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Record python killed in South Florida
A record-setting Burmese python was killed with a knife in a rural section of southern Miami-Dade County, after a long struggle in which it wrapped itself around a man's legs. The monster snake was 18 feet, eight inches long, beating the previous...
Tags: Everglades, Wildlife, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Florida International University, Conservation
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Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX
In what even U.S. Customs officials are describing as a “weird” week of sorts, border protection officers seized nearly half a pound of exotic meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made with reptile skin coming in from Nigeria....
Tags: Wildlife, Nigeria, Los Angeles International Airport, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Gun range, ATV course proposed for Palm Beach County parks
Forget slides, swings and soccer fields. A shooting range, off-road vehicle course and bicycle jumps are new nontraditional park attractions potentially coming to Palm Beach County. While county officials joke about getting into the extreme-sports...
Tags: Everglades, Wildlife, Shootings, Farms, Environmental Issues
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Do Iliamna Lake Seals Warrant an Endangered Species Listing?
Channel 2 NewsLast week, National Marine Fisheries Service officials made the decision to consider listing a harbor seal population in Lake Iliamna as endangered or threatened--yet another piece of wood on the controversial fire that is the Pebble Mine project. In...Tags: Wildlife, National Marine Fisheries Service , Conservation, Environmental Issues, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Parkland to implement teen's program to save wildlife
A program to protect wildlife from the perils of discarded fishing lines, conceived and developed by a Parkland teenager, has so impressed officials that the city is implementing it in two of its major parks. The city will soon introduce fishing line...Tags: Wildlife, Lifestyle and Leisure, Environmental Issues, Fort Lauderdale, Conservation
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Video: Portland police pursuit quack down caught on dash cam
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Safety, Videos, Police/Emergency, Humor One driver in Portland, OR should make a hefty donation to his or her local wildlife conservation group after a family of ducks got the person out of a speeding ticket. A Portland police officer... -
Happy stories in which people rescue endangered animals
On a day when a barn fire in Suffolk killed a goat and several chickens, we bring you some happier news from two different stories: In Norfolk, a group of concerned citizens pitched in and worked together to save some baby ducklings who had fallen...
Tags: Wildlife, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Bill would protect water-authority lands from artifact looters
Treasure hunters have long pilfered arrowheads, pottery and other archaeological artifacts on state lands, risking jail time if caught. But a loophole in state law meant that looters didn't face consequences for their thievery on Lake County Water...
Tags: Kissimmee, Natural Resources, Alan Hays, Politics, Laws
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The Edge in southern Ohio is known for its beauty, wildness and biodiversity
WEST UNION, Ohio - The Edge of Appalachia Preserve may be Ohio's greatest natural treasure. The 16,000-acre private preserve in southern Ohio is known for its beauty, its wildness and its biodiversity. The preserve stretches 12 miles north from the Ohio...Tags: Wildflowers, Nature Conservancy, Science and Technology, Marine Science, Museums
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Black bear once captured in Orlando, captured again in Tampa
He's a year older but none the wiser. The Orlando black bear who traipsed up a tree in Orlando's Parramore neighborhood causing a mini-panic last year has once again been captured, only this time in a Tampa subdivision. The estimated 300-pound male...
Tags: Wildlife, Conservation, Ocala National Forest, Environmental Issues, Parramore
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Glastonbury Town Council's Resolution On State Police Firearms Training Facility
The Hartford CourantOn Tuesday, the town council came close to approving this resolution against a state police firearms traning facility in the Meshomasic State Forest. The following is the text of the resolution that was read, but never voted on since the state...Tags: Glastonbury, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Natural Resource Industry, Environmental Politics
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South Florida outdoors calendar
May 17-18: Fishing hours are 7 a.m.-4 p.m. on the first day of the Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo. Weigh-in is 2-6 p.m. at the Alsdorf Boat Ramp Park on 14th Street in Pompano Beach. Fishing May 18 is 7 a.m.-noon followed by the weigh-in from noon-2 and...Tags: Hunting, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Miami Beach, Islamorada, Ronald McDonald House Charities
May 20, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 19, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 19, 2013
|Story| KTUU
May 19, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 17, 2013
|Blog| Autoblog.com
May 16, 2013
|Story| Daily Press
May 18, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
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|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 17, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 17, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 16, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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