Rescue Stories

Osprey Rescue

The call came in about 7:15pm, Monday, March 29th, that an Osprey was hanging from a cell tower near Us 19 and Alderman Road. The cell tower was in a locked compound owned by Brighthouse Networks. We headed to the location but it was after hours and no one was around.

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Puggles

On Friday, August 14th, 2009, after receiving complaints from neighbors, we arrived at an Oldsmar address concerning three Puggle (Pug/Beagle mix) puppies. We saw three young puppies on a screened porch in the 90 degree weather. They had no food or water and were lying on urine and feces covered paper.

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In Loving Memory of Jingles

At around 10:30am on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, the unassuming life of the 10-year-old, chubby American Eskimo named "Jingles" would literally "explode" upon the Tampa Bay scene. The name Jingles would soon be in the hearts and prayers of thousands of Tampa Bay area residents as his story would unfold in the media. 

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Wrigley

It was the fall of 2005 when the 40-year-old man decided he had enough. The suicide note said he was taking his best friend with him, a 75 lb. American Bulldog named “Wrigley.”

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Georgia Rescue

On Saturday, December 13, 2008 Angel Dog Rescue issued a plea to animal shelters in the Southeast to assist in an emergency situation. The Georgia shelter had flooded due to bad weather, and was also facing economic hardship and overcrowding.

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A Sweet Story

On October 8, 2008, a Pinellas County Sheriff Detective approached a resident’s home just east of downtown Palm Harbor. The resident was a person of interest in a few local crimes. Upon first approach, the house appeared abandoned to the Detective. He then saw the Progress Energy notice attached to the front door which indicated the power had been turned off three weeks prior. Then he noticed a tremendous stench permeating from within the house. Upon knocking on the door and identifying himself, the Detective was met with an unsuspecting sound – the half bark, half whimper of a dog.

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Tropical Storm Fay Rescue

Fay was just a Tropical Storm. She would hit land in southwest Florida and then make her way diagonally across the state and exit somewhere in east central Florida. No real threat, no real big deal, in fact, she would do us a favor. After all, we needed the rain!

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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 starving animals 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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13 Chihuahuas rescued from filthy hoarder

Sunday, May 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 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

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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House of 57

He started out rescuing cats from the streets.  His original purpose was to trap the stray cats, have them spayed or neutered and returned them to the location they were first found.  His plan, like that of many animal hoarders, quickly went awry.

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