BRADENTON - A woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend and his rabbit with scissors in a fight this year was found not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday and committed to a state psychiatric hospital. ...more

June 26, 2008

MANATEE - A woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend's rabbit with scissors in a fight this year was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed today to a state psychiatric hospital. ...more

June 25, 2008

The criminal charges are simple, the case complex, involving a well-known local veterinarian, a show horse he was to euthanize and a $10,000 life insurance payoff for the animal a state investigator says is probably still alive - somewhere. ...more

June 21, 2008

The owl being treated at Florida Veterinary Specialists remained nameless, but that doesn't mean it didn't find its way into everyone's thoughts the past two weeks. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA - The owl being treated at Florida Veterinary Specialists remained nameless, but that doesn't mean it didn't find its way into everyone's thoughts the past 10 days. ...more

June 19, 2008

LITHIA - An owl injured by a motorist who was killed when she stopped to check on the bird has a broken wing and other injuries, a veterinarian said. ...more

June 12, 2008

An owl injured by a motorist who was killed when she stopped to check on the bird's condition has a broken wing and other injuries, a veterinarian said. ...more

June 12, 2008

"The World's Fattest Pets and Me." That was the name of a recent television broadcast by the English comedian and broadcaster, Mark Dolan. Dolan literally traveled to several cities around the world in search of the world's fattest pet. I was dismayed to learn that his first stops were here in America. Not that I am unaware of the fact that many American pets are grossly overweight, but this brought home how prevalent it is. ...more

June 8, 2008

CHIEF SAYS DRUG-SNIFFING DOG WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF ...more

May 31, 2008

SEBRING — Darryl Scott, director of Highlands County Animal Control, still hopes to find the person who dumped off a malnourished horse in the middle of a road near Lake Placid back on March 28. Whether or not that person is caught, though, Scott is trying to place the horse in a good adoptive home. ...more

May 9, 2008