A veterinarian and shelter workers are continuing to evaluate 123 animals seized Saturday from a home in Lakeland. ...more

November 25, 2008

A veterinarian and shelter workers are continuing to evaluate 123 animals seized this weekend from a home in Lakeland. More than half of the animals have been evaluated, and all of them had fleas and/or skin conditions, officials said. Seventeen of the dogs had ear infections, 15 tested positive for whipworms, 30 had overgrown toenails and 30 had mouth or gum problems. ...more

November 24, 2008

More than 120 animals that were kept in deplorable conditions in Lakeland are being treated and cleaned by Polk County Animal Control veterinarians. ...more

November 23, 2008

A 57-year-old woman faces animal neglect charges after deputies say they found 90 puppies living in "deplorable" conditions. Carolyn Bragg of 6330 Lunn Road was charged by Polk County sheriff's deputies during an investigation of a suspected puppy mill. ...more

November 22, 2008

People started lining up at 5:30 this morning outside the Hillsborough County Animal Services shelter in Brandon, eager to adopt animals rescued this month in what authorities say was a raid on a puppy mill. ...more

November 19, 2008

Thirty dogs, many Yorkshire terriers and Chihuahuas that came out of a suspected puppy mill operation busted two weeks ago, are ready for adoption and will be available at the Hillsborough County Animal Services shelter today. ...more

November 19, 2008

TAMPA hirty dogs, many Yorkshire terriers and Chihuahuas that came out of a suspected puppy mill operation busted two weeks ago, are ready for adoption and will be available at the Hillsborough County Animal Control shelter on Wednesday. The Brandon shelter opens at 11 a.m. Wednesday and will begin processing adoptions then. ...more

November 18, 2008

This was anything but a "happy puppy place," investigators said. That's how promotional T-shirts describe PM Tinies, a Riverview business that buys and sells small-breed dogs such as Yorkshire terriers and Chihuahuas. ...more

November 6, 2008

Seventy-seven dogs have been confiscated from a Riverview puppy mill, and three people have been arrested on charges of mistreating the animals, Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman Marti Ryan said. The scene is at PM Tinies, 13605 U.S. 301. ...more

November 5, 2008

Four dogs seized from an Auburndale breeder this month are recovering at a Wesley Chapel animal hospital. ...more

September 13, 2008