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Florida Man Arrested for Punching Police Horse's Butt

By Chris Joseph Tue., Jun. 18 2013 at 3:53 PM
Categories: Animal Planet, Floriderp

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A Florida man was talking on his cell phone in Orange Avenue in Orlando on Sunday when he went and allegedly punched a police horse in the rear, according to police.

The mounted cops were trying to clear the streets of pedestrians, since it was 2:45 in the morning.

See also:
-Allegedly Drunk Man on Horse Arrested After Police Chase
-A Horse Was Rescued From Someone's Backyard Pool

Apparently the man didn't like being told to get off the street, so he took his rage out on the horse's ass by punching him in the left rear flank.

The horse's name is Captain.

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A Mother Pygmy Whale and Calf Die After Washing Ashore in Jupiter

By Chris Joseph Tue., Jun. 11 2013 at 10:35 AM
Categories: Animal Planet

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And now for a bummer of an animal news item:

A pygmy sperm whale and her calf have died after washing ashore in Jupiter on Monday.

The mother whale was spotted on shore shortly after 4 p.m. north of the Jupiter Reef Club. Her calf was found some distance away, to the north near Carlin Park.

According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, the calf was eventually moved to be with its mother.


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Florida Lobster Poachers Arrested With 468 Tails

By Chris Joseph Fri., Jun. 7 2013 at 1:08 PM
Categories: Animal Planet, Crime

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Lobster season in Florida runs from August 6 through March 31. The lobster-tail bag limit for the season is six per person, per day.

But apparently two men decided that lobster season is right now and that the lobster-tail bag limit is none.

According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, two men were arrested for poaching a whopping 468 wrung lobster tails.

Some of the tails even turned out to be undersized, with at least one of them being from an egg-bearing female.

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Llamas Involved in Car Accident on I-75

By Chris Joseph Tue., Jun. 4 2013 at 10:49 AM
Categories: Animal Planet

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Yesterday, we told you about a llama that escaped from his Tallahassee pen, running amok, hopping fences, and giving the cops a good run until they tasered his llama ass and got him back into his fence.

Now comes the news -- albeit a lot sadder than yesterday's news -- of llamas being involved in an accident on I-75.

See also:
-Llama on the Loose in Florida Is Tasered and Captured


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Big Cypress Off-Roaders Threatening Endangered Florida Panther, Lawsuit Claims

By Kyle Swenson Mon., Jun. 3 2013 at 8:58 AM
Categories: Animal Planet

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For a certain brand of South Florida outdoorsy-type, nothing beats blasting through the great outdoors on a giant off-road vehicle - wind wiping your hair, bug guts painting the windscreen, huge tires below mulching up the turf.

But questions about where backwoods cruising should be allowed in Big Cypress National Preserve have led to a recent federal lawsuit. Environmental groups -- led by the Center for Biological Diversity -- say the National Parks Service has failed to police where riders wreck their off-road havoc.

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Llama on the Loose in Florida Is Tasered and Captured

By Chris Joseph Mon., Jun. 3 2013 at 8:42 AM
Categories: Animal Planet

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"Don't tase me, bro! Grawwwwwmmurrhh!!"
A llama was out on the loose and running amok through the streets of Tallahassee over the weekend, as llamas are wont to do when they bust of their pens.

This particular llama, named Scooter, was quite the menace, outrunning cops and authorities, hopping over fences, and being quite the slippery llama.

Scooter eventually had to be taken down with a Taser.

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Oklahoma City Tornado Pets Up For Adoption in Boca

By Chris Joseph Thu., May 30 2013 at 9:16 AM
Categories: Animal Planet

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Get ready for the most tragedy-turned-crazy-adorable story you'll read all day!

Following the devastating tornado that hit Oklahoma City last week, animal shelters from the area sent 80 pets in need of homes to the TriCounty Humane Society in Boca.

The animals were brought to South Florida to make room for animals left homeless after the tornado.

Six employees from the Palm Beach County Humane Society traveled to OKC to help bring back the animals in need back to Boca.

Their trip and photos of the animals they rescued was documented on their Facebook page.

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Shark Bites Boy Off Coast of Volusia County

By Chris Joseph Tue., May 28 2013 at 8:53 AM
Categories: Animal Planet

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Memorial Day is all about relaxing, hitting up the beach, and grabbing some food.

It is for sharks, anyway.

According to reports, a shark bit a boy swimming in Ormond Beach in Volusia County on Memorial Day.

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The Undercover Animal Cruelty Videos that Spurred Big Ag's Censorship Crusade

By Pete Kotz Thu., May 23 2013 at 1:56 PM
Categories: Activism, Animal Planet

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One of the nearly 3,000 pigs at Country View Family Farms in Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania. The far mis a supplier for Hatfield Quality Meats, which is sold in twelve Northeastern states.
This week's story, "The Ag Gag War," goes behind the scenes of the guerilla fight between animal rights groups and Big Agriculture.

For years organizations like the Humane Society and Mercy for Animals have being going undercover at America's largest farms, using hidden cameras to show exactly how our food is produced. The footage hasn't been pretty.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWC Are Going After Manatee Riders

By Kyle Swenson Thu., May 23 2013 at 8:35 AM
Categories: Animal Planet

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Depending on where you come down on the whole animal-rights thing, you probably watched the video of Florida's finest d-bags jumping onto some innocent manatees with something between shock and rage. This week we posted the vid, some dumpster-grade Jackassery courtesy of two Cocoa Beach brainiacs. Thankfully, the federales have shown up to exert some big government-style enforcement. Which is great and all, but FLORIDA, YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW NOT TO RIDE THE POOR MANATEES.

See also:
- Florida Men Cannonball Onto Manatees, Post It On YouTube
- Florida Woman Illegally Rides Manatee Like a Horse in Siesta Key Waters

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