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115 cats taken from house crowd shelters
By TIMES WIRES
Published April 6, 2007
LARGO - By the end of the day Wednesday, more than 115 cats were rescued from a condemned home. The shelters taking care of them say they could use donations to help care for them. The SPCA Tampa Bay, a nonprofit shelter in Largo, is housing 48 of the cats. Pinellas County Animal Services took in another 68 cats and two dogs. Law officers to help in antilitter program TAMPA - Hillsborough County police and sheriff's deputies will be making a special effort to prevent littering across the county during the week of April 16 as part of a partnership with Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful. The organization also said Thursday it will team up with four schools in a nationwide plastic bottle recycling competition associated with the Great American Cleanup on April 21. Stanton's replacement gets salary increase LARGO - Wednesday night was a big payday for Largo's new acting city manager. On advice of a consultant, the City Commission granted higher pay to Norton Craig, who replaced fired City Manager Steve Stanton. Craig's salary as assistant city manager bumped from $108,513 to $116,771. Commissioners also voted 6-1 to give Craig 15 percent more while he is acting city manager: $134,286. Officer, SUV driver still hospitalized CLEARWATER - The police officer and the man who broadsided his cruiser with a sport utility vehicle early Wednesday remained hospitalized Thursday at Bayfront Medical Center. Officer Scott Dawson, 43, has a fractured vertebra in his neck but suffered no paralysis. David Brent Lloyd, 44, of Clearwater, who crashed into Dawson's cruiser, was in good condition. No charges have been filed.
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by barbara
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04/09/07 04:34 PM
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I can understand saving an animal but to only save it and then yet it still suffers is not saving the animals at all. How long did she have all the cats in her home and what happend to the grandmother?
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by BEVERLY
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04/06/07 09:05 AM
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I HOPE THE LEGAL SYSTEM REALLY UNDERSTAND THE MENTAL STATE OF THIS WOMEN AND NOT THROW HER UNDER THE BUS FOR HAVING A LOVING AND TO MUCH OF A BIG HEART MY HEART GO OUT TO HER MOTHER AND ALSO TO HER
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