Rescue Stories

Pet photo - Ragnar

Happy Trail Tale

"Ragnar" had already had a difficult start in life. He was born in the wild and his mother was completely feral. He was over four months old before he had his first positive encounter with a human being. By some miracle, he was adopted from a rescue even though he never truly trusted his human caretakers....

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Four dogs saved from starvation

Four starving dogs rescued from Pasco home

New Port Richey police had been called to a duplex on the evening of Saturday, May 24, 2008. A terrible odor had been detected from outside the residence, dogs were barking non-stop and the woman living at the duplex had not been seen in a couple weeks. Neighbors told police the power had been turned off two weeks prior and the Carrie Posey-Feddersen had not been seen since...

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Puppy Mill Busted!

13 Chihuahuas rescued from filthy hoarder

Sunday, March 18, 2008: The call came in from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Department at about 8:15pm. At least a dozen Chihuahuas had been found living in a Palm Harbor house in what appeared to be grossly unsanitary conditions. Thirty minutes later, a Suncoast Animal League rescue team, consisting of Executive Director Rick Chaboudy, volunteers Sherri McGahee, Amy Reinhard and Paula Zaremski, and Board Member Annette Dettloff, arrived at the scene.

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Puppy Mill Busted!

Puppy Mill Shut Down!

Suncoast Animal League rescues 121 dogs and puppies from a Tarpon Springs puppy mill.

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Mother and her 8 pups rescued in field

Mother and her 8 pups rescued in field

On Saturday, March 29, 2008 the Suncoast Animal League received an email from Levy County Animal Services requesting assistance with a mother dog and her eight, one-week-old puppies. The photos were disturbing; the story was heartbreaking – the mother dog and her puppies had been found the day before in a field, under a tractor, nearly starved to death. We immediately set the wheels in motion by contacting one of our most experienced foster parents. We prepared her for the worst. Needless to say, she was ready for it.

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