Posted by Nancy Latimer on May 18, 2012 with No Comments
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“LUCKY” needs a furever home :)

This extra-large 4-year old black Labrador/ChowChow/Akita mix has one ear up, one down, a curly tail, and an amazing story of survival.

Lucky lost the only family he’s ever known after their home was set on fire. Hillsborough County Animal Services learned that Lucky’s healthy, friendly, housebroken, and grew up with a cat. Lucky’s a charm – fully neutered, vaccinated, micro-chipped, and registered for just the cost of the county tag — $20. Adopt Lucky (animal ID# 1343900) Tuesday – Sunday at 440 N. Falkenburg Rd., Tampa 

 

 “Lucky” as an honorary member of Hillsborough County Fire & Rescue pictured with Kyle Leonhardt and Jeremy Fischler of Station #33.…photo by Loretta Hodgdon   

Intake Stats for April 2012

Posted by Nancy Latimer on May 10, 2012 with No Comments
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Intake Stats for HCAS  April 2012

The  reason we all do what we do.

Total Dog Intake     680 Read more…

Yard Sale ~ May 12, 2012

Posted by Nancy Latimer on May 8, 2012 with No Comments
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Our new sign!!

      Bargain hunters and animal lovers unite! Read more…

Cinco De MEOW!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on May 4, 2012 with No Comments
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Yard Sale at HCAS May 12, 2012

Posted by Nancy Latimer on May 2, 2012 with No Comments
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May 5, 2012 Off-site Heads up Transition Parents!!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on April 29, 2012 with No Comments
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National Volunteer Week!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on April 18, 2012 with No Comments
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Hillsborough County News

April 18, 2012

Hillsborough County Animal Services Celebrates National Volunteer Week Read more…

“HOP” event was a great success!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on April 14, 2012 with No Comments
in Events, Fund Raising Projects

Our “HOP” event was a great success.  We had a great crowd, lots of fun for the kids, and lots of exposure for our shelter dogs and all of the great rescues (along with other vendors)  that came to share the day. The weather was perfect!  Below are a few pics Read more…

“Intake Stats” for March 2012

Posted by Nancy Latimer on April 9, 2012 with No Comments
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Intake Stats for March 2012 ~ HCAS

DOGS

TOTAL INTAKE OF DOGS    849 Read more…

Our HOP 2012!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on April 7, 2012 with No Comments
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OK Volunteers…your help is needed!!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on April 1, 2012 with No Comments
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Now for the big one

Saturday April 7 10am-2pm 2nd Annual

“THE HOP” Read more…

*sigh* Here we go again

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 23, 2012 with No Comments
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Attn: Pit Crew Peoples!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 23, 2012 with No Comments
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Hello Pit Crew!!
Please let us know if you plan to help out at the next two events at HCAS.
March 31st is the 9am-9pm adoption event. Please let me know what hours you can help at our booth, please reply all so we can all see where we need to fill in the blanks.
April 7th   9am-3pm is the HOP event. We will need coverage at our Pit Crew booth there too. Again, please reply all so we are all informed as to where we need help.
These should both be great opportunities to showcase our dogs so lets plan to show everyone how great our dogs are!!!!
Thanks
Connie
Connie Johnson
HCAS Pit Crew
813-363-6300

Animal Hoarding 101 ~ by Pam Perry, HCAS Animal Abuse Mgr

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 22, 2012 with No Comments
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A little education can go a long way.  The post below about the hoarder ‘bust’ in Thonotosassa (3/22) prompted this post.  It is time that everyone tries to begin to understand the dynamics of hoarding and appreciate the type of activity (i.e. “bust”) that took place today on behalf of those without a voice. Kudo’s to the HCAS team!

 

Due to the harmful effects on the health of the animals involved, animal hoarding is considered a form of animal cruelty.  Hoarders often fail to provide even basic care for their animals, thus resulting in disease and often death.

The primary animal health issues involved are malnourishment, overcrowding, and problems related to neglect.  Consequences of hoarding are Read more…

Dozens of dogs seized from home in Thonotosassa

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 22, 2012 with No Comments
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Words for our Volunteers from Pam Perry, Animal Abuse Investigation Mgr of HCAS

Proud of the HCAS team.  Lots of animals lives saved today.  Now the next stage begins in these two cases.  Criminal and civil.  We will also need help at the shelter. We have over 80 Investigation animals to care for as well as all the other animals in our care.

Article below

TBO.com

Published: March 22, 2012

TAMPA – Hillsborough County authorities seized 48 dogs today from a mobile home in Thonotosassa, where a woman said she was running a small-dog rescue operation. Read more…

Mark your Calenders, April 7, 2012 !

