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FLORIDA NEEDS ANIMAL CRUELTY SURCHARGE FOR LOW COST SPAY/NEUTERING ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, Florida, spay and neuter, pets, protection, environment )

Cher
- 866 days ago - change.org
Simple solution to reduce animal control costs throughout Florida, and will *not* cost the State a cent: Animal Cruelty/ordinance Violation surcharge.
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29 Florida Panther Births Confirmed
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, Florida, panthers, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, habitat )

Cher
- 874 days ago - www2.tbo.com
Florida panthers in 2010 gave birth to more kittens than in the previous three years, an indication that the panther population could be on the rise.
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ACTION ALERT; Urge Florida to Pass Law to Protect Animal Victims of Domestic Violence ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: abused dog, abused lady, legalisation, florida, protection, domestic violence victims )

Simone
- 879 days ago - animals.change.org
"Little Horatio," whose name has been changed to protect him and his family, has endured beatings so brutal that he will forever have to wear goggles to protect him from bright sunlight. His abuser? The son of his former elderly owner, who brutalized him
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Beaten Dog Inspires Domestic-Violence Law .
Animals  (tags: florida, laws, legalisation, beaten abused dog, domestic violence, inspiration survivor, safe )

Simone
- 895 days ago - peta.org
A dog who was beaten so severely that he now has to wear special goggles to shield his eyes from sunlight has inspired a proposed law in Florida that would make it a domestic-violence offense to torment a family member by physically abusing or
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Charges Dropped in Florida Teen Cat-Killer Case
Animals  (tags: cat killer, evidence, miami dade, police, investigation, case dropped, florida )

Simone
- 906 days ago - petside.com
I was stunned to learn all charges have been dropped against 19-year-old Tyler Weinman by the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office, according to a news item in the Daytona News Journal.
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Keep Oil Drilling Out of Florida Panther Habitat
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, oil drilling, Florida, habitat, animals )

Ginger
- 1007 days ago - action.biologicaldiversity.org
Big Cypress National Preserve was created in 1974 to stave off a proposed airport in the heart of the western Everglades. Now Miami-Dade County, whose land surrounds the preserve, finds itself with a cash shortfall and a proposal has been made to squeeze
28 comments
Help Save The Florida Panthers From Becoming Extinct! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, Florida, panthers, environment, protection, extinction, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1021 days ago - allvoices.com
Florida Panthers are reaching the extinction level, with not more than 100 panthers left. The Florida panther population, like the African lion population, has decreased by an overwhelmingly large amount. They are now considered to be endangered species.
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Outlaw Bestiality in the Sunshine State ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, beastiality, Florida, suffering )

Cher
- 1033 days ago - change.org
For years Florida legislators have considered but failed to pass a bill that would make sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal a crime.
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Florida: Prevent Animal Suffering, Support Spay/Neuter Funding! --Take Action!
Animals  (tags: Florida, spay, neuter, pets )

Chaplain
- 1045 days ago - theanimalrescuesite.com
Sponsored by: ASPCA Pet overpopulation causes needless animal pain and suffering. Homeless animals are forced to live in fear and scrounge for food and water, do not receive medical care, and almost always lead short, difficult lives.
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Turtle Release in Texas Could Put Hatchlings in Gulf Oil Spill's Path
Animals  (tags: turtles, release, Texas, Gulf oil disaster, Florida, wildlife )

Dawn
- 1048 days ago - nola.com
As sea turtle eggs along Florida's Gulf Coast are being moved to the Atlantic Coast to avoid contact with oil in the Gulf, environmental groups are raising concerns about a separate species of turtle being released from the Texas coast this month.
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End Fox/Coyote Penning in Florida ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, foxes, coyotes, penning, Florida, environment, protection, suffering, wildlife )

Cher
- 1081 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
This is currently legal in Florida and other Southeastern states...It's called "training". Coyotes and foxes are caught by the heavy steel jaws of a leghold trap and suffer excruciating pain and terror, then the animal is removed from the trap and
74 comments
Urge Salazar to Save Florida Panthers From Extinction ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, panthers, Florida, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 1103 days ago - change.org
Florida's big cats are in critical danger of extinction. Urge Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, to protect the little remaining habitat today, before it's too late for the panther.
33 comments
Is There Good News, Or Bad News, To Relate Concerning the Florida Panther?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, Florida, panthers, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1118 days ago - nationalparkstraveler.com
Among the pine forests and palmetto thickets of south Florida something of a miracle in wildlife biology has played out during the course of three decades. A creature once thought destined to endure a fate similar to that of the Passenger Pigeon has
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FWC Reports Encouraging News For Florida Panthers
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, panthers, Florida, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1126 days ago - fosterfollynews.com
Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Big Cypress National Preserve (BCNP) have been busy documenting active Florida panther dens filled with kittens.
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