TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Nineteen animals were found amid their own waste at Cynthia Annette Cuervo's home Friday, authorities say. ...more

February 7, 2008

BRADENTON — Prosecutors are expected to review a case of animal cruelty after police say they found more than 24 cats and 100 hamsters living in poor conditions. ...more

February 6, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Nineteen animals were found in a sea of their own waste at Cynthia Annette Cuervo's home Friday, including the remains of what was thought to have been a dog, authorities say. ...more

February 6, 2008

An animal cruelty investigation is under way after deputies discovered a house packed with 22 dogs, three cats and a seven-foot Burmese python on Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

A teenager is accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend's rabbit with a pair of scissors and tossing the animal on the floor, Manatee County sheriff's deputies said today. ...more

January 10, 2008

AVON PARK — An Avon Park man and woman were free Thursday on $3,000 bail each, charged in connection with an animal cruelty case dating back to July. Nathanel "Nate" Rashaard Littles, 31, and Peruisa Faye Mack, 30, both of 1437 Winegard Ave., Avon Park, were each charged on warrants with three counts of causing cruel death, pain and suffering to animals (dogs). They were arrested Wednesday at the Highlands County Jail. It was Friday, July 27, when the Highlands County Sheriff's Office sent Deputy Kelly White to investigate a complaint of animal cruelty at the Winegard Avenue address. ...more

January 5, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A 59-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested Wednesday on charges he beat a cat to death by striking it on the head with a hammer five to seven times. ...more

December 27, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A man was arrested Thursday after a chow-shepherd mix was found dead in his back yard along with an emaciated pit bull, authorities said. ...more

December 21, 2007

Linda Heinz was horrified when she saw Hero, a Great Dane, living in the back of an old sedan at a Polk County home. The seat was covered with urine and feces, and the 14-month-old dog was 35 pounds underweight and infested with fleas. ...more

December 21, 2007

Linda Heinz was horrified when she saw Hero, a Great Dane, living in the older model four-door car's back seat. The seat was filled with urine and feces, and the 14-month-old dog was 35 pounds underweight and infested with fleas. ...more

December 20, 2007