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 21, 2012 with No Comments
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VOLUNTEERS:  Please see the post below for our needs for this event!  All  hands need to be on deck for this one!!!!! Read more…

Hay Depot Fun!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 17, 2012 with No Comments
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The HCAS volunteers and some beautiful adoptables enjoy a glorious spring day at the Hay Depot in Plant City, Florida  Thank you Laura Page for allowing me, unknowingly, to steal some of your pics. :)

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Play Groups! NEW fun for HCAS Dogs!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 16, 2012 with No Comments
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Aimee Sadler, (Director of Training and Behavior, from Longmont Humane Society, Executive Director of Training and Behavior for the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation  and founder of Point of View Training and Consulting), came to HCAS for a 2 day seminar to show is how to introduce Play Groups to the dogs….and boy, did we learn alot!!

It was awesome to watch so many dogs, many of them our ADOPT Dogs, get to play and well……just be dogs. Aimee is a great teacher and Matt Valentino, (lead trainer at Southhampton Animal Shelter Foundation) her assistant, was fantastic as they showed us how to properly introduce the dogs into a group session. Read more…

March 31, 2012. Love will be in the air….

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 15, 2012 with No Comments
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Attn: Transition Parents or any available ‘handlers’

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 15, 2012 with No Comments
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Saturday March 17 Read more…

“Intake Stats” for Feb 2012

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 9, 2012 with No Comments
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The reason we all do what we do..

 Intake Stats for Feb 2012 ~ Hillsborough County Animal Services

DOGS

Total Intake of Dogs      812 Read more…

Great New for the Pit Crew!!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 9, 2012 with No Comments
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The Pit Crew grant from Best Friends has been approved and is now in the final stages.
 
It will allow us to continue with our post adoption training, more kennel enrichment, another Neighborhood Pit Bull Day and many more spay and neuters!!!!! YEA!!!!!
 
Connie would like to put a committee together to do research and determine a date and location for the Pit Bull Day event.
 
Please contact Connie Johnson  if you are interested.
 
 

Seminar Info from Connie (For Pit Crew and Friends)

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 8, 2012 with No Comments
in Events, Pit Bull Crew Newz

As a reminder,  Aimee Sadler  will be here March 13 & 14th.  These two days will be filled with valuable information for anyone that works with the dogs. She will address all dogs and not just our Pit Bulls.
Aimee will be spending 2 full days at the shelter.  Read more…

No need to look for the end of the rainbow….

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 5, 2012 with No Comments
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Bark in the Park

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 5, 2012 with No Comments
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Volunteer Meeting!! Mark Calenders now!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 5, 2012 with No Comments
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Volunteer Meeting

Wednesday March 28

7 P.m.

Dennis will be hosting an all Volunteer meeting. Come celebrate our successes, give your two cents, offer suggestions, etc!!

Meeting will be at HCAS

Transition Parents! Cooperation Needed!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on March 5, 2012 with No Comments
in Events, Transition Animals

We do these adoption events so that the transition pets can get exposure and to drive traffic to your shelter.  PLEASE make a special effort to attend these events!!   If you cannot make the event, let Cathy or Terrie know, and they will try to find someone that can take your dog to the event for you. 

(For those of you that have dogs with medical issues, disregard, but we have plenty of healthy ones out there!  Please, again…TRY TO MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO ATTEND!

Update on the new sign for the Front of HCAS!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on February 27, 2012 with 1 Comment
in Fund Raising Projects

UPDATE!

Raising $10,000 to $14,000 for the LED sign turned out to be a lot tougher than I expected. So Amber and I decided to instead use $1,000 of the money we raised to purchase a portable lighted sign (for now).

If you have visited HCAS over the past few weeks, you probably noticed the taped-off hole out front… Well, that’s because permitting has been completed, and we are very close to having the new sign up!

We are confident even this “less fancy” sign will result in more adoptions.

Though we still hope to eventually have a large scrolling LED, we are excited to have the portable in the meantime.

Thanks to everyone who has placed a magazine subscription order, and/or dropped off ink jet cartridges at the adoption desk, and/or made a donation at one of our vegan bake sales! Your support is very much appreciated!

 
JoJo Hulett
 
 

Life can be exhausting at times….

Posted by Nancy Latimer on February 26, 2012 with No Comments
in Just for Fun

The big headed pup seen above was an HCAS resident a few days ago. He was only one of our stray’s whom no one came forward to claim. “Big Dog Rescue” pulled him and lovingly named him “Meathead”.  He is one of the sweetest pups you could ever want to meet.  Connie Johnson of “BDR” took ”Meathead” to an adoption event this past weekend and apparently between being ‘sprung’ from ‘the pen’..along with a ‘field trip’…well…..”Meathead” was just overcome with the joy of his new life. He literally fell asleep on his feet.  :)   Pure Bliss…..a life saved..

 

Roadtrip for Ace!

Posted by Nancy Latimer on February 22, 2012 with No Comments
in Vet Newz

UF Small Animal Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine

 

Cathy and I took a ‘Roadtrip” to Gainesville to the UF Small Animal Hospital, to get a diagnosis on “Ace”, one of our HCAS cruelty case residents. WHAT A PLACE!  WHAT A STAFF!  And, WHAT A GALLANT EFFORT on Ace’s part of being a ‘patient’.

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