WINNERS:

Most Creative: Cocoa the Hershey’s Chocolate Lab Bar (chocolate lab). Funniest: Midnight the Elephant (black cat with grey elephant).

Too Cute to be scary: Riley the Lobster (English bulldog with red colored lobster costume).

Harry Ryan Purcell, of Odessa, had a big smile on his face as he rode the horse at the Lora Dunlap Morgan Horse Rescue Fall Festival

Sergio Ruiz, of Odessa, tried to get close with the Alpacas at the Lora Dunlap Morgan Horse Rescue Fall Festival. Sophia Hourigan, of Odessa, tenderly holds the reigns on her horse ride at the Lora Dunlap Morgan Horse Rescue Fall Festival. For more information, visit www.LDMorganHouse.org. Photo by Faith Jordan.

After responding to house fires and volunteering to help the animal victims, Dr. Jo Ann Daniels has made it her mission to obtain Pet Oxygen Masks for Pasco County fire rescue first responders.

Alice O’Donnell of Land O’Lakes and Dr. Jo Ann Daniels of the Central Pasco Veterinary Care pose with Santa Claus holding Mingo, Max and LB to help raise funds to help animals in need. Dr. Jo Ann Daniels of the Central Pasco Veterinary Care located at 17945 State Road 54 in Lutz enlisted Santa himself to help raise funds to help animals in need. Donations were made in return for photos of their pet with old Saint Nick. If you are interested in making a donation to help animals in need pls call Dr. Daniels ofc at 926-1126.

East-West Animal Hospital teamed up with Kitty City Rescue Foundation of Carrollwood to raise money for abandoned pets and feral animal. The holiday event with Santa Claus was on Dec. 11 at the hospital, 1524 Land O’Lakes Blvd. in Lutz. Pets and children are welcome as well as donations for Kitty City. The hospital will take donations for flea, tick and heartworm prevention and cash donations to assist animals in need. For information, call (813) 948-6534 or visit www.eastwestanimalhospital.com.