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• In defense of iguanas

  

  It’s difficult to understand the hostility that some Floridians feel toward iguanas. These fascinating animals have been victims of horrible cruelty.

  Today’s Florida Keys Keynoter reported the arrest of a man in Key Colony Beach who trapped iguanas on the seawall behind his house and then drowned [...]

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• Homeowners: 2, Hunters: 0

  For years, hunters chasing wild pigs have driven their trucks through Valerie Bindhammer’s property in Rockledge. Posting “No Trespassing” signs didn’t help. The last straw may have been when hunters dragged a pig down the street with a chain around his neck. “Somebody’s going to get hurt or killed down [...]

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• Free Tilikum!

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  The death yesterday of a “trainer” at SeaWorld in Orlando has captured the attention of media around the world. ARFF spoke to the ABC affiliate in Palm Beach County (view here). If something good comes out of this tragedy, it might be that the incident has [...]

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• Miss Florida USA scares children by draping herself in dead animals

  

  Last week, it was announced that a seven-year-old from Tennessee had won the first ever Little Debbie Look-A-Like Contest. For some reason, Miss Florida USA 2010 Megan Clementi was a guest judge at the competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Even more perplexing was that Ms. Clementi showed [...]

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• It’s become a little safer to be a fox, and a lemon shark, in Florida

  

  This week The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) met in Apalachicola. Probably the most talked-about item on the agenda was a discussion of fox penning. In this blood sport, dogs are encouraged to attack foxes and coyotes confined inside a fenced enclosure. The Commission voted [...]

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• Two chefs and two very different views of foie gras

  Last week, New Times Broward-Palm Beach interviewed Chef Jamie Pruitt from Wild Olives restaurant in Boca Raton. When Chef Pruitt was asked, “If you came back in your next life as a food item, what would it be?”, his response was a surprise: “I’d like to come back as [...]

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• Circus thumbs its nose at Lake County

  Early last week, an ARFF member spotted a poster advertising performances of the Liebling Brothers Circus, February 12-14, in Sorrento, a town in Lake County. Liebling Brothers travels with a female African elephant named Nosey, two monkeys and several ponies. Knowing this circus’ horrible history of poor animal care, ARFF [...]

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• One trainer’s disturbing past points to greyhound racing’s continuing problems

  In May 2002, a dark secret of Florida’s dog racing industry was revealed with the arrest of Robert Rhodes, a former security guard at the Pensacola Greyhound Track. At his property across the state line in Alabama, investigators found mounds of bones and unearthed the carcasses of several recently-killed [...]

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• The power of the pen (or keyboard)

  

  Last weekend the Town of Jupiter hosted its annual “Jupiter Jubilee” celebration. Local resident Michelle Rivera attended the event with her grandson. The event was a success, but for one detail. Helium balloons were handed out to children. During the time Michelle was at the event, she [...]

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