The season for Lennard High School's girls varsity volleyball team began this month, but, for junior Shelby Sanchez, it was the latest in a year-round schedule of matches. ...more

September 10, 2008

AUBURNDALE - Dozens of small breed dogs, mostly Yorkshire terriers, Chihuahuas and dachshunds, were seized from a breeder here today. ...more

September 2, 2008

A 44-pound cat found lumbering around New Jersey was abandoned by a woman who said her home was foreclosed, an animal shelter official said Thursday. ...more

August 1, 2008

SEBRING - Efforts to place on the 2008 ballot a property tax to help the county conserve environmentally sensitive lands appear to be dead after its backers conceded to a county advisory commission that the worsening economy would damper its support. The Natural Resources Advisory Commission agreed, as it voted against drafting the revised ballot language for the proposal before the Aug. 26 deadline for it to appear on November's general election ballot. ...more

July 31, 2008

Talk about New Jersey's fat cats. A 44-pound feline was found waddling around Saturday without a collar in Voorhees, and officials at the Camden County Animal Shelter hope she gets a nice - and one hopes diet-friendly - home. ...more

July 31, 2008

A Riverview man who said he couldn't afford veterinary care for his dog was jailed today on felony animal cruelty charges. ...more

July 29, 2008

Drug dealers to pay for new drug dog. ...more

July 22, 2008

Today, a tennis ball commands Koda's full attention. In a couple of months, Brooksville police hope it will be a kilo of cocaine. ...more

July 22, 2008

Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said Friday. ...more

July 19, 2008

TAMPA - Lightning may have caused a fire Tuesday night that damaged a home on the 9000 block of North 21st Street, Tampa Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

July 15, 2008