Delray Beach Police

For a larger photo, click on this one. For a better dog, go to the pound.

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See? Not evil. Not even a little...

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This is a bobcat.

A Hillsborough County woman called authorities yesterday when she found an injured bobcat on Route 301 in Riverview, outside of Tampa. It was hit by a car but wasn't seriously injured, according to WTSP.More >>

via the National Animal Control Association

The "euthanasia room" at the Fort Lauderdale Animal Shelter.

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Smithsonian

A rooster gets pulled from the guts of a python.

An eight-foot-long Burmese python captured in Miami-Dade last year either watched Cool Hand Luke far too many times or was just very stupid and very hungry.More >>

"They will come for puppies."

After Wednesday night's dramatic meeting about puppy stores in Hallandale Beach, we caught up with Michele Lazarow, who has been the strongest voice behind getting a puppy-store ban passed in that small city.

Lazarow -- who says she doesn't want to call herself an "activist" because it reminds people of PETA -- is also running for a seat on the City Commission this year.

She provided some context for that video from Wednesday night's meeting and also explained the ordinance, which does in fact prevent pet stores from selling puppies in all but a few limited cases.
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Joy Cooper

So, the Hallandale Beach City Commission passed on first reading an ordinance to severely restrict the sale of puppies and kittens in pet stores by requiring a "certificate of source" for each animal sold.

The final vote is on April 18.

Now, to what you really want to know: how Mayor Joy Cooper handled the crowd of animal activists at said meeting. Oh yeah, there's video.More >>

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The Hallandale Beach City Commission will meet to discuss a proposal to crack down on puppy stores in that city, tonight at 6 o'clock. For years, activists have been trying to get the city to join a handful of other cities nationwide -- including Lake Worth -- in an outright ban on puppy stores (or "puppy mills," as they're called by opponents, because of the often crowded, unsanitary condition in which puppies for sale are raised).

The ordinance being discussed tonight will not actually ban the sale of dogs and cats -- it will only prohibit their retail sale if the store owner cannot provide a valid "certificate of source" for each animal -- presumably to prevent the sale of animals from mass-breeding facilities. Furthermore, it will "encourage pet customers to adopt dogs and cats from shelters."

This wouldn't be such big news in Hallandale if it weren't for the fact that Mayor Joy Cooper has taken a lot of heat for opposing an outright ban on puppy mills. It hasn't helped her case that her arguments against a ban have been less than eloquent: More >>

Park Rangers beat this 15-foot beast to death with a shovel.

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