The man who owned an 8-foot Burmese python that suffocated a little girl last month has been arrested on drug charges. ...more

August 8, 2009

Bill Burnside's fascination with pigeons dates back six decades to the day his father caught two of the birds and brought them home. ...more

November 20, 2008

Debra Harmon doesn't consider sheltering unwanted dogs a criminal act. ...more

February 1, 2008

Debra Harmon doesn't consider sheltering unwanted dogs a criminal act. ...more

February 1, 2008

An animal cruelty investigation is under way after deputies discovered a house packed with 22 dogs, three cats and a seven-foot Burmese python on Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County Animal Control is looking a bit like Old McDonald's Farm these days, due to the recent series of marijuana growhouse busts. Animal control recently picked up 15 sheep following a growhouse raid by the sheriff's office. The day after the sheep were impounded, workers at animal control discovered they had a 16th sheep in their care. "Overnight, one of the sheep gave birth, and we have a baby lamb here now, too," said Darryl Scott, animal control director. Pens and pasture areas at the county facility are also sheltering three horses, three large hogs, four rabbits, a chicken, two yearling cows, and an 8-foot-long Burmese python. Many, but far from all, of these animals came into the county's care from growhouse raids. ...more

December 7, 2007

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

November 2, 2007

AVON PARK — When Dan Evers showed up to work Monday morning, he thought someone was playing a joke on him. A 9-foot Burmese python was stretched out along the sidewalk, snuggled against the wall of his State Farm Insurance office at 706 Main St. "I was looking around for the cameras," Evers said. "Then it lifted its head just a little, and I realized this was no joke." ...more

October 2, 2007