Animal Rights

Advocates call for statewide registry to stop animal abuse

April marks Animal Cruelty Prevention Month and the third anniversary of LCSO’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Over the weekend the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was mobilizing its disaster response team to assist Lee County Domestic Animal Services in Fort Myers with search and rescue for animal victims of Hurricane Ian, and will also be supporting local emergency sheltering needs for displaced animals.

As we head into the final week of Florida’s 2018 lawmaking session, our legislative roundtable series continues today with a series of conversations about…

In February, we brought you the story of a three-year-old pit bull mix- who was believed to have been used as a bait dog in an illegal and barbaric…

A pitbull named Abigail was rescued late last year from "bait dog hell." The dog was being used as bait in dogfights, and was saved only after suffering…

Animal rights activists who object to the treatment of some of the animals kept at the Miami Seaquarium are getting a little more room to air their...