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Black bear sighting in tree at Disney World triggers closures at Magic Kingdom
Read full article: Black bear sighting in tree at Disney World triggers closures at Magic KingdomSightings of a black bear at Florida’s Disney World caused parts of the “Happiest Place on Earth” to close on Monday, the theme park announced.
Fuzzy invasion of domestic rabbits has a Florida suburb hopping into a hunt for new owners
Read full article: Fuzzy invasion of domestic rabbits has a Florida suburb hopping into a hunt for new ownersA Florida neighborhood is having to deal with a growing group of domestic rabbits on its streets after a breeder illegally let hers loose.
85-year-old Florida woman killed in alligator attack while walking her dog
Read full article: 85-year-old Florida woman killed in alligator attack while walking her dogThe incident occurred at Spanish Lakes Fairways, a 55-plus living community in Fort Pierce, a city about 67 miles north of West Palm Beach, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Startling statistics: Florida’s record-breaking manatee deaths ‘a very sad wake-up call’
Read full article: Startling statistics: Florida’s record-breaking manatee deaths ‘a very sad wake-up call’Though it’s only July, the total number of Florida manatee deaths in 2021 has already reached a higher total than it did in all of 2020, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Rules planned to save right whales loom over lobster fishers
Read full article: Rules planned to save right whales loom over lobster fishersThe North Atlantic right whale numbers only about 360, and scientists have said the animal's small population of breeding females could spell doom for the species. The National Marine Fisheries Service is developing new rules to reduce the possibility of entanglement in fishing gear, which can kill the whales. AdThe coming restrictions have sparked a rancorous debate between environmentalists and lobster fishermen over the proper way to save the whale. It's holding public hearings about the proposed rules in New England, including one for southern Maine on Feb. 23 and one for northern Maine on Feb. 24. AdThe right whales were hunted to near extinction during the commercial whaling era.
Florida's new python-sniffing dogs have 1st success
Read full article: Florida's new python-sniffing dogs have 1st successThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation is beginning a new program to use dogs to sniff out invasive pythons. We've got to try new approaches and the detector dogs is just one area where we're doing that," commission Executive Director Eric Sutton. He showed commissioners pictures of the dogs during a virtual meeting, including one with Truman standing behind the massive snake he found. Trainers use python-scented towels and live pythons with surgically implanted trackers to teach the dogs to pick up a snake's scent. The dogs were trained for more than a month before going out in the wild, according to the agency's website.