June 1 is the beginning of hurricane season and it lasts all the way through November. Given the weather disturbances we have already had in May, this year is setting up to a busy season. It is so important for pet owners to prepare in advance for their pets in the event of a disaster. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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There are many wonderful pets available for adoption at Osceola County Animal Services. Commissioner Cheryl Grieb is at the Shelter and she would like to introduce you to one very special pup named Delilah. She is a 4-month old mixed breed puppy with special needs. The shelter is looking for donations to help purchase a […]
Osceola County has a community cat problem, which means we have a large number of free roaming, intact and unvaccinated cats. Each year, particularly in the spring and summer, residents turn in to the shelter hundreds of kittens that are born to these community cats. These cats may be stray, feral, or owned. Thanks to our robust foster care […]
