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Did you know that Citrus County Animal Control Ofﬁcers are here to help? They

take animals whose owners can no longer care them and get them to the Citrus County Ani-

mal Services Shelter for adoption and other tasks.

Citrus County Animal Services is looking to ﬁnd new homes for several farm ani-

mals, including a horse, two pot-bellied pigs, four chickens (two females and two males)

and two guinea pigs ( one is black and one is grey/white), in addition to a large assortment

If you are interested in giving any of these animals a new “forever home,” please

contact the shelter at 352-746-8400 or stop by to visit them. Citrus County Animal Services

is located at 4030 S. Airport Rd. (behind the Fairgrounds on Hwy. 41) in Inverness, FL.

Hours of Operation: Monday - Closed Sundays, Mondays and holidays. Open

This little dog, Scrappy, is hoping

Thursdays - 10:00-6:00 pm; and 10:00 am-4:00 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and

to be adopted by someone who reads “The

Newscaster” and falls in love with his pic-

ture. We have several other adorable little

Two Basset Hounds found in Inverness - Please help us

dogs who are also hoping to get themselves

ﬁnd our way home...

Two dogs were found on Friday, August 8, off Big

One hopeful dog is Sport, a three

Al Point in The Highlands area of Inverness, FL. The dogs

“Angel is a cute, 4 yo, 9 #, tan with white year-old neutered male Yorkshire Terrier,

are both senior tri-colored Basset Hounds, one of which has

feet and chest, Deer type Chihuahua, like about 10 pounds, looking for an adult to be

been neutered and the other has not. They each have a very

the Taco dog. She has a wonderful person- his buddy, forever. He is well-mannered, at-

old microchip but with no current phone numbers or infor-

ality and wants to be with you all of the tentive, friendly, loving and a good kisser.

mation to locate the owner. If you have information about

time, leash and crate trained. Owner has to He’s non-shedding lap dog, housebroken

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these dogs, please contact 352-746-8400 or visit www.cit-

work 12 + hour shifts, so, housebreaking re- and leash trained. He’s up to date on vacci-

ruscritters.com for additional information.

5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

fresher may be needed. Adoption Donation nations, ID-chipped and would make a good

Phone: (352) 489-4588 Fax: (727) 362-4788

is $125. A Humane Society of CENTRAL addition to your life.

Email, Tom Russell, Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.com

Traveler is a 27 year-old white/smoke geld-

FL. Pet Rescue, Inc. does home visits, only

Email, Debbie Russell, Editor: debbienewscaster@gmail.com our Sat-

See all our little dogs at

ing purebred quarterhorse that needs some

adopts to the Citrus County areas. Saturday

newscaster.com • newscasterarchives.com •urday adoptions at the Inverness Pet Super-

history.newscasterarchives.com • thehealthcaster.comhumans, as horses get older,

Adoption Events, at Pet Supermarket, In- market from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon. We

they need extra care, special food and lots of

verness, 10-12 PM. Must give up your lit- make home visits prior to adoptions. To re-

attention and his owners were unable to give

tledog? Phone 527.9050, leave name, num- home a little dog, phone 352-527-9050 and

him these things. He is very friendly and is

looking for someone to love and care for him

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and give him a place in which to spend his

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Why so many unwanted dogs?

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Submitted by Donna Scott, AHSCF, Inc.

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We always appreciate the public’s help and truly need it now, as adoptions are slow

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in the warmer months. With the poor economy, people are hesitant to add the expense of a

dog and vet bills. However, statistics show that for every human baby born, 25 dogs and 75

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Most of the large number of unwanted dogs are coming from the portion of the

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public who doesn’t care if their unaltered pets are adding to the numbers of pets who must

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be euthanized due to the abundance of dogs compared to the number of available homes for

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The second most prevalent problem with the overabundance of non-wanted pets

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come from owners who don’t want to be bothered with resolving behavior problems, so

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rather than resolving the problem or ﬁnding the animal a home, they just dump them off

somewhere and assume (but don’t know) that someone else will take care of them.

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The third largest number of unwanted pets comes from puppy mill production.

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Puppy mills are run by people who know that people can’t resist cute little puppies, only

many owners don’t think much of them when they’re no longer small and cute, and get rid

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of the animals when they tire of them.

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If you have a small dog who needs re-homing, please contact A Humane Society

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Pet Rescue of Central Florida. Please phone Donna at 352-527-9050 and leave a message.

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