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Flipped Out Over Flipper

Dolphin activist RussRector will do just about anything to make swim-with-dolphins programs extinct

By Paul Belden
Jul 17, 1999

Here's some advice: Never tell Russ Rector, director of the Dolphin Freedom Foundation, that you can't see how swimming with dolphins could be as dangerous as, say, swimming withsharks. "Don't get me started on the shark thing, goddammit!" an already started Rector thunders in response. "Don't even go there! Everybody's...
Flipped Out Over Flipper

Dolphin activist Russ Rector will do just about anything to make swim-with-dolphins programs extinct

By Paul Belden
Jul 8, 1999

Here's some advice: Never tell Russ Rector, director of the Dolphin Freedom Foundation, that you can't see how swimming with dolphins could be as dangerous as, say, swimming with sharks. "Don't get me started on the shark thing, goddammit!" an already started Rector thunders in response. "Don't even go there!...
Who's Manateeing the Phones?

State wildlife officials say that amateur hotlines set up to help protect endangered manatees are putting the animals at risk

By Paul Belden
Jun 24, 1999

In some respects this year's gala fundraising dinner-auction benefiting the Manatee Survival Foundation (MSF) was a disappointment. And not just because Broward County Commissioner Lori Parrish, in a break with past practice, left her manatee costume at home. The turnout for the event was lower than ever -- "probably less...
Mean Streets

Getting rid of those folks with buckets equals getting rid of one of the county's better homeless-assistance programs.

By Paul Belden
Jun 10, 1999

Sean Anthony Cononie is dimly aware that other people often end up taking him the wrong way. He doesn't know why that is exactly, but for some reason suspicion always seems to follow his good intentions around. For example: Three years ago he was carjacked in Overtown at two in...
The Renaissance of Broward Boulevard (Not!)

Business owners have some bad news for Sheriff Ken Jenne: All is not well along this main drag

By Paul Belden
Jun 3, 1999

See any yet?" "What do you think?" "Keep looking." It's about an hour before dusk on a thundery afternoon, and my escort -- an intense, voluble man in his thirties named Ore Pablos -- is trolling slowly along in the far-right lane of West Broward Boulevard. We're scanning the bombed-out...

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