Three-year-old Jasmine had a rough start. The spunky black-and-white pit bull was kept in a small crate on a second-floor balcony for most of her life. She escaped one day but fell over the balcony, hanging from her leash. ...more

November 1, 2009

When Rick Tocchet feels the need for a change of pace, the Lightning coach simply lets the dogs out. ...more

October 29, 2009

I am almost tired of writing about the hypocrisy of the Democrats and liberals in this country ...more

October 28, 2009

A 17-year-old juvenile was arrested Monday after reportedly stealing another man's pit bull at gunpoint. ...more

August 6, 2009

Officers shot and killed a pit bull this morning after it charged them and bit one, St. Pete police said. ...more

July 15, 2009

A 31-year-old Tampa man sliced a pit bull's ear off with a machete, Hillsborough County Animal Services says. ...more

July 10, 2009

When 28-year-old Okeechobee resident Angel Pulido answered a knock on his front door early Wednesday afternoon, he was shot with a handgun by one of the two men who entered his residence and then demanded money and drugs from his girlfriend, authorities said. ...more

March 19, 2009

A Seminole family is upset with the law after a neighbor's pit bull escaped from its yard and killed its puppy Saturday. ...more

March 10, 2009

A walk with his 4-month-old pit bull, Jessica, turned tense for a man Tuesday after several men beat him and tried to snatch the dog, police said. ...more

February 25, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's Deputy Matthew Kadel acknowledges that he shot and killed a pit bull that bit him on the left arm and leg and repeatedly charged at him this week. ...more

December 13, 2008