Animal Shelters

A Naples workshop gave residents hands-on guidance on caring for vulnerable felines.

For the month of July, a dog can be adopted from Lee County Domestic Animal Services for just $30, and adoption fees for cats and kittens are waived entirely.

Reduced adoption fees aim to help more kittens find loving homes during peak season.

To prevent the New World Screwworm from infesting Florida, the state is blocking rescue dogs and cats coming from Texas and New Mexico.

You may have heard about the1,500 beagles who were rescued from Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin. But did you know that some of them ended up in Fort Myers?

Get your pet chipped and give them — and yourself — the gift of safety and piece-of-mind for the holidays.

While the Cape Coral Animal Shelter serves pet owners with veterinary and boarding services, it also gives pets without homes a place to stay.In recent years, however, the shelter’s executive director Liz McCauley said this has been difficult to maintain as constraints on facility space inhibit efficiency of provided services as well as kennel vacancies for pets with no home.

From Monday, Sept. 29 through Friday, Oct. 31, UF/IFAS Extension Manatee County as well as several other Manatee locations will be collecting unopened jars of peanut butter (any size) to support local food banks and animal shelters in Manatee County. Sarasota and Charlotte counties are also participating.

Collier County Domestic Animal Services will officially reopen for feline intake on July 31, following a temporary pause to stabilize shelter operations. However, though DAS is once again accepting animals, due to ongoing space limitations and medical concerns, DAS would like to continue prioritizing critical feline intakes, focusing on cats and kittens who are sick, injured, or in immediate danger.

A one-eyed cat named Kevin was euthanized in less than two hours after arriving at a Lee County animal shelter as a "stray." His owner is demanding to know how this could happen.