Animal Shelters

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.

Lee County animal shelter offers $30 donation fees for adopting adult dogs and cats.

Dorlisa, a popular Greek name meaning vision and Gift of God, has been living at the Gulf Coast Humane Society shelter in Fort Myers for more than a year, unusual for the majority of animals that pass through the no-kill facility. Her breed, pitbull/terrier mix, goes against her since many Lee County rentals and HOAs have breed and weight restrictions.

The dog days of summer have been sweltering for the Gulf Coast Humane Society.Three air conditioners at the no-kill shelter wheezed their final breaths in the past 10 days, putting an unexpected financial burden on the non-profit.

The Lee County Domestic Animal Services will turn October into #Dogtober this year and provide the chance for those looking for a canine companion to make a choice in celebration of Adopt a Shelter Dog Month.

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