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Man cannonballs manatees on video, prompting investigation
A man could face charges after a year-old video of him jumping into a lake onto two manatees reportedly recorded in Brevard County surfaced on Facebook and YouTube this week. The video shows the most egregious of three acts of manatee abuse reported...
Tags: Wildlife, Abusive Behavior, Environmental Issues, Brevard County, Conservation
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Gun range, ATV course proposed for Palm Beach County parks
Forget slides, swings and soccer fields. A shooting range, off-road vehicle course and bicycle jumps are new nontraditional park attractions potentially coming to Palm Beach County. While county officials joke about getting into the extreme-sports...
Tags: Wildlife, Local Government, Environmental Issues, Sports, Golf
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China says its legal ivory trade not to blame for poaching
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching in Africa, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. Demand for ivory as an...Tags: Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Auction Service, Conservation, China
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Record python killed in South Florida
A record-setting Burmese python was killed with a knife in a rural section of southern Miami-Dade County, after a long struggle in which it wrapped itself around a man's legs. The monster snake was 18 feet, eight inches long, beating the previous...
Tags: Florida City, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Florida International University, Google Inc.
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Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX
In what even U.S. Customs officials are describing as a “weird” week of sorts, border protection officers seized nearly half a pound of exotic meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made with reptile skin coming in from Nigeria....
Tags: Wildlife, Los Angeles International Airport, Environmental Issues, Nigeria, Conservation
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Do Iliamna Lake Seals Warrant an Endangered Species Listing?
Channel 2 NewsLast week, National Marine Fisheries Service officials made the decision to consider listing a harbor seal population in Lake Iliamna as endangered or threatened--yet another piece of wood on the controversial fire that is the Pebble Mine project. In...Tags: Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Conservation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Politics
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Parkland to implement teen's program to save wildlife
A program to protect wildlife from the perils of discarded fishing lines, conceived and developed by a Parkland teenager, has so impressed officials that the city is implementing it in two of its major parks. The city will soon introduce fishing line...Tags: Wildlife, Fort Lauderdale, Environmental Issues, Stoneman Douglas High School , Conservation
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Glastonbury Town Council's Resolution On State Police Firearms Training Facility
The Hartford CourantOn Tuesday, the town council came close to approving this resolution against a state police firearms traning facility in the Meshomasic State Forest. The following is the text of the resolution that was read, but never voted on since the state...Tags: Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Conservation, Natural Resources
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South Florida outdoors calendar
May 17-18: Fishing hours are 7 a.m.-4 p.m. on the first day of the Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo. Weigh-in is 2-6 p.m. at the Alsdorf Boat Ramp Park on 14th Street in Pompano Beach. Fishing May 18 is 7 a.m.-noon followed by the weigh-in from noon-2 and...Tags: Wildlife, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Environmental Issues, Conservation, Islamorada
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Happy stories in which people rescue endangered animals
On a day when a barn fire in Suffolk killed a goat and several chickens, we bring you some happier news from two different stories: In Norfolk, a group of concerned citizens pitched in and worked together to save some baby ducklings who had fallen...
Tags: Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Video: Portland police pursuit quack down caught on dash cam
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Safety, Videos, Police/Emergency, Humor One driver in Portland, OR should make a hefty donation to his or her local wildlife conservation group after a family of ducks got the person out of a speeding ticket. A Portland police officer... -
The Edge in southern Ohio is known for its beauty, wildness and biodiversity
WEST UNION, Ohio - The Edge of Appalachia Preserve may be Ohio's greatest natural treasure. The 16,000-acre private preserve in southern Ohio is known for its beauty, its wildness and its biodiversity. The preserve stretches 12 miles north from the Ohio...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Wildflowers, Nature Conservancy, Marine Science
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