Raccoons have put Hernando County under a rabies watch for the last three years. ...more

February 1, 2008

The SPCA Suncoast shelter is employing electronic measures to keep people from endangering animals by abandoning outside the facility. ...more

November 2, 2007

The party's over at Shell Key. Pinellas County commissioners on Tuesday adopted an updated management plan that bans dogs and alcohol and restricts overnight camping on the undeveloped barrier island, long a destination for local boaters. ...more

October 3, 2007

CLEARWATER - Pinellas County commissioners this afternoon unanimously approved banning dogs and alcohol on Shell Key, an ecologically fragile island where officials say partying by boaters has gotten out of hand. ...more

October 2, 2007

Abandoned trailer homes. Long grass. Broken windows. Strange candles burning in the night in what should otherwise be empty homes. ...more

September 20, 2007