Dogs

Crews are relocating the Tampa Dog Run at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park to make room for the expansion. A formal groundbreaking celebration for the museum is planned for early October.

Only three of the county's seven kennels have air conditioning. The community can help by adopting, fostering or taking an animal home for the day.

Volusia County Animal Services is reminding people to keep a close eye on pets during this Fourth of July Weekend.

The case centered on sanitation certificates that county health departments, which are overseen by the state Department of Health, issue to establishments.

The measure requires the impounding of dogs that have injured or killed someone and mandates that owners of dogs classified as dangerous must buy $100,000 in liability insurance.

Trooper underwent surgery to remove around 2 pounds of plastic and rubber material from his stomach. His former owner will go on trial in Tampa in March and faces up to five years in jail.

Criminal proceedings have begun Giovanny Aldama Garcia, 23, of Ruskin after his bull terrier found tied to a pole on Interstate 75 ahead of the hurricane. The rescued dog is safe with a foster family.

Agencies from across the region are combining resources for the event at the Florida Strawberry Festival Fairgrounds in an effort to ease shelter overcrowding.

The Florida Legislature on Thursday passed a bill authorizing virtual veterinary care.

As the only dog bar in Gainesville — the nearest alternative being in Jacksonville — Lebowski’s offers an all-in-one private dog park, beer garden and bar. Patrons sit at high-top tables and sip on drinks as their dogs dart across a fenced-in, artificial turf lawn off Main Street.

Economic and other factors have resulted in a reversal of the pandemic adoption craze.

There are mixed feelings about this law, giving some hope while others call for strict breed bans.