Archive for the 'Wildlife Rescue' Category
Florida Panthers, including mother panther, killed in Collier County.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The weekend of panther deaths in May began on a Friday, when a 4-year-old male was found run over on a stretch of U.S. 41 that cuts through Big Cypress National Preserve. On Saturday, a 5-year-old female was killed on U.S. 41 about a half-mile east of San Marco Road. On Sunday morning, an 8-month-old [...]
Zoo Removes Tiger’s Teeth for Better Interaction
Monday, August 6th, 2007Somewhere in Asia in an unnamed zoo, a tiger has been chained up and had its two large teeth pulled. All so that visitors can take pictures with the animal and not worry about being bitten. Additionally a bear has a chain through it’s nose so that if it was to attempt to bite someone [...]
Mother Cat Takes Seven Chicks Under Her Paw
Thursday, July 26th, 2007A cat has succeeded in repressing her predatory instincts by adopting seven chicks to rear alongside her own litter of kittens. One-year-old Nimra, from Madaba in Jordan, has been watching over her unusual litter ever since the chicks’ mother died a month ago. The mixed family, made up of her four newly born kittens and [...]
Florida Panthers Threatened as Development Overtakes Habitat
Friday, December 1st, 2006FLORIDA PANTHER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Fla. – Biologist Larry Richardson waxes philosophical about the Florida panther, equating its protection to the overall need to maintain nature in one of the fastest growing states in the nation. Among the most endangered species on the planet, the Florida panther may soon become a novelty seen only in [...]
Town hall to deal with panther problems
Thursday, November 16th, 2006Increasing encounters between endangered Florida panthers and people living in rural areas are posing enough concern to wildlife officials to hold a town-hall meeting on how to live with the big cats. Collier County residents of Ochopee, Immokalee and Golden Gate Estates have suffered losses of a house cat, a small dog, and livestock including [...]
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