News for Florida animal advocates

On Thursday, The Sarasota Herald Tribune published a tribute to Jenny Wallenda, a member of the famous “Flying Wallendas” circus high wire act. Ms. Wallenda has survived some horrible experiences, including the Soviet invasion of Berlin in 1945, and the deaths of her father and husband in tightrope falls, but who would have guessed that […]

This week the Charlotte Sun-Herald published a column by Hardee County resident C J Mouser about the horrible end of a pig named Porkchop.
Mouser writes that Porkchop was one of two pigs purchased “for the express purpose of putting them in the freezer.” But when the time came, their efforts to load him into a […]

Residents of a Tampa neighborhood are fearful of the return of one of their neighbors- and for good reason! Last week, a man who apparently was angry at cats leaving paw prints on his car, killed three cats, including an 8-month-old kitten, by first burning them with a propane torch and then drowning them in […]

In October, when ARFF Coordinators Carla and Bryan Wilson read in their local paper that a community event in Winter Springs was to include a petting zoo, they attended and were troubled by what they saw. The following Monday they wrote to their city commissioner and to the mayor and urged them to take steps […]

It’s not easy for jailers to keep their prisoners happy, but when the prisoners are 17-feet-long and 5,000 pounds, it’s certainly important! By now we’re sure that you’ve heard about last week’s incident at SeaWorld in San Diego during which a killer whale pulled a trainer underwater twice during a show (the trainer suffered a […]

One of the top stories in central Florida last week was an alligator “attack” in Lakeland.
People living near Lake Parker called police early Wednesday morning after hearing a man calling for help. Sheriff’s deputies arrived and rescued the man from the jaws of an alligator. The man, who was rushed to a local hospital, told […]