Pets

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many households added furry friends to their families. Now five years later, thousands of those puppies and kittens are entering their midlife period.

Independence Day and summer storms in Florida can bring a series of annoyances for pets. Fireworks and thunder can put your furry companion into a panic and cause plenty of stress.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held this week for a new veterinary clinic at the Gulf Coast Humane Society’s Fort Myers facility.

Free microchipping for Lee pets offered through July 3

For the entire month of March, Lee County Domestic Animal Services is lowering adoption fees on all adult dogs and cats to just $20 with an approved application.

The bill that would outlaw abandoning a pet outside during a natural disaster – prompted by a viral video of a bull terrier rescued last year ahead of an approaching hurricane – passed its first hurdle Tuesday in the Legislature with unanimous approval.The Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved the bill 8-0 during a brief hearing in Tallahassee. The bill’s sponsor and his colleagues in the Senate referred to the proposal as “Trooper’s Law,” named after the dog tied to a pole in standing water along Interstate 75 near Tampa before a Florida Highway Patrol trooper saved him.

It's cat-mating season and that can only mean one thing: kittens, kittens and more kittens, all in need of homes. Collier is trying to empty the shelters using incentives.

When the sun is shining, and you're not expecting a storm, that's the time to prepare your pets for a hurricane be they furry or slithery, feathery or finny or whathave you.

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.

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