The Avon Park shelter will be pet friendly. Sebring: Alan Jay Arena, 781 Magnolia Ave., in Sebring, at the Highlands County Fairgrounds Avon Park: Avon Park Rec Center, 207 E. State St., in Avon Park ...

Florida is fourth in the nation for animal shelter deaths, according to the Best Friends Animal Society. The organization says for every 10 dogs that enter an animal shelter here, only four are ...