WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – Some local veterinarian clinics and pet boarding facilities like Pet Paradise in Winter Garden remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic.
They say their jobs are essential, especially for pet parents who are first responders and health care professionals. [RELATED: Gov.
DeSantis: Rapid tests, travel checkpoints now part of Florida’s fight against coronavirus] "They're working 12-hour shifts and they can't have people coming in and out of their homes.
This is critical, even from the veterinarian side of it. It's their family members. I can't imagine that with everything they're doing for everybody else, that nobody's there for their pets," said Dr.