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Freee ride home icon

Any dog or cat that is found wearing a current Osceola County license tag by an Animal Control Officer, even when a complaint has been filed, will receive a courtesy ride home by the Officer if the owner can be reached. ► This only applies in non-emergency/public safety situations and is a one-time courtesy offered […]

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Welcome Pet Data licensing partner poster

PetData; Quick Facts*: Petdata started in 1994 and currently serves over 80 municipalities in the U.S. To date, PetData has processed over 33,000,000 pet licenses and vaccination records. PetData believes proper education on the benefits of licensing and vaccination generally promotes more responsible pet ownership, resulting in a safer, more informed community. PetData’s licensing services […]

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Support Spay and Neuter programs tag flyer.

Osceola County Animal Services is pleased to have been chosen as a grant recipient for the Florida Animal Friend annual grant award. Each time someone purchases a spay and neuter license plate, Florida Animal Friend receives $25. They exclusively use that sum to fund free and low-cost spay and neuter programs across the state. And […]

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Animal and human abuse poster

Animal cruelty is related to cruelty to humans. For many years, research into the relationship between animal cruelty and cruelty to humans has been conducted around the world. The conclusion is clear: there is a  link. Some examples of this research from the Animal Legal Defense fund are below. A 1997 study by the Massachusetts […]

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Close up photo of an orange cat's eye.

Trap/remove/kill versus Trap/neuter/vaccinate/return and Shelter/neuter/vaccinate return: Kim Staton, Director We receive a variety of calls related to cats in Osceola County and what is very clear is that there is tremendous confusion about how these cats can be and are dealt with in our community. In 2016, Osceola County Animal Services discontinued picking up stray […]

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Sir Phillip the horse in his pasture at Mill Creek Farm in Alachua, Florida

About Sir Phillip’s journey to his forever home Sir Phillip is a 20 year old Paso Fino gelding. He was rescued by our Animal Control Officers in January of 2020. When found as a stray animal, Sir Phillip was  malnourished and underweight. He was brought back to our St Cloud facility and took up residence […]

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Giving Tuesday donation poster

Osceola County Animal Services is participating in the world-wide celebration of giving; Giving Tuesday.  Begun in 2012, Giving Tuesday simply encourages people to do good. In 2018, this event garnered 3,600,000 individual gifts with a value of about $400,000,000. Osceola County Animal Services hopes that the community will participate and assist us by either donating […]

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LEASH - Let every animal stay at home flyer.

We want to help you keep your pet or get a new one! Get information about lost and found Pets. Get information about adopting from us. LEASH page  

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