Archive for the 'Pet Shelters' Category
Boca clears Tri County Shelter
Monday, December 11th, 2006In a final report filling a four-inch binder, Boca Raton city officials Thursday cleared Tri County Animal Shelter of dozens of allegations made by a group of former volunteers and board members. Boca Raton Animal Lovers in August launched a campaign to oust Jeanette Christos, who co-founded the shelter and has run it since its [...]
Florida Panthers Threatened as Development Overtakes Habitat
Friday, December 1st, 2006FLORIDA PANTHER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Fla. – Biologist Larry Richardson waxes philosophical about the Florida panther, equating its protection to the overall need to maintain nature in one of the fastest growing states in the nation. Among the most endangered species on the planet, the Florida panther may soon become a novelty seen only in [...]
Woman works to improve lives of feral cats
Thursday, November 16th, 2006Feral cats have spent a long time as the low animal on the totem pole of the animal welfare movement. Their caretakers didn’t fare much better. They were often characterized as crazy old women who wear scarves in summer and spent their money on wild cats who don’t belong to them and run away when [...]
Pets in need in Pensacola – Fight Overpopulation and Decrease Euthanasia, They Do NOT Spay and Neuter!
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006Six days a week, at 1:30 in the afternoon, a truck leaves the Escambia County Animal Shelter on Fairfield Drive hauling a trailer filled with dead cats, dogs, puppies and kittens bound for the Beulah Landfill. There, toward the back and out of public view, a freshly turned grave awaits the cargo. The animals are [...]
South Florida Emergency Preparedness Contact Information
Monday, November 13th, 2006Martin County Resources Emergency management: 561-288-5694 American Red Cross: 561-287-2002 Palm BeachCounty Resources • Emergency management (561) 712-6400. For the hearing impaired (TTY/TTD): (561) 712-6343 PBCgov.com • American Red Cross (561) 833-7711 (800) 733-2767 RedCross-PBC.org • Florida Department of Emergency Management Floridadisaster.org • National Hurricane Center NHC.noaa.gov • Better Business Bureau 842-1918 or (800) 834-1267 [...]
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