The sounds of shuffling paws and chirping birds fill the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo each morning at the 10-acre paradise for animal-lovers.

Operation Catnip celebrated a milestone of fixing 100,000 community cats by hosting a massive spay/neuter clinic Saturday.

Florida has a series of new laws going into effect on July 1 including Dexter’s Law on animal cruelty to the Gulf of America in schools.

In Citrus County, a beloved hippopotamus has died.

Stray cats that roam the Gainesville streets face harsh conditions and uncertain futures. Local residents and organizations are stepping up to make a difference.

People who abuse and abandon animals will face more penalties in Florida under a new law. They'll also be put on a public database.

Amid support from hunters and warnings of a “slaughter” from animal-rights advocates, state wildlife officials Wednesday moved forward with Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-1 at a meeting in favor of a bear hunt in December and annually into the future, allowing the use of up to six dogs to corner the bears.

Florida wildlife officials this week will hear a proposal to create an annual “limited-entry” black bear hunt, with a December hunting period the first in more than a decade.

With university students and residents leaving Gainesville for break, the shelter is seeing an increase in returned foster dogs and a drop in available help.