When employees at Hillsborough County Animal Services saw the budget cuts the department faced last spring, they felt their core missions of public safety and preventing animal cruelty were finished. ...more

December 30, 2009

Nineteen poodles and a chow chow found in "deplorable" conditions have been removed from the home of a woman who was forbidden to own dogs, Hillsborough County Animal Services workers say. ...more

December 29, 2009

A young mother and her five brand-new offspring sat curled in the corner of a holding cage. ...more

December 20, 2009

They might be classified as man's best friend, but dogs are still animals with animal instincts that sometimes come to the surface - with tragic results. ...more

December 17, 2009

Gilligan and Skipper were so excited they jumped on a pile of gifts and dug around until they found their snacks. ...more

December 17, 2009

The Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce got a bit of an international flair this week with the hiring of Vonnie Mikkelsen as its new executive director. ...more

December 16, 2009

The Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce got a bit of an international flair this week with the hiring of Vonnie Mikkelsen as its new executive director. ...more

December 16, 2009

The dog that mauled a toddler to death Saturday night immediately was euthanized after being turned over to Pasco County Animal Services, manager Denise Hilton said. ...more

December 15, 2009

The dog that mauled to death a toddler Saturday night was immediately euthanized after being turned over to Pasco County Animal Services, said Manager Denise Hilton. Twenty-month-old Dallas Lee Walters was killed by a relative's Rottweiler-Labrador mix during a birthday party at his great-aunt's house at 9615 Jerome Drive in Moon Lake. ...more

December 14, 2009

When Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies showed up at 513 Greenway Drive about noon Sunday, a cockfight was under way behind the house. ...more

December 14, 2009