{"id":381165,"date":"2026-08-26T00:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381165\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T00:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:24:57","slug":"dog-stuck-in-tampa-storm-drain-rescued-recovering-from-health-issues-hillsborough-officials-say-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381165\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog stuck in Tampa storm drain rescued, recovering from health issues, Hillsborough officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787703897_382_dog-fi-8.25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-653d32e2=\"\">Courtesy: Hillsborough County government\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; A shih tzu was rescued from a storm drain Monday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tampa <\/a>after animal control officers and police found the dog stuck inside, according to Hillsborough County officials.<\/p>\n<p>   Tampa storm drain dog rescue <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"fox13news.com\/news\/dog-tampa-storm-drain-rescued-recovering-health-issues-hillsborough-officials\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Hillsborough County Animal Control officers used a net to pull the dog from the drain. She was then brought to the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, where veterinary staff are monitoring her condition.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The dog is estimated to be about 8 years old and may have been stuck inside the storm drain for some time, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Hillsborough County government\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">She was found with several health issues, including fleas, severely matted hair and burned feet, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Despite her condition, officials said the dog has remained calm and friendly with staff at the center.<\/p>\n<p> Hillsborough Pet Resource Center veterinary care <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"fox13news.com\/news\/dog-tampa-storm-drain-rescued-recovering-health-issues-hillsborough-officials\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The shih tzu does not have a microchip, officials said. She will remain under the care of veterinary staff while her medical condition is evaluated.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Depending on her recovery and medical needs, officials said the dog could eventually be placed up for adoption or transferred to an animal rescue group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story was gathered from Hillsborough County officials.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/series\/instastories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instastories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Hillsborough County government\u00a0 TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; A shih tzu was rescued from a storm drain Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[406,115,8713,405,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-381165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-instastories","tag-news","tag-pets-animals","tag-series","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381165","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=381165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}