• Most Recent
• Highest Rated
• Hot Comments

News for Florida animal advocates

• Exotic animal breeder’s cast-offs end up at West Palm Beach “sanctuary”

  This week WPTV Ch. 5 ran a story about two, nine-week-old tiger cubs who had just arrived at McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary in West Palm Beach. Considering that “sanctuary” is in their name, you might assume that the cubs at McCarthy’s had been rescued from an abusive or neglectful owner, [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Animal “encounters” dangerous to the public, bad for animals

  At Dade City’s Wild Things (a.k.a. Stearns Zoological Rescue), a “sanctuary zoo” in Pasco County, baby tigers, monkeys and other animals are shoved into the arms of one paying customer after another for photographs and swimming sessions.

  During a USDA inspection at Dade City’s Wild Things on July 27, 2011, an [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Broward County becoming an unfriendly place for circuses

  Number of comments: 1
  

  It’s official. The use of bullhooks, electric shock prods and other cruel devices that are common in circuses is now prohibited in the city of Margate.

  At last night’s meeting of the City Commission, commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance banning the “painful techniques and devices.” The ordinance takes effect immediately. Before [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Beware of the clowns

  This afternoon, clowns from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will make an appearance at the Orlando Science Center. The clowns will entertain guests, but they will also be heavily promoting Ringling’s upcoming performances in Orlando. Today outside the science center, ARFF activists will educate the public about [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• A good start in Tallahassee

  This morning, House Bill 479 was reported favorably out of the Health & Human Services Quality Subcommittee with a unanimous vote. The bill is the first animal-related bill of the 2012 legislative session to make it out of a committee.

  Among other things, the bill would restrict euthanasia by intracardial injection [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Time to thank a politician

  Number of comments: 1
  

  When our elected officials stick their necks out and do something good, they deserve praise. Last week, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and seven U.S. Representatives from Florida (see below list) sent letters to President Obama urging him to speed up the process for designating the Burmese python, boa constrictor and [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Has Primate Products given up on St. Kitts?

  Unless you are a regular visitor to the website of the animal dealer Primate Products, you wouldn’t have noticed a small but potentially significant change. Until recently, the webpage that advertised the offerings of Primate Products’ “Live Animal Division” listed the availability of three species of nonhuman primates– rhesus [...]

  Share  |  Rate