{"id":404773,"date":"2026-09-19T17:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404773\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:58:50","slug":"humane-society-of-broward-seeks-loving-permanent-home-for-bourbon-mel-other-furry-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404773\/","title":{"rendered":"Humane Society of Broward seeks loving, permanent home for Bourbon, Mel, other furry friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0September 19, 2026 at 12:19 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0September 19, 2026 at 12:52 PM<\/p>\n<p>The Humane Society of Broward is seeking a &#8220;furever&#8221; home for Bourbon, Mel and other furry friends.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 Bourbon, an 8-month-old Australian cattle dog mix, is looking for a forever home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/09\/19\/sociedad-protectora-de-animales-de-broward-busca-hogar-permanente-y-amoroso-para-bourbon-mel-y-otros-amigos-peludos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/09\/19\/sociedad-protectora-de-animales-de-broward-busca-hogar-permanente-y-amoroso-para-bourbon-mel-y-otros-amigos-peludos\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 40-pound puppy recently arrived at the Humane Society of Broward, where staff have been working with him on commands and behavior. Shelter officials describe Bourbon as smart, treat-motivated and affectionate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The shelter is currently near capacity, with dogs and cats waiting for adoptive families. Another featured animal, Mel, is a 3-year-old calico cat who has become more affectionate with staff after initially being hesitant around people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The HSBC is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and no appointment is required to meet available animals. <a href=\"https:\/\/humanebroward.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/humanebroward.com\">Click here<\/a> for more information on how you can adopt a pet. <\/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\/09\/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:\u00a0September 19, 2026 at 12:19 PM Updated:\u00a0September 19, 2026 at 12:52 PM The Humane Society of Broward is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-404773","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\/404773","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=404773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}