{"id":382662,"date":"2026-08-27T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382662\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:10:08","slug":"broward-county-animal-care-seek-furever-home-for-smoke-other-furry-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382662\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward County Animal Care seek \u2018furever\u2019 home for Smoke, other furry friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0August 27, 2026 at 10:42 AM<\/p>\n<p>Broward County Animal Care is seeking a forever home for Smoke and some of their other furry friends.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 Broward County Animal Care is hoping to find a \u201cfurever\u201d home for Smoke, a 2-year-old dog who has been at the shelter for about four months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/27\/broward-county-animal-care-busca-hogar-para-siempre-para-smoke-y-otros-amigos-peludos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/27\/broward-county-animal-care-busca-hogar-para-siempre-para-smoke-y-otros-amigos-peludos\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to shelter officials, Smoke came to BCAC as a stray and is considered a long-term dog, meaning he has been there for more than 100 days. Broward County Animal Care currently has more than 20 long-term dogs in need of adoption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Staff describe Smoke as a moderately energized, treat-motivated dog who loves attention and cuddling. He weighs about 45 to 50 pounds, is potty trained and has finished teething.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Shelter officials say long stays can be stressful and boring for dogs, so they provide regular walks, time outside and mental stimulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For more information about Smoke and other dogs available for adoption, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/petadoptions.broward.org\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/petadoptions.broward.org\">petadoptions.broward.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM Updated:\u00a0August 27, 2026 at 10:42 AM Broward County Animal Care is seeking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-382662","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\/382662","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=382662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}