Posts Tagged ‘florida’

Top 200 Places: Key West Aquarium

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Key West Aquarium
1 Whitehead St
Key West,
Florida 33040
305-296-2051

This aquarium is the only one we know of that allows you to take your pup along on leash. It has a large unfenced shark tank so please keep your pup under good control. You and your dog will see all sorts of marine life.


Top 200 Places

DogFriendly.com, with tens of thousands of places listed to take your dog to, will be releasing on it’s Dog News blog, Facebook page and on Twitter a list of 200 Top Places that you can take your dog in the U.S. and Canada. This list, while intended to highlight top places that are especially pet-friendly, is not designed to be the absolutely top 200 places that we could find, but a sampling of the top places so that all regions, types of attractions, hotels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, parks, beaches, shopping and more can be considered. No doubt each of you will find many other places not on this list or our full list of dog-friendly places at http://www.dogfriendly.com. Please let us know about them by commenting on the blog or emailing us at email@dogfriendly.com. You can also let us and our readers know if you agree or disagree with the selections, or your experiences there. Please keep in mind that places often change their policies regarding dogs and thus may have different policies at any time in the future.

The blog entries can be found at http://dogfriendly.com/dognews/?cat=243, our Facebook page, or Twitter.

St Lucie County, Florida to Get a Pet-Friendly Emergency Shelter

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

From http://www.tcpalm.com:

One of the city’s oldest gathering places is on the verge of becoming St. Lucie County’s only “pet friendly” emergency shelter.

The city received a $779,712 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to rebuild the Ravenswood Community Center on Prima Vista Boulevard up to Category 5 hurricane standards.

The center, built more than 20 years ago, will be designed to withstand hurricane force winds of up to 200 mph and will provide shelter for at least 100 animals, if not more, and their owners, said Public Works Director Donald Freedland.

St. Lucie County spokesman Erick Gill said providing emergency shelter for pets during hurricanes has been a big issue in the county. Other than the special needs shelter, the county uses schools for shelters and has not been able to identify money for possible locations for a pet shelter, Gill said.

The city expects to seek bids on the project in the next 30 days and start construction in the summer. The center should be completed by the summer of 2011, Cunningham said.