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To combat the number of exotic snakes in the U.S., and specifically in South Florida, the U.S. Department of the Interior added four species of snakes—the Burmese python, both subspecies of the African rock python (northern and southern), and the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus)—to Lacey Act provisions, making their import into the U.S ...
Formerly known as Florida Exotic Plant Pest Council (FLEPPC), the council changed its name to Florida Invasive Species Council (FISC) to retire outdated terminology. [172] [173] Three species have been added to Category I since 2019, and Category II now includes four additional species.
The American alligator is the state reptile of Florida. This is a list of reptiles which are found in the U.S. state of Florida. This list includes both native and introduced species. Introduced species are put on this list only if they have an established population (large breeding population, numerous specimens caught, invasive, etc.).
A Florida man has transformed his garage into a haven for hundreds of exotic reptiles — and even lets his young kids cuddle with the slithery serpents in bed. ... of Fort Lauderdale, told SWNS ...
In 1992, Don Lewis and Carole Lewis (now known as Carole Baskin) acquired a bobcat.The following year they acquired dozens more. [14] In 1995, they incorporated Wildlife on Easy Street, Inc. in Florida as a Not For Profit Corporation with the stated purpose of "acquisition, shelter, feeding, breeding and socialization of exotic and non-exotic animals; public education and awareness to benefit ...
A Florida high school student has been suspended and placed at an alternative school after posting a photo of two black classmates to Craigslist, labeling them "slavegals" in "good condition."
[6] [24] The loggerhead sea turtle was named by South Carolina as state reptile, while Florida chose it as state saltwater reptile. [nb 13] [14] [45] Florida also named an official tortoise, the gopher tortoise, the same animal as Georgia's state reptile. [12] [16] [17] Four genera are represented with different species in the list.
A Florida 'condo cliff' is coming as owners deal with fallout from 2021 Surfside collapse. After the deadly collapse of a 12-story condominium tower in the Surfside suburb of Miami in 2021, state ...