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  1. Sunken Gardens flamingos, still in a St. Petersburg bathroom, are doing fine
    Sep. 29• Hurricane
    Twenty-one Chilean flamingos, left, sheltered in the ladies' bathroom off the main lobby of Sunken Gardens during Hurricane Ian. Staff members including Emily Mastoroudis, right, carried them carefully inside one at a time.
  2. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Sep. 26• Pets
    Kayla and Lennon are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  3. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Sep. 15• Pets
    Bruno and Queen Bee are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  5. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Sep. 11• Pets
    Georgia and Milo are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  6. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Sep. 10• Pets
    Farrah and Huck are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  7. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Sep. 8• Pets
    Elvis and Kumba are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  8. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Sep. 6• Pets
    Lucy and Roxy are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  9. You can adopt a pet for $8.27 or for free in Tampa Bay this weekend
    Aug. 23• Pets
    For its annual Clear the Shelters adoption event, SPCA Tampa Bay will offer pets for $8.27, a steep discount from typical adoption prices of $30-125. The $8.27 price is aligned with Saturday’s date, Aug. 27. The organization said that as of Monday, it had 36 cats, 27 dogs and 24 “critters” available for adoption.
  10. In Tampa Bay, a national vet shortage collides with a growing population
    Aug. 23• Florida
    Allison Ramirez (left), 27, certified vet technician, and Naomi DeRamus (right), 22, surgery assistant, cut cats' nails after they were neutered at the The Humane Society of Tampa Bay on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Tampa.
  11. A Florida woman’s dog went missing after car crash. A community came together to find him.
    Aug. 13• Florida
    Goofuss, a Florida woman's chihuahua who went missing after a car crash in rural South Carolina, was found days later and returned to his owner.
  12. Denzel, our first family dog, died at 10
    Aug. 6• Life & Culture
    Denzel with his boy, Max, in 2017.
  13. Paralyzed kitten finds mobility and a home thanks to Brandon pet rescue group
    Jul. 28• Pets
    Nutmeg testing out his new wheelchair.
  14. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jul. 12• Pets
    Ironside and Morris are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  15. Talking about honeybees, queens and who really rules the hive
    Jul. 6• Florida
    Rein Verbeek, 55, of Dover, has been a beekeeper since 2014.
  16. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jul. 5• Pets
    Maggie and Yonny are two of many animals looking for "fur"ever homes.
  17. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jun. 28• Pets
    Chili and Emmy are two of many animals looking for "fur"ever homes.
  18. She looks after Jody, Busch Gardens’ endangered black rhino
    Jun. 24• Life & Culture
    Jody is a 33 year old black rhinoceros who has been a longtime fixture at Busch Gardens in Tampa. There are just over 5,000 black rhinoceroses left in the world. They are classified as a critically endangered species, which means they’re at “extremely high risk” of going extinct. In this photo she is being fed a papaya, one of her favorite fruits.
  19. Apollo, St. Petersburg’s TikTok famous parrot, speaks for himself
    Jun. 22• Pets
    Dalton Mason and Tori Lacey are raising their African grey parrot, Apollo, like a human toddler.
  20. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jun. 17• Pets
    Walker and Whispurr at two of many animals looking for "fur"ever homes.
  21. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jun. 4• Pets
    Ellie and Fryian are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  22. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jun. 3• Pets
    Moose, Mork and Mindy are three of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  23. Hurricane 2022: Your pets need a plan for the storm, too | Column
    May 26• Hurricane
    James Barr is the chief medical officer of BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital.
  24. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    May 24• Pets
    Avery and Doc are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
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