Many of the dogs seized last year in what authorities described as a "dungeon" in Lithia will be available for adoption Friday. ...more

February 25, 2009

Two Lithia residents have been charged with cruelty to animals and confinement of animals without food and water after investigators removed dozens of animals from their home. ...more

December 23, 2008

Lex Salisbury's forced resignation as Lowry Park Zoo's president and chief executive hasn't stopped outside scrutiny of the facility or ended his problems within the zoo industry. ...more

December 23, 2008

Lex Salisbury lost his job running Lowry Park Zoo. Now he has resigned from a leadership position of a nonprofit zoo organization after several members said he and another Lowry Park Zoo staff member threatened the integrity of the group. ...more

December 22, 2008

The owner of animals seized from a Lithia property Wednesday doesn't appear willing to surrender ownership, Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman Marti Ryan said today. Until the animals are signed over to animal services, they cannot be available for adoption, she said. ...more

December 11, 2008

Hillsborough County Animal Services is removing about 75 dogs along with cats and exotic birds from a property at 1306 Pelote Cemetery Road in Lithia. ...more

December 10, 2008

A week after investigators seized 55 goats, 35 dogs and seven cats from a Seffner couple's property, the couple has been charged with animal cruelty, Hillsborough deputies say. ...more

August 6, 2008

All seven cats seized Wednesday from homeowners who kept the animals in putrid conditions were unhealthy and have been euthanized, but several of the homeowners' puppies will be adoptable Friday, investigators say. Investigators seized 55 goats, 35 dogs and seven cats from the Seffner couple. Six to eight Boston terrier puppies will go up for adoption Friday, Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman Marti Ryan said. Other dogs will be sent to animal rescue groups. ...more

July 31, 2008

A menagerie of 55 goats, 35 dogs and seven cats were seized Wednesday from homeowners who lived in filth and kept the animals in putrid conditions, investigators said. ...more

July 31, 2008

An investigation into a couple selling dogs for hundreds of dollars led to a Seffner home in deplorable conditions and 55 goats, 35 dogs and seven cats living in filth, said Marti Ryan of Hillsborough County Animal Services. ...more

July 30, 2008