PINELLAS PARK – In celebration of St. Francis’ Blessing of the Animals on Oct. 4, Friends of Strays invited a Priest to bless all their animals.
Father John Hartwell of St. Vincent’s Episcopal Church blessed all the homeless cats, kittens, dogs and puppies living at their shelter. Since Friends of Strays is a no-kill shelter, some [...]

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Kitten season: Unaltered pets lead to dumping, overpopulation
Written by Elizabeth Larson
Saturday, 05 July 2008
LAKE COUNTY – With summer time comes a baby boom of sorts, what’s commonly called “kitten season,” and it means a population explosion that crowds the shelters around the United States and here locally.
In many cases, it doesn’t lead to happy endings.
The [...]

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