Cape council set for vote on proposed contract with Lee County Animal Services

Cape Coral's city council will vote Sept.

Many pets falling victim to hard economic times

As more people lose their jobs and homes, pets are being abandoned in record numbers, leaving local shelters overflowing with animals as adoption lags.

Animal advocates fight against cats' negative image

So that animosity doesn't kill the cat, marketing efforts are afoot to rebrand felines as more glam than granny.

Recession Makes Americans Kill Pets, Quit Having Kids

Not that you’d notice from the 40 million unemployed “workers” in this country, or the way all the houses in your neighborhood are being abandoned by night, or the miles of empty strip malls on the edge of every doomed American town, but experts in New York and Washington (the only two thriving cities in [...] United States - Birth rate - Bristol Palin - New York - National Center for Health ...

Second Hand Purrs houses unwanted felines

Second Hand Purrs, a no-kill cat shelter, is dedicated to giving cat owners an option other than euthanasia. The organization's next fundraiser is Sunday, Aug. 22 at Pizzeria Piccola, 7606 W. State St., from 4 to 9 p.m.