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January 23, 2023
State Attorney Bill Gladson has created an Animal Cruelty Task Force for the Fifth Judicial Circuit as well as an animal cruelty unit within the State […]
September 28, 2021
Before they begin work at Miami International Airport, employees must be screened for COVID-19. Two 7-year-old dogs, Cobra and One Betta, sniff the employees’ face coverings […]
August 30, 2018
The Florida First District Court of Appeal affirmed a postconviction court’s summary denial of Charles Johnson’s claim of ineffective assistance where trial counsel failed to object […]
May 18, 2018
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal (“1st DCA”) recently upheld a defendant’s conviction for felon in possession of a firearm after a K9 unit alerted police […]
November 28, 2017
In a lengthy exposé, Rene Ebersole writes for National Geographic about an ongoing case regarding alligator poaching. Nine men stand accused of forty-four felonies, “ranging from […]
October 27, 2017
Rural counties in Florida are beginning to designate officers to the specific task of investigating agricultural and natural resource crimes. These areas require a different type […]
September 21, 2017
In the wake of Hurricane Irma, over 40 dogs were rescued by Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control. Many of the animals had been tied […]
August 28, 2017
A video recently surfaced on social media showing a shark (possibly a blacktip or spinner) being dragged behind a boat traveling at high speed near Tampa. […]
April 15, 2016
The Manatee County Sheriff’s K9 unit has a new addition from an unusual background. Gia, a mixed-breed rescue dog who was adopted from Bradenton’s Bishop Animal […]