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June 4, 1998
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June 4 - 10, 1998
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February 4, 1999
Cold-Blooded Smuggling
The recent bust of a Hollywood importer sheds light on an illegal reptile trade that has adventurous smugglers making easy money
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February 25, 1999
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The recent bust of a Hollywood importer sheds light on an illegal reptile trade that has adventurous smugglers making easy money
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March 11, 1999
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May 17, 2001
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May 16, 2002
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May 16, 2002
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May 13, 2004
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May 12, 2005
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February 26, 2009
When Animal Activists Attack
Bitten on the set of a Rick Ross video, Mark McCarthy now squares off against animal activists.
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December 25, 2008
Hog Huntin'
A lost art or a horrible slaughter? It's all in the eye of the hunter.
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October 30, 2008
She Came From the Jungle
A lost art or a horrible slaughter? It's all in the eye of the hunter.
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June 12, 2008
Puttin’ Him on a Pedestal
A lost art or a horrible slaughter? It's all in the eye of the hunter.
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March 20, 2008
Reptile Style
A lost art or a horrible slaughter? It's all in the eye of the hunter.
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February 28, 2008
The Talk of the Green Iguana
Will American voters elect the first gay vice president in November?
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January 10, 2008
The Gator People!
Strange creatures haunt the Everglades. And that's just the humans.
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November 2, 2006
Off the Leash
In the exotic pet universe, it's all about whose is weirder than whose.
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May 4, 2006
Bulldozers Gone Wild
Bad, CRA! Bad, Bad CRA!
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October 16, 2003
Get Cookin'
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September 19, 2002
The Egg Men
Volunteers spend millions of hours trying to rescue sea turtles. So how come so few people care about busting poachers?
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July 11, 2002
Turtle Tryst
Save the baby sea turtles!
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June 8, 2000
Croaked on Arrival
"Frogs! (The Un-Toad Story)" is on view at the South Florida Science Museum
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July 2, 2009
Man and Beast: Temps Rise, Tempers Flare
Kitten terrorizes Wellington teensThe heat index climbed over 110 last month and we've had more rain than you could shake a wet cat at -- two factors likely to get everybody feeling ornery. Judging from the number of weird animal incidents this week, that includes our furry, feathered, and scaled ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
An Ocean of Art
Kitten terrorizes Wellington teensThe heat index climbed over 110 last month and we've had more rain than you could shake a wet cat at -- two factors likely to get everybody feeling ornery. Judging from the number of weird animal incidents this week, that includes our furry, feathered, and scaled ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Whacking Day Comes to South Florida
The day is upon us. Yes, every Simpsons fan knows Whacking Day started in 1924 as an excuse to beat up the Irish. And yes, technically Texas has had organized snake whacking for years. But now Florida's bravest most cunning snake-hatingest citizens will descend upon the swamps of this state ... More >>
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September 3, 2009
On the Hunt for Exotic Lizards in the Florida Everglades
The day is upon us. Yes, every Simpsons fan knows Whacking Day started in 1924 as an excuse to beat up the Irish. And yes, technically Texas has had organized snake whacking for years. But now Florida's bravest most cunning snake-hatingest citizens will descend upon the swamps of this state ... More >>
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September 8, 2009
Please Don't Eat the Pythons... or Freeze the Iguanas
Our friend, the Burmese python.Wild critters in Florida have many subtle ways of fighting the predations of man. And now that Florida has declared open season on invasive pythons, it's a good bet that the snakes are going to have the last word, even if it's spoken with forked tongue. Python meat ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Man and Beast: State Bird Gets the Heave-Ho; Monkeys Go Home; Pythons Morph Into Man-Eaters
The rock python's scary-sexy maw.Amnesty Day is coming up on October 3, but that's amnesty for you, not for our scaly friends. Owners of exotic reptiles may turn in their anacondas at Gatorland in Orlando, no questions asked. It's time for Spot the reticulated python to find a new home, if he sur ... More >>
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October 16, 2009
PETA Fretting Over Humane Deaths for Giant Snakes
PETA says: Stun and decapitateFlorida Fish and Wildlife has yet to respond to a July 30th letter from Lori Kettler, senior counsel for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), concerning humane death for Florida's thousands of Burmese pythons. Tori Perry, senior cruelty caseworker at P ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Two-time Sea Turtle Poacher Bruce Bivins Sentenced
Photo by Flickr user anej1030For some old-timers in Riviera Beach, the start of any date out with your woman begins with sea turtle eggs. You poach them, sprinkle salt on their papery skin, and then eat the aphrodisiacs in one bite. Back when I first wrote about that nasty habit back in 2002, cop ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Two-time Sea Turtle Poacher Bruce Bivins Sentenced
Photo by Flickr user anej1030For some old-timers in Riviera Beach, the start of any date out with your woman begins with sea turtle eggs. You poach them, sprinkle salt on their papery skin, and then eat the aphrodisiacs in one bite. Back when I first wrote about that nasty habit back in 2002, cop ... More >>
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January 9, 2010
Manatees to Pythons: A Rough Weekend For Local Wildlife
Baby, it's cold outside.Iguanas falling from the sky.Pythons slithering from the swamps and into suburban yards in search of warmth. It would make a great horror movie if it weren't true life. It's been so frigid in South Florida this week that 250 sea turtles in cold shock have already been pick ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
