All About Animals

2020 has already been a record year for pet adoptions and purchases. Working from home, remote learning and stay-at-home orders combined to create a phenomenon many animal care professionals have dubbed the 2020 “puppy boom.” With Christmas right around the corner, many parents might be considering a Christmas puppy as a last minute surprise for th...

Sabal Chase Animal Clinic’s Dr. Ian Kupkee offers tips for things to bear in mind before giving in to a holiday impulse purchase.

Florida is now using trained dogs to sniff out troublesome pythons

A group of Fort Lauderdale firefighters had quite the surprise when a coyote wandered into their fire station Sunday morning. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue tweeted a photo of a coyote creeping in front of a fire truck parked inside their bay. “Not sure who was startled more as they ran in opposite directions,” the department quipped in a tweet. Fireh...

A dog in Southwest Florida who was thrust into the national spotlight when his owner saved him from an alligator attack has a new job. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office posted a video on social media where Sheriff Carmine Marceno officially deputized four-month-old Gunner as a member of the department’s Deputy Dogs program. Gunner will help the depar...

A man was caught on camera jumping into a pond to save his small dog from an alligator’s grip near Estero, Florida.

There is little doubt in anyone’s mind that the year 2020 is destined to stand out in history. In animal care circles however, 2020 has stood out as the year of the pet. As Americans sought companionship in a new era of social distancing and working from home, pet ownership rocketed to all time highs. Adoptions are up throughout the…

Golfers in Naples, Florida, were doing a double-take after a monster gator wandered onto the green, WBBH reports.

A Florida elementary school got to meet a live version of its mascot after a small alligator was found in the school’s playground

Forget about horsepower, this thing has python power. A driver was shocked to find a massive python under the hood of his Ford Mustang in Dania Beach Thursday morning. Video posted on social media showed a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer pulling the snake out of the muscle car near JSD Marine off Tigertail Bouelvard. The F...

For these pets, being left alone in a quiet house for most of the day is a new – and potentially frightening – experience. Here are some tips to help new pets avoid a case of the back to normal blues.

A rare two-headed snake was discovered at a home in Florida, state wildlife officials said. The southern black racer was found at a home in Palm Harbor, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said. The snake was being cared for and monitored by FWC. It has a low chance of survival in the wild since its brains will make…...

A hammerhead shark was spotted swimming in waters off Miami Beach Monday morning. Chopper footage shows the shark circling in crystal clear waters in the area near Collins Avenue and 40th street. ⁠