Scott PowersApril 27, 2022
4min0
'The flames were so hot it was melting the back siding of the house.'
Tag: dogsCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Scott PowersApril 27, 2022
Kelly HayesMarch 6, 2022
3min0
The HCSO Canine Section was deployed nearly 1,300 times in 2021.
Christine Jordan SextonOctober 13, 2021
6min747
Under Sen. Gayle Harrell's bill, pet crematoriums would be required to provide information about their services.
Kelly HayesJuly 8, 2021
4min1745
He will serve 15 months in prison followed by ten years probation.
Jacob OglesMarch 3, 2021
5min1526
Sponsor Annette Taddeo testified there were more than 1,200 injurious dog bites in 2018.
Associated PressJanuary 28, 2021
6min415
Guests allergic to dogs may submit to a rapid COVID test.
Jacob OglesDecember 10, 2019
3min385
“We’re just giving dogs a fighting chance.”
Jacob OglesDecember 13, 2018
3min788
The Farm Bill passed out of the House includes in it a ban on the slaughter of household pets for food, a priority of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan. The Sarasota Republican sponsored legislation, the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018, which passed in the House earlier this year. Buchanan introduced the bipartisan legislation […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 7, 2018
3min631
A Senate bill to bar the use of steroids in racing greyhounds cleared another committee Wednesday, as a poison-pill amendment was withdrawn at the last minute. The measure (SB 674) was approved by the Agriculture Committee on a 8-1 vote, with only Delray Beach Democrat Kevin Rader opposed. Rader filed and withdrew an amendment that would have allowed […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 17, 2018
4min543
A bill to ban all uses of steroids in racing dogs has cleared a key Senate panel. The Regulated Industries Committee, which generally gets first crack at gambling-related bills, OK’d the measure (SB 674) 7-2 on Wednesday. State regulations now allow use only of a “low-dose, non-performance enhancing” form of testosterone in greyhounds, and only as […]