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In 2014, the county had 646 reported animal bites, including 381 by dogs.
Read More »The Number of Dog Bites Rose The Past Four Years In Alachua County. No One Quite Knows Why.
How Gainesville’s Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses Has Become A National Organization
Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses takes its therapy animals, miniature horses, to hospitals and hospices, disaster areas and locations of traumatic events, to help ease suffering.
Read More »Tuesday Mornings
Pet care for those with plenty of love, but not enough resources.
Read More »Micanopy Farm Seeks Foster Homes For Horses
After an unusually stormy start to the Florida summer, the Horse Protection Association of Florida is seeking temporary foster homes for some of the horses until their flooded pastures dry up.
Read More »Arrest Made In Theft At Santa Fe College Zoo, 7 Animals Returned
Santa Fe College Police announced an arrest in connection with the theft of animals from the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, and seven of the 11 missing animals were returned to the zoo.
Read More »How The Lionfish Invasion Tour In Florida Went Bust
It turns out the sea-to-table strategy to wipe out Florida's invasive lionfish is more expensive and complicated than people knew two years ago.
Read More »Florida Voices | Stella’s Story, One Special Pig
Stella changed Elaine West's life. See the heart warming story about of how West came to start Rooterville, a local sanctuary housing over 400 rescued, abused and abandoned pigs.
Read More »County Animal Shelter Kill Rates on Downward Trend for North Central Florida Counties
Public records for county animal shelters show that in recent years, euthanasia rates for cats and dogs have, for the most part, been on a downward trend in North Central Florida.
Read More »GPD Welcomes Two New K-9 Recruits, Ace and Ranger
Ace and Ranger are 18-month-old German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mixes that were bred in Europe before being brought over to GPD.
Read More »Levy County Commission Denies Exotic Animal Application
The Levy County Planning Commission unanimously voted down an application for a special exception permit to allow the keeping, breeding and raising of exotic animals near Williston, Florida.
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