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Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
A headless, decaying panther was found Friday, alongside the Florida Turnpike. What more can you say? This is human cruelty I cannot comprehend. I found this on another blog, Lauren's close encounter with a Florida panther, let it serve as the panther's eulogy:"Oh my gosh!We have a real, BIG, Florida Panther living behind our house. This cat weighed 150 pounds, EASY. It. was....
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
OLDSMAR, Fla. — Authorities have called off the search for a runaway monkey near Tampa.The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had been attempting to capture the 30-pound monkey after it was seen in trees and rooftops near an apartment complex on Sunday.Deputies say the monkey was last seen entering a heavily wooded area near Oldsmar,...
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Outposts (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A retention pond near West Palm Beach, Fla. was purposely poisoned earlier this week after red-bellied piranha were discovered living in it. The piranha were discovered by a young angler, who hooked one of the fish last month. Florida Fish...
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ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A couple flesh-eating piranhas were found living in a Florida pond. One was reeled in by a 14-year-old girl who was fishing in the pond. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists found another one a few days later. The biologists poisoned the entire pond in response. All the fish in the pond are now dead. The fish will be restocked with new...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
By Craig Pittman, Times staff writer In Print: Saturday, November 21, 2009 The location was odd enough. An anonymous caller reported seeing a dead Florida panther by the side of the Florida Turnpike near Yeehaw Junction. That's more than 150 miles north of where most panthers live. When Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staffers checked out the tip Thursday...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
OLDSMAR - Pinellas County sheriff's deputies and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers have called off a search for a monkey.
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
OLDSMAR - Pinellas County sheriff's deputies and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers are trying to capture a monkey this afternoon.
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Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... deputies showed up, and they couldn't find him either." The sheriff's office called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, sheriff's office spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. The commission is not sending anyone to look for the animal, spokesman Gary Morse said. "There are several reasons why," Morse said. "The monkey is moving around and not a threat...
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Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the animal was spotted near Canella Elementary School, deputies contacted school officials, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Lowry Park Zoo, said McKinnon. Gonzalez said he called in the baboon sighting because of concern for the neighborhood. "We live in the area," said Gonzalez. "My main concern was that this is a wild animal. We have...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Do not release balloons in wild, officials sayA warning to those who may want to release balloons outdoors: not only is it against the law, but it can harm wildlife.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is reminding residents that a little-known-law prohibits releasing more than nine lighter-than-air balloons in a day.Wildlife, especially sea turtles, mistake balloons...
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Firstcoastnews.com Local News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission launched a 10-month investigation into illegal purchase and possession of foxes and coyotes, and today announced 12 arrests, including people from the First Coast, and 46 citations.
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Bark Bark Woof Woof (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
When they say the fish are biting in West Palm Beach, they aren't kidding. A boy fishing last month in a pond near his condo complex, at Arabian Road and Lake Arbor Drive, pulled from the water not the bass or catfish he was used to but a writhing, red-bellied piranha. Ten days later, officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission combed the...
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Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Preston Rudie 17 November 2009 Madeira Beach, Florida -- Russ Sittloh says a mysterious serpent-like creature that's at least 20 feet long has been swimming in the canal behind his Madeira Beach home and he wants to find out what it is. "The head will come up and then it will disappear and then the next thing you know, you'll see a couple rolls behind it," Sittloh said. Sittloh has...
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The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Russ Sittlow, 78, a retired engineer, has claimed to have seen the "Normandy Nessie" monster six times since April 2009. He calls the creature "Normandy Nessie" since he lives on Normandy Road. Others call it the Madeira Beach Monster as the creature appears in the canals of Madeira Beach along the Pinellas County coast.A biologist from the Florida Fish and Wildlife...
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Luxist (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
For those of you who have never tasted a stone crab it is well worth the splurge now that they are in season. A specialty food item, they are possibly pound for pound the most expensive shellfish sold in the United States. Stone crabs are found in and around the water off the coast of Florida. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission about about 40 percent...