Morning Juice: Aid to Haiti Trickles in; FPL Rate Hike Denied
The catastrophe in Haiti dominates the headlines in South Florida and around the world:The Port Au Prince airport is now taking chartered flights and aid has arrived -- just nearly enough to meet the dire need for water and fuel. [New York Times]Lynn University in Boca Raton learned late last nig ... More >>
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April 21, 2010
A Breeder's View on the Proposed Python Ban
Courtesy of Greg BryantGreg Bryant raises reticulated pythons, the longest snakes in the world. From the Retic Ranch in Delray Beach, he breeds animals that can grow to 20 feet and top 100 pounds and sells them around the world. His livelihood is now threatened by federal legislation, proposed la ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
A Night With Sea Turtle Hatchling Rescue in Fort Lauderdale
Here is a heartbreaking video from YouTube, posted by an activist group known as Sea Turtle Oversight Protection. It's called "Ten Minutes in the Night of a Rescue Volunteer." The date of the clip is the evening of July 10, and a map shows the location where it was shot: on the sand behind the Sh ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Crocodiles Take a Bite Out of Grand Central
Here is a heartbreaking video from YouTube, posted by an activist group known as Sea Turtle Oversight Protection. It's called "Ten Minutes in the Night of a Rescue Volunteer." The date of the clip is the evening of July 10, and a map shows the location where it was shot: on the sand behind the Sh ... More >>
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March 26, 2011
Burmese Pythons Not Going Anywhere
Courtesy, AP/Everglades Nat'l ParkAt left, you'll find the single most interesting picture taken in Florida in the last five years. (Other than this one, I mean.) Pictured is a 13-foot Burmese Python which has bitten off more than it can chew -- except the python has dispensed with the biting, an ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
7-Foot Burmese Python Escapes in West Palm Beach
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionThe 7-foot snake that was slithering around West Palm BeachThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission isn't too happy with David T. Beckett after they say his 7-foot Burmese python escaped its enclosure and began wandering around res ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Florida Wildlife Commission: Be on the Lookout for Freak Seven-Foot Lizards
U.S. Geological SurveyThis is a Nile Monitor lizard, which you should not wrestleIf you see a seven-foot lizard in your Broward or Palm Beach residence, that's a problem, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.Nile Monitor lizards, native to Africa, have been popping u ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Mayor Jack Seiler's Curt Email Response to Sea-Turtle Activists: "Your Facts Are Wrong"
S.T.O.P.Roadkill baby turtles"MAYOR SEILER HATES BABY TURTLES!" That's a popular refrain these days among advocates for sea turtles on Fort Lauderdale's beaches. Around this time of year, eggs buried by mother turtles on the beach hatch, releasing inch-long baby turtles who need to find their way ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Mayor Jack Seiler Responds to Sea Turtle Activists Clamoring for His Attention
Hmm, Quite.Activists protesting the death of baby sea turtles because of Fort Lauderdale's flawed beach lighting know how to get Mayor Jack Seiler's attention: holding signs up against the windows of City Hall during a commission meeting, passing out his private cell phone number, calling him a m ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Wildlife Officers Find Felon With a Gun, as Well as a Few Bags Containing 260 Baby Alligators
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionThat, ladies and gentlemen, is a sack of alligators.Here's what Robert "Bo" Martin Duval and Christopher Cork Scroggins found out a few days ago: Having a sack full o' baby alligators is a felony.According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservat ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
The Four Baddest Animals in Florida That Shouldn't Be Here
flickr.comA 20-year University of Florida study out last week says Florida has the most invasive reptiles and amphibians in the world. A day or two after that came out, state officials declared war on giant African snails in Miami-Dade County.Yep, Florida apparently has a nasty invasive species p ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Florida Has World's Worst Invasive Amphibian and Reptile Problem, According to UF Research
University of FloridaThis iguana doesn't belong in Florida, but here it is at someone's front door in Lake Worth.If you're looking for a reptile or amphibian species that "causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health," chances are, it's in Florida.According ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Top Chef: Mutherf**king Snakes on Some Mutherf**king Plates
Snakes on a mutherf**king plate. Tonight on Top Chef.Can we love Padma Lakshmi more than we do today? It seems mutherf**king unlikely. We just got wind of the totally awesome preview for tonight's episode of Top Chef. With the cheftestants finally chosen after two throwaway episodes, the fun beg ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Burmese Pythons Can Survive in Saltwater. Damn.
As if snakes large enough to swallow -- or at least try to swallow -- alligators in the Everglades aren't frightening enough, U.S. Geological Survey researchers delivered a bit of unsettling news this week about Burmese pythons. These massive beasts can't be held back by saltwater. The resea ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods America: Get Your Own Turtle, Raccoon to Eat
Raccoon -- cute and yummy?Get ready for another season of Bizarre Foods, as host Andrew Zimmern eats his way through the entire wildlife encyclopedia. This year, Zimmern's staying in the United States, giving us at home the opportunity to try strange foods in our own backyard.This morning, Zimmer ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Monster Pythons From the Everglades Get Dissected on PBS Show (Video)
Nature shows are simply brilliant television. Sharks devouring seals in midair, a Golden Eagle dragging a helpless mountain goat to a savage death, and monkeys getting wasted off fermented fruit -- these are things dreams are made of. Now South Floridians can puff out their chest with local ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Hungry Hungry Pythons Decimate Mammal Populations in Everglades
It's no secret that Burmese pythons have been wreaking havoc in the Everglades, but the extent of their destruction has been hard to grasp. A new study provides some of the first hard statistics on how these invasive reptiles are altering the food chain, and the numbers are downright scary.Betwee ... More >>
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