It was late at night and I was at work with my dog when I realized something was wrong. My dog was pacing and unsettled. I let her out the back, but she returned having done nothing, and began circling again and started retching. I called my emergency vets who said I could bring her in, but I was miles away from home, at almost 10 pm at night. ‘You need to find me somewhere closer’ I said ‘now’. They filtered off the lists of emergency vets near me. My…
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Willow was lost in the woods where I work. I was driving down the road and she came out onto the road. I thought she belonged to someone because she had a collar on, so I contacted the local shelter in order to find her parents. Long story short, no one claimed her. PHOTO: MICHELLE MARTINEZ I showed up every day to visit with her so she would know that not everyone abandons those they love. She was very skinny and dehydrated, and when I would show up, she was…
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I’ve been fostering for our local shelter for several years and have had many dogs. (198 so far) One of my very favorites was Christmas, a chocolate lab/pittie mix. He was dumped at our shelter on Christmas Day 2009, hairless, scabbed, and itching. I started fostering him, got him meds for the skin issues, and fell in love with his sweet personality. He was about 4-years-old then. He was the most gentle boy, always happy, loved squeaky toys, and the only dog I’ve fostered that didn’t ever get into an…
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Afraid, alone, and heartbroken… this describes how a sweet dog named Snowflake feels after her family surrendered her to Humane Society of Broward County after they had a baby. The 3-year-old pit bull mix doesn’t understand why she is in this strange place and misses her family, even if they don’t miss her. She would have loved the baby and been a great big sister. Instead, she was cast aside and is now wondering what she did wrong. Screenshot: TikTok/humanebroward She spends her days watching out the door of her kennel for…
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People are calling for a dog owner to face consequences after abandoning their dog before Hurricane Milton. A viral video posted by Florida Highway Patrol on Tuesday (October 8) shows an officer responding to a call that a dog had been abandoned and left tied up to a fence by the I-75. In the video, the officer slowly approaches the dog that was stood in water so deep it came up to the top of the pet’s legs. Tentatively approaching the pooch, the kindhearted officer reassures it that ‘it’s okay’. FHP Troopers rescued a dog left…
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Amid the chaos brought by Hurricane Milton, Florida Highway Patrol troopers made a startling discovery along Interstate 75 near Tampa. A young white dog, now named Trooper, had been left tied to a fence, chest-deep in floodwaters, as the Category 4 storm approached. The rescue video went viral, with viewers expressing outrage over the abandonment. Days later, authorities announced that they had arrested Giovanny Aldama Garcia, the man accused of leaving Trooper to face the hurricane alone. The 23-year-old was arrested in Hillsborough County on a felony charge of aggravated…
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A friendly dog named Simba doesn’t understand how he ended up alone in the shelter because he is such a good boy. He gets along with other dogs and loves people. Sadly, he was surrendered by the only family he has ever known after four years. A member of the family developed allergies and they made the difficult decision to bring Simba to Humane Society of Broward County in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The sweet pup was left heartbroken and confused. The shelter posted a video showing Simba’s sad eyes on TikTok in…
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