Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission workers are holding an amnesty event today where unwanted nonnative pets can be handed over with no questions asked. ...more

November 7, 2009

Unwanted nonnative pets, from shy hedgehogs to lumbering boa constrictors, can be handed over with no questions asked this weekend at an amnesty event sponsored by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. ...more

November 6, 2009

Unwanted nonnative pets ranging from shy hedgehogs to lumbering boa constrictors can be handed over with no questions asked this weekend at an amnesty event sponsored by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The program is offered only a few times a year in cities across the state. Saturday's event at Busch Gardens is co-sponsored by the city of Plant City. Exotic pets may be brought to the parking lot at the northeast corner of McKinley Drive and Bougainvillea Avenue, between Adventure Island and Busch Gardens, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ...more

November 3, 2009

To help prevent the release of unwanted exotic animals, Plant City and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will host a non-native pet amnesty day Nov. 7. ...more

October 21, 2009

I wonder where we can get a couple of those coyotes that prey on stray dogs, cats, rabbits, etc. Out here in the Town 'N Country area we have a surplus of varmints, and their numbers need to be kept under control. ...more

July 29, 2009

Pasco County staff last week finished placing some 61,200 baits for raccoons to eat to vaccinate them against rabies to reduce the threat of the disease spreading to people and their pets. The county has participated in the annual program for about the past seven years, according to Denise Hilton, Pasco's animal services manager. ...more

February 11, 2009

Pasco County staff have finished placing 61,200 baits pellets used to vaccinate raccoons against rabies. ...more

February 11, 2009

Here's a report people can sink their teeth into. Environmental Manager Al Gray has released the Florida Department of Health's "Rabies Surveillance Program" covering the period Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2008. ...more

January 30, 2009

Two Lithia residents have been charged with cruelty to animals and confinement of animals without food and water after investigators removed dozens of animals from their home. ...more

December 23, 2008

The county health department is warning the public about a rabid raccoon that fought two dogs in the area of Kirkland Avenue in Spring Hill. ...more

December 18, 2008