More Than 300 Confiscated Animals Come to Largo
Monday The SPCA Tampa Bay in Largo continued to assess and treat more than 300 animals, which the nonprofit received Sunday.
Rats, snakes, rabbits, hedgehogs, dogs: more and more animals seemed to appear in every corner at Largo's SPCA Tampa Bay on Monday. SPCA staff and volunteers spent 12 hours on Sunday getting more than 300 animals situtated at their Largo center. Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies reportedly found the animals while responding to an emergency call concerning a child missing in Oldsmar. SPCA officials don't remember ever receiving this many animals or this variety of animals at once. Its like "a pet store. It sounds like that's what the family was doing, selling pets at flea markets... a real mix of species. Some we had to look up," said Martha Boden, CEO of SPCA Tampa Bay. In a normal day the Largo nonprofit receives 30 to 50 animals, most …
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