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Aventura Veterinarian Pleads Guilty to Bestiality

Aventura Veterinarian Pleads Guilty to Bestiality

Beware of Florida's "Container Mosquitoes"

Beware of Florida's "Container Mosquitoes"

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Wild Monkeys in Dania Beach

By Joshua Ceballos
May 25, 2021

For years, no one knew for sure where the monkeys came from or how they came to drive Dania Beach bananas.
Homestead Fish Farm Accused of Animal Cruelty After 800,000 Salmon Die Prematurely

By Joshua Ceballos
May 10, 2021

Over the past year, 800,000 salmon died prematurely at a Homestead fish farm.
PETA Wants Broward Breeder's License Revoked After His Leopard Scalped a Guy

By Alexi C. Cardona
Mar 12, 2021

Turner's injuries required 22 staples and two surgeries to repair his scalp and ear.
South Florida Has a New Invasive Species, and It's Not the Tech Bros

By Alexi C. Cardona
Feb 12, 2021

Nobody asked for a new bloodthirsty mosquito, but here we are.
2020 Was a Deadly Year for Florida Manatees

By Alexi C. Cardona
Jan 4, 2021

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported 25 manatee deaths in Miami-Dade County.
Broward Pet Dealer Accused of Regularly Selling Sick Dogs

By Joshua Ceballos
Nov 9, 2020

Four people have sued Forever Love Puppies in the last year, alleging violations of Florida's "pet lemon law."
Study Finds Rare Florida Bird Eats Junk Food to Survive

By Joshua Ceballos
Sep 4, 2020

Like a college-age guy, a Florida bird species has adapted to survive on a diet of chicken wings, hot dogs, and chicken nuggets.
Foster Pets Are the Perfect Companions for Our Social Distancing

By Suzannah Friscia
Apr 6, 2020

Because more people are working from home because of the coronavirus crisis, many are deciding to foster shelter pets in need.
PETA Calls Florida's Super Bowl Python Hunt "Grotesque"

By Joshua Ceballos
Jan 15, 2020

The nonprofit says initiatives such as the Python Bowl subject the snakes to abuse by the public.
Pigskin or Snakeskin? Miami Super Bowl Committee Invites Hunters to Python Bowl

By Joshua Ceballos
Jan 10, 2020

Everyone knows that catching snakes is way more fun than watching grown men tackle each other into early retirement.
Greyhound Advocate Says Lawsuit to Overturn Racing Ban Is a "Slap in the Face to Voters"

By Manuel Madrid
Oct 8, 2019

The greyhound industry isn't taking defeat well. After unsuccessfully suing to keep a measure banning dog racing off the Florida ballot last year, greyhound breeders and trainers are headed back to court. This time, they're arguing that the ban — approved by 69 percent of state voters in the 2018 election — strips their dogs of their earning potential.
Environmental Groups: Trump Sold Out Endangered Species to Benefit Polluters

By Jess Nelson
Aug 22, 2019

Last week, the Trump administration severely weakened the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in a series of changes that included erasing climate change as a threat to wildlife and removing protections from threatened species. In response, a group of environmental and animal protection organizations has filed a lawsuit arguing the amendments violate the law.
Environmental Groups Blast Trump Administration for Failing Florida's Green Sea Turtles

By Jess Nelson
Aug 20, 2019

Nearly 90 percent of all sea turtle nesting in the United States occurs on Florida beaches. Every summer, thousands of threatened and endangered sea turtles emerge from the water at night to lay their eggs in the sand.
Florida Key Deer Among First Casualties of Gutted Endangered Species Act

By Jess Nelson
Aug 15, 2019

Changes announced this week to the Endangered Species Act will make it even more difficult to protect endangered wildlife or designate areas as critical habitats.
Pellet-Gun-Toting Teens Hunt Iguanas for Cash in Neighborhood Where Pool Boy Was Shot

By Manuel Madrid
Aug 9, 2019

Just weeks after a pool boy was accidentally shot by an iguana hunter in their neighborhood, two enterprising Boca Raton teens began stuffing mailboxes with flyers advertising the pair's extermination services.
Animal Advocates Petition to Stop "Government-Sanctioned Massacre" of Florida Iguanas

By Jessica Lipscomb
Jul 16, 2019

If you've lived in Florida long enough, you know neon-green iguanas are just part of the scenery — no different from an anti-abortion billboard or an O.J. Simpson sighting. But green iguanas are actually an invasive species. Earlier this month, state wildlife officials made national news after announcing that, yes, it is in fact perfectly legal to kill an iguana for setting foot on your land.
Florida Banned Greyhound Racing In 2018. Is Horse Racing Next?

By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Jan 25, 2019

The Pegasus World Cup follows a midterm vote to outlaw greyhound racing in November, with 69% of Floridians on board to approve the ban. It begs to question: should we only be dismantling greyhound racing and not looking at its equine counterpart? And why has one been outlawed but not the other?
"Habitual Offender" Dog Shop Fights to Stay Open After City Passes Anti-Puppy Mill Law

By Tarpley Hitt
May 8, 2018

Puppy Collection Inc., a Broward County pet shop with interior decor like a Barbie Dreamhouse, sells a range of “teacup puppies” — the extremely small, $1,000 dogs you might find in Paris Hilton’s handbag. The store, whose slogan is “Where celebrities buy their puppies,” says it's a pet seller to the stars with “over 100+ celebrities” as clients.
An Undercover Sting Illuminates the Dark Side of Florida's Booming Alligator Industry

By Jessica Lipscomb
Jul 18, 2017

Caked in mud, the black Chevy pickup made a careful left turn from the main highway onto a dirt driveway in rural Southwest Florida. Four young men in jeans and scuffed-up cowboy boots hopped out to meet their new business partner, a lanky, middle-aged Hawaiian guy named Curtis Blackledge. After...
An Animal Horror Story: The Facility

By Jonathan Kendall
Dec 23, 2016

State investigators find exotic animals wasting away at the decayed wildlife facility Animal Adventures.