Browsing Tag Florida

The Hillsborough County School District in Florida was initially reluctant to allow a disabled kindergartener to bring her service dog to school.

Charlie Sheen sent a teenage girl with brain and spine injuries $10,000 to cover the costs of a therapy dog.

A 12-year-old Chihuahua locked in a cage and tossed on a trash pile was rescued by a good Samaritan who fortunately got to her before the garbage truck did.

Thanks to custom-made braces, a paralyzed Bulldog was able to walk for the first time with his best friend, a blind potbellied pig.

A pound pup named Hugo was about to receive a lethal injection when it was intercepted in the nick of time by his new dog mom.

A Florida retirement community resident wasted no time in saving his dog when she was dragged into a pond by a 7-foot-long alligator.

A 72-year-old Florida man beat an alligator with his loafer to save his Westie’s life.

A pup became lost at sea when her pet parent fell overboard. Luckily, her canine sailor instincts allowed her to safely navigate the boat to shore.

A Chihuahua breeder and 44 of her dogs died in a mobile home fire in Florida.

The economy has been rough the last couple of years, but that didn’t stop Nikki Moustaki, a writer who specializes in pet care topics, from trying to raise money and food for shelter animals. If anything, when she started the Pet Postcard Project in 2007, it came at a time when shelter animals needed help [...]