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• Looking ahead with concern: Cole Bros. Circus

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  The Cole Bros. Circus will return to South Florida in late fall. We need your help to convince past hosts of the circus to reconsider hosting the circus in 2012. Each of the below venues has hosted the Cole Bros. Circus for the past several years.

  Elephants and other animals in [...]

  From News for Florida animal advocates at September 05, 2012, 11:40am in Environment

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• Florida panther takes out speeding biker

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  WSVN reporting about bike/panther collision out west on Tamiami Trail. TV reporter displays zero knowledge of wildlife, motorcycles or follow-up questions. So what happened to the panther? My guess is, the panther bolted across the roadway and the biker swerved to miss it, then lost control. Bike probably did not [...]
  From Mike Poller's Backlash Blog at April 09, 2012, 11:54pm in Environment, Politics

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• Florida’s ban on the sale of baby rabbits, ducks and chickens may come to an end

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  In Tallahassee on Tuesday, during debate of an agriculture bill having to do with beekeeping, State Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff introduced an amendment to weaken Florida’s anti-cruelty law.

  Sen. Bogdanoff’s amendment repeals a law (828.161) that prohibits the dyeing or coloring of rabbits, chickens and other animals. The law also makes it [...]

  From News for Florida animal advocates at March 08, 2012, 3:41pm in Environment

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• Bite the Hand That Feeds You

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  Recently, an Everglades airboat captain lost his hand to an American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) during a tour. Feeding, harassing or molesting alligators is punishable with a maximum fine of up to $500 and 60 days and jail. Losing your limbs or your life is an additional punishment for bad behavior. In all of my years [...]
  From Jungle Pete's Earthbound at July 31, 2012, 7:00am in Environment

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• Two and a Half Shaqs

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  What do James Joule, Daniel Fahrenheit, Charles Richter, Heinrich Hertz, Isaac Newton, Georg Ohm, James Watt, Allessandro Volta and Shaquille O’Neal have in common? They all have units of measure named after them. When the largest Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus) ever found in the Everglades was discovered, the Washington Post described the 17 1/2 foot [...]
  From Jungle Pete's Earthbound at July 15, 2012, 7:00am in Environment

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• In the Year 2000 - The Osprey

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  By the year 2000 Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) and Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  will be extinct. That is what my 3rd grade teacher told me in 1978. Chemicals were killing the birds including Brown Pelicans, Cormorants and other fishing eating birds. The year 2000 was a long time away and seemingly in a galaxy far, far away [...]
  From Jungle Pete's Earthbound at March 02, 2012, 6:00am in Environment

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• The lowdown on high gas prices

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  There are a lot of factors that affect gas prices, but right now, consumer demand is not one of them. Contrary to some of the misinformation out there, the US now has more oil rigs working here than the rest of the world combined. Don’t take my word for it, [...]
  From Mike Poller's Backlash Blog at February 24, 2012, 9:50pm in Environment, Politics

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• Belugas belong in the wild

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  In August 1989, despite the best efforts of animal activists, workers from Gulf World (Panama City Beach) captured four dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1993, activists in boats were again unsuccessful in stopping the capture of dolphins, this time off the coast of California. There has not been [...]

  From News for Florida animal advocates at October 04, 2012, 7:16pm in Environment

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• Flowers for Father's Day

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  The Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve is a nine-mile long, third of a mile wide, linear strand of forest in Fort Myers, Florida. I assume the name “Nine Mile Cypress Slough Preserve” had already been taken. The 2500-acre preserve is home to a remarkable diversity of plants and wildlife, many of which can be [...]
  From Jungle Pete's Earthbound at July 27, 2012, 7:00am in Environment

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• Mahogany Bombs

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  When the fruit fell from the tree it clanged on the hood of the car with the force of a well hit baseball. It rolled off the grill, falling to the pavement with the sound of the crack of a bat. The rock hard exterior of the fruit had cleaved into four neat [...]
  From Jungle Pete's Earthbound at July 17, 2012, 7:00am in Environment

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