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

TAMPA - When firefighters entered a Lakeland home this afternoon to combat a small fire, they found a family dog unresponsive, according to a Polk County Public Safety news release. Firefighters carried the dog outside of the home at 3204 Fletcher Ave., and Polk County EMS was able to revive the animal. ...more

July 2, 2008

Jean Post was taking her Boston terrier for a walk Sunday morning when two pit bulls suddenly appeared. ...more

June 17, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Jean Post was taking her Boston terrier for a walk Sunday morning when, out of nowhere, two pit bulls appeared, she said. ...more

June 16, 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