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Animals News tagged with florida

Florida Needs Statewide Low Cost_free Spay/Neuter Intervention for Cats and Dogs ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, spay and neuter, Florida, pets, protection, environment )

Cher
- 24 days ago - change.org
NEED FOR LOW COST AND FREE SPAY/NEUTER LAW-FUNDED FROM ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ANIMAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION SURCHARGES (also voluntary check mark to donate a dollar towards low cost/free spay/neutering when renewing one's license tags!).
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Kids Take Aim in Florida's Feral Pig Hunt!
Animals  (tags: animals, feral pigs, kids, pig hunt, Florida, environment, protection, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 38 days ago - ecoworldly.com
In an effort to reduce Florida's feral pig population, the wild pig hunt is enlisting some unusual help this year. Children!
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Children 8-16 Recruited To Shoot Hogs to Death in Florida ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, feral hogs, killing, kids, Florida, environment, suffering, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 39 days ago - all-creatures.org
Tell Florida officials to cancel upcoming Children's "Hunt" that is scheduled for October 17 through 24 where children will be "supervised" to hunt and kill wild hogs.
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TAKE ACTION: Florida Needs a Bestiality Law !!!
Animals  (tags: florida, bestiality law, animal protection, horrendous animal cruelty, exploitation, legalisation, animal protection )

Simone
- 40 days ago - capwiz.com
1971 Florida Supreme Court decision voided the then existing law covering bestiality on the grounds that its vagueness violated the state constitution. As a result, current Florida law does not specifically prohibit sexual activities involving animals
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ACTION ALERT: Help Florida Panthers !!!
Animals  (tags: florida panther, florida, roadkill, endangered, protection, wildlife )

Simone
- 40 days ago - capwiz.com
Florida Panthers and other wildlife need your help to survive Turner River Crossing. Vehicle collisions are a leading cause of death for Florida panthers -- one of the most endangered wild cats in the world.
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Running for Their Lives:End Greyhound Racing in Florida
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, greyhounds, racing, Florida, environment, AnimalCruelty, pets, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 43 days ago - all-creatures.org
Renowned for their speed and sleek looks, greyhounds have fallen prey to the widely unregulated racing industry. Fortunately, it appears to be a dying business thanks to increased public awareness about the inherent cruelty of the sport.
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Illegal Horse Killings on the Rise in FL
Animals  (tags: florida, horse meat business, horses stolen, slaughtered, cruelty, suffering, investigation )

Simone
- 45 days ago - mnn.com
There's a disturbing new trend in South Florida these days ... illegal horse killing ... and it's got law enforcement officials stumped and horse owners scrambling to protect their stables. According to law enforcement officials, at least 17 butchered
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ACTION ALERT: Ban Greyhound Racing In Florida, Forever!
Animals  (tags: greyhound acitivists, greyhounds abused, kiled, mistreated, cruelty, ban greyhound racing, florida )

Simone
- 49 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Greyhound racing is an exceedingly cruel and abusive industry, in which the dogs are often injured while racing, and are killed when they are no longer profitable and can't be adopted. Every year thousands of dogs are killed because they can no longer
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Conservationists Demand Larger Habitat for Endangered Florida Panther
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, conservation, panthers, Florida, environment, endangered, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, extinction )

Cher
- 58 days ago - greenrightnow.com
Florida's housing bust may be disheartening for developers and damaging to the state's economy, but it's a blessing - short-lived, most likely - for one of the world's most endangered big cats.
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Gumbo Limbo in Boca Raton to Be Site of Sea Turtle Hospital --
Animals  (tags: sea turtles, rehabilitation, sealife, rescued, Florida, protection )

Raffi
- 64 days ago - sun-sentinel.com
For the last 25 years, the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center has been a tourist attraction and a place where students study marine life. Now, this coastal and marine preserve on North Ocean Boulevard soon could take the additional role of a haven for sick
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Vast Protection Area Urged for Florida Panthers
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, panthers, Florida, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 67 days ago - palmbeachpost.com
Environmentalists are pressing the federal government to declare 3 million acres of South Florida - an area twice the size of Delaware - critical habitat for the nearly extinct Florida panther.
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Not So Fast, Osprey: NRA Lobbyist Pushes to Keep the Mockingbird as Florida's State Bird
Animals  (tags: animals, mockingbirds, Florida, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 72 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
The mockingbird is all over the place in American culture: called out in the lullaby "Hush Little Baby," referenced metaphorically in the Harper Lee novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" and its subsequent film version, honored as the state bird of Texas,
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Firefighters Save Kitten Wedged In Wheel - VIDEO!
Animals  (tags: GoodNews, firefighter, adoption, Florida, kitten, animalwelfare )

Raffi
- 72 days ago - news4jax.com
A kitten that found herself in a very tight spot now has much more room to breathe in her new home. Jacksonville firefighters found the cat trapped in a car at headquarters and were able to pull her out. It's an animal rescue story that's close to
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Endangered Florida Panthers Feel the Squeeze
Animals  (tags: animals, panthers, Florida, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 75 days ago - features.csmonitor.com
The big cats need plenty of space, which can put them in conflict with expanding development in the state.
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