Bloomingdale Gun Store Owner Sees Sales Double

Following the Sandy Creek Elementary School shooting, gun store owners are reporting an increase in gun sales by people anticipating more firearms restrictions.

Visiting several gun shops in the area Thursday, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Detective Larry McKinnon said the scene was reminiscent of “Home Depot just before a hurricane.” At Shoot Straight on U.S. 301 in Tampa, customers anticipating tighter gun control restrictions crowded into the gun store in the hopes of purchasing a weapon. “Guns are flying off the shelves,” said McKinnon. “People are worried everything will be locked down.” Dr. Richard Kane, owner of Care Animal Hospital on Bloomingdale Avenue, said he waited an hour at Shoot Straight to purchase clips for his handgun only to discover the gun store was out of his ammunition. He headed to Smooth Action Firearms, 833 W. Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon,  hoping for …

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Business Network Group Pays Off for Bloomingdale Veterinarian

Dr. Richard Kane says BNI’s “Giver’s Gain” philosophy has earned him bottom-line business results by passing referrals to others.

Award-winning veterinarian Dr. Richard Kane already had a successful business at 511 E. Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon, when he was approached to join a business networking group called BNI of West Central Florida. A veterinarian and national TV personality (“Swamp Brothers”), Kane said he was intrigued with the organization's philosophy - “Givers Gain." So he signed up and now he says it's paying off. When he passes business referrals to his members, he in return gets referrals that equate to business and more clients. Kane founded his full-service veterinary facility in 1987. The Care Animal Hospital and the Surgi-Care complex has a staff of 10 veterinarians (including board-certified surgeons and interns), 25 animal technicians as well as …

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Reptile Show Comes to Florida State Fairgrounds this Weekend

The Florida International Reptile Show will be held March 24-25.

If you're in to creepy, crawly things, this is an event for you. Repticon, the national organizer of reptile and exotic animal conventions, is bringing its International Reptile Show back to Florida. Snakes, lizards, frogs and other assorted creatures from around the world will be on hand as part of the show set for March 24-25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Florida State Fairgrounds, 4800 U.S. 301 N., Tampa. Visitors are asked to use the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. entrance to the fairgrounds. Admission to the show is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for children 4 and under. Teachers are admitted for free with an I.D. There is a $5 parking fee at the fairgrounds as well. The fair will feature educational seminars, …

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Rate This Business: Care Animal Hospital

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Owned by award-winning veterinarian Dr. Richard Cane, Care Animal Hospital sits on 15 acres and is a full-service veterinary complex, including a small animal hospital, small animal boarding and grooming, a wildlife rehab center and free petting zoo. It offers services for animals of all shapes and sizes through office or home visits. In addition, Care Animal Hospital has a Surgi-Care equine center, a state-of-the-art facility to operate on horses. To learn more about Care Animal Hospital, visit the directory on Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch, and while you're there, write a review and give it a rating, and let the owner and your neighbors know what you think. Interested in having your business featured on Patch? Be sure and claim your …

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Cooper Reunited With California Family After Being Found in Brandon

The dog was discovered walking down Bryan Road and was taken to Care Animal Hospital on Bloomingdale Avenue where vet techs found a microchip in him and discovered he'd been missing from his family in Sacramento, Calif., for two years.

Microchipped Dog Found in Brandon Set To Fly Home to California Owners

Now at the Care Animal Hospital in Brandon, the 4-year-old Chihuahua-whippet spent the first two years of his life with the Baetge family in West Sacramento. Found two years later some 3,000 miles away in Florida, Cooper's past two years are a mystery.

Two years and several thousand miles later, a 17-pound Chihuahua-whippet is heading for home. How Cooper made his way to Brandon, Fla., is a mystery not yet solved. Nor might it ever be. But it matters little to a family in Sacramento, Calif., and to the workers at the Care Animal Hospital in Brandon, where Cooper was taken after two girls spotted him walking down Bryan Road in a downpour. “The girls found him a week ago Thursday,” said Kendra Waters, in an interview from the animal hospital, at 511 E. Bloomingdale Ave., on Oct. 1. “They picked him up and brought him to us and we scanned him for a microchip.” Inserted under the skin of the 4-year-old dog was a HomeAgain microchip, which led to the dog’s prior owners, the Baetge family of …

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VIDEO: Bloomingdale Veterinarian Appears on 'Swamp Brothers'

Dr. Richard Kane of Care Animal Hospital helps diagnose a sick lion on the program.

Bloomingdale Patch Staff The premier episode of Discovery Channel’s "Swamp Brothers" included award-winning local veterinarian Dr. Richard Kane of Care Animal Hospital on Bloomingdale Avenue. In the video segment Kane and the staff of Care Animal Hospital work with the stars, Robbie and Stephen Keszey, to sedate, diagnose and treat the sick male lion Simba, according to a press release from Care Animal Hospital.  The producers of the show asked Care Animal Hospital to assist with segments as needed due to its reputation for excellent care, diversity of animal expertise, and  mobile facilities that service West Central Florida, according to the release. When the staff at Care got the call about a sick lion who had stopped eating and had an …

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Kitten Rescued From Rhino Pen Treated by Bloomingdale Vet

Animal trainer decides to adopt kitten.

A kitten found in a rhinoceros pen almost two months ago was released from Care Animal Hospital to the zoo trainer who adopted him.    Maura Middleton, an elephant and rhinoceros trainer at the Lowry Park Zoo, was working in the rhinoceros exhibit when she noticed a baby kitten among the straw. The kitten was named Rhino and taken to the zoo vet and then onto Florida Veterinary Specialists for immediate help. For ongoing care, Middleton took Rhino to Care Animal Hospital, 511 E. Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon, because her other pets are cared for there.   Cheri Kane of Care Animal Hospital said Rhino was in horrible shape. “It might have been the sickest kitten I’ve ever seen," she said. "He had pneumonia, an upper respiratory infection and …

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