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Town 'N Country holds Neighborhood Pit Bull Day

Submitted by Gillian Finklea, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Thursday, February 27th, 2014, 10:38am

Topics: News

Tampa, Florida - Pit bull owners in the Town 'N Country area are invited to bring their dogs for free rabies vaccinations and micro-chips at the 2nd annual Neighborhood Pit Bull Day on Saturday, March 1.

The event will provide 500 free rabies vaccinations and pet registration tags, and 250 free micro-chips, for pit bulls and pit mixes. Owners must be Hillsborough County residents and bring a driver's license or other form of I.D.with proof of address.

Dogs must be on non-retractable leashes and no other animals should be brought to the event.

Veterinarians and staff from animal hospitals will be on hand to vaccinate and micro-chip the dogs, with assistance from volunteers from local groups that rescue pit bull breeds.

The event will be held at the Town 'N Country Recreation Center, 6039 Hanley Road in Tampa from 9 a.m. to noon.

Click here for more information.

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