison for tossing a 10-week-old puppy off an apartment balcony during an argument with his girlfriend. ...more

October 27, 2007