Two Pinellas Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a pit bull this morning after it charged at one man and his dog, charged at a couple who tried to help the man and then charged at deputies, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. ...more

October 6, 2008

Four dogs seized from an Auburndale breeder this month are recovering at a Wesley Chapel animal hospital. ...more

September 13, 2008

AUBURNDALE - Dozens of small breed dogs, mostly Yorkshire terriers, Chihuahuas and dachshunds, were seized from a breeder here today. ...more

September 2, 2008

Bay County sheriff's deputies used a Taser to subdue an escaped emu named Plop-Plop. ...more

August 22, 2008

A 6-year-old boy was bitten today in the shoulder and head by a dog his family recently adopted, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 3, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A Verizon technician has filed a lawsuit against the former owner of Zeus, a 90-pound German shepherd who attacked him during a March 2007 service call at a Nokomis house. ...more

August 1, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A Verizon technician has filed a lawsuit against the former owner of Zeus, a 90-pound German shepherd that attacked him during a 2007 service call to a Nokomis house. ...more

July 31, 2008

In the wake of an 18-month-old pit bull mix being stung to death by a swarm of Italian honeybees this week, local veterinarians and animal activists have issued warnings about six- and eight-legged attacks on the four-legged domesticated varieties. ...more

July 29, 2008

No, really it's true! Anyone thinking they saw a 2,000- pound Black Angus bull in their yard Friday morning probably weren't imagining it. ...more

July 26, 2008

SEBRING - Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton fired road patrol deputy John Stock on Friday, after an internal investigation into a citizen complaint revealed he used a mobile computer in his patrol vehicle to run the driver's license information of people for non-law enforcement reasons. The complainant alleged Stock had made complaints on him to the Florida Department of Children and Families as well as to Highlands County Animal Control. ...more

July 14, 2008