{"id":371161,"date":"2026-08-14T08:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/371161\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:12:13","slug":"collies-in-crisis-florida-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/371161\/","title":{"rendered":"Collies in crisis &#8211; Florida Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1188801\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1188801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-PXL_20260810_171629655-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1188801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">-COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p>A heartbreaking animal cruelty case in Palm City has left the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast caring for 36 border collies in desperate need of medical treatment, patience and community support.\n<\/p>\n<p>The dogs, including three puppies up to 6 months old, were removed from a hoarding situation after the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested Paige O\u2019Donnell on felony charges of animal cruelty and improper confinement.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1188805\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1188805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2-HSTC-border-collie-groomed-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1188805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">-COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p>When the dogs arrived at the Humane Society, staff immediately provided food and water. Many were covered in feces and suffering from skin and eye infections. Several appeared withdrawn or nearly catatonic from their ordeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>Some of the dogs are being shaved under mild sedation because severe matting, physical pain and emotional distress make grooming difficult. \u00a0Because of the extent of their medical and emotional needs, the Humane Society cannot yet say when the border collies will be available for adoption. Many are expected to require foster homes as they slowly recover.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1188809\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1188809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3-PXL_20260810_171550845-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1188809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">-COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1188813\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1188813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-HSTC-border-collie-medical-grooming-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1188813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">-COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p>For now, the organization\u2019s greatest need is financial support to help cover the ongoing cost of veterinary care, treatment, food and rehabilitation.\n<\/p>\n<p>The community can also help by adopting or fostering one of the many other dogs, cats, guinea pigs and rabbits already waiting for homes. Doing so creates valuable space and resources for rescued animals still undergoing treatment.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1188817\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1188817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5-PXL_20260810_182728867-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1188817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">-COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1188821\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1188821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HSTC-border-collie-groomed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1188821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">-COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p>The Humane Society\u2019s \u201cName Your Price\u201d adoption special will continue until further notice.\n<\/p>\n<p>For these 36 dogs, recovery will take time. But with compassionate care and community support, their lives can begin again.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast is a no-kill animal welfare organization located at 4100 SW Leighton Farm Ave. in Palm City, Florida. Since 1955, it has been a leading advocate for animal protection.\n<\/p>\n<p>To donate, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/hstc1.org\/emergency-medical-fund.\" class=\"autohyperlink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hstc1.org\/emergency-medical-fund.<\/a> To learn more about adoption, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/hstc1.org\/Adopt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hstc1.org\/Adopt<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/hstc1.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hstc1.org<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1188825\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1188825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LOGO-HSTC-2026-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"578\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1188825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">-COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"-COURTESY PHOTO A heartbreaking animal cruelty case in Palm City has left the Humane Society of the Treasure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-371161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371161","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=371161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}