“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
Intake Stats for HCAS April 2012
The reason we all do what we do.
Total Dog Intake 680 Read more…
National Volunteer Week!
Hillsborough County News
April 18, 2012
Hillsborough County Animal Services Celebrates National Volunteer Week Read more…
“HOP” event was a great success!
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
Intake Stats for March 2012 ~ HCAS
DOGS
TOTAL INTAKE OF DOGS 849 Read more…
OK Volunteers…your help is needed!!
Now for the big one
Saturday April 7 10am-2pm 2nd Annual
“THE HOP” Read more…
Attn: Pit Crew Peoples!
Animal Hoarding 101 ~ by Pam Perry, HCAS Animal Abuse Mgr
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
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 !
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!
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.
Play Groups! NEW fun for HCAS Dogs!
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…
“Intake Stats” for Feb 2012
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!!
Seminar Info from Connie (For Pit Crew and Friends)
Volunteer Meeting!! Mark Calenders now!
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!
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!
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!
Life can be exhausting at times….
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!
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’.
The pics below Read more…
NEW HCAS Animal Cruelty Reporting Hotline
