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<\/p>\nPublished:\u00a0July 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM<\/p>\n
Updated:\u00a0July 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM<\/p>\n
Pet sitter \u2018deactivated\u2019 from Rover.com \u2018without the option to appeal,\u2019 company says lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<\/p>\n
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2014 Hollywood police have opened an investigation into the death of a 4-year-old French Bulldog whose owners said was left in a crate outdoors for hours by a pet sitter.<\/p>\n
Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n Police confirmed that a report was made Tuesday after the Frenchie was found dead at a home in the 6600 block of Atlanta Street.<\/p>\n The owners of the Frenchie named Prince said he was being watched by a pet sitter found on Rover.com when he was left in a crate outside in the summer heat. They said Prince was in good health prior to his death. <\/p>\n Hollywood police confirmed Wednesday that officers are at the home investigating what led to the dog\u2019s death, and are also working with City of Hollywood Animal Control.<\/p>\n \u201cWe understand the concern from community members and are working to gather as much information as possible to determine exactly what occurred,\u201d HPD posted on social media. \u201cWe remain committed to this investigation and will provide updates as soon as the information becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n Rover also released a statement to Local 10 News about Prince\u2019s death. <\/p>\n \u201cMost of us at Rover are pet parents ourselves, and we can only imagine the heartbreak and stress Prince\u2019s family is experiencing,\u201d the statement read. \u201cUpon learning of this incident, our 24\/7 Trust & Safety team launched a thorough investigation. The account of the sitter involved has been deactivated without the option to appeal, meaning they cannot communicate or book new stays with pet parents via Rover. We have also refunded Ms. Ackeret\u2019s stay and offered to reimburse all eligible veterinary and aftercare costs through the Rover Guarantee<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cSafety incidents on our platform are extremely rare \u2014 over half a million stays have been booked by pet parents in the Miami area, with more than 98% of reviewed stays receiving five stars. Prince\u2019s death is truly heartbreaking, and it\u2019s one we\u2019re handling with the seriousness it deserves.”<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0July 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM Updated:\u00a0July 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM Pet sitter \u2018deactivated\u2019 from Rover.com \u2018without…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-356604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Amanda](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83776d46-011c-4018-ab.jpeg\")
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