Wildlife official Sounds Like Builder

Wildlife official Sounds Like Builder By Robin Leachman – Lauderdale-by-the-Sea I am compelled to respond to the comment from Henry Cabbage, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in your June 6 issue. He is quoted as saying, “It’s an unpleasant reality gopher tortoises are getting buried, and that’s something we care about. […]

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WALMART BETTA RESCUE Summary This is a first-person account of a neglected group of 36 male Betta (Siamese fighting) fish discovered at a Walmart store in Sunrise, Florida, in August 2002. With help from customers, we stabilized the situation, escalated to corporate, and documented the store’s responses over the following months. What I Saw When […]

hollywood tiger

HOLLYWOOD TIGER Tsunami: Rescuing a Very Special Bengal Tiger I’d like you to meet Tsunami, a 5-year-old, 350-pound Bengal tiger with a personality that lights up the moment you start talking to him. I’ve met this “kitty,” and he truly is something special. The story: Tsunami was privately owned in Hollywood, Florida. When his owner […]

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New: Don’t Bury Tortoises Alive: The Fight to Save Florida’s Gopher Tortoise News: Activist “Don’t Bury Turtles Alive” BY CHARLES RABIN A Broward animal-rights advocate has sued a state agency to stop developers from burying gopher tortoises alive under new homes and malls across Florida. Steve Rosen—celebrated years ago for halting a plan to shoot a […]