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• The Florida Legislature appropriated $500,000 for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s “BearWise” program. It provides bear-proof trash cans to local governments that apply.
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• A wildlife trapper is on the hunt for an invasive tegu in Palm Bay. This lizard was spotted near Jupiter Elementary School.
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• If you see a monkey in the Apopka area do not approach or feed it. That’s the advice of The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It got a report of a rhesus macaque sighting. These are medium-sized monkeys, native to Asia.
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• A central Florida wildlife rehabilitation center said it had to put down a bald eagle Tuesday after a fire truck hit the eagle Christmas Day in Deland.
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• Wildlife rescuers are caring for injured pelicans that have been showing up at Brevard beaches. Leo Cross, who owns Florida Wildlife Trappers and Rescue, said his company has picked up a couple dozen pelicans over the past two weeks.
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• A pair of endangered North Atlantic right whales has left the Sebastian Inlet in central Florida. The mother and her calf exited the inlet early Tuesday afternoon.
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• Two of three otter pups Florida Wildlife Hospital rescued this month have died. The hospital said the young male pups succumbed to respiratory infections.
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• The Florida Wildlife Hospital is asking the public for donations to help it raise three young otter pups. A spokeswoman said the three siblings, two boys and a girl, are only five to six weeks old and their survival isn’t guaranteed.
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• It’s been about two months since an alligator bit off Rachel Lilienthal’s right arm while she was swimming in the Wekiva River. Lilienthal says much of her recovery is learning how to live life with one arm.
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• Florida Wildlife Hospital & Sanctuary is busy taking care of about 120 baby squirrels.“Baby squirrel season” hit central Florida earlier than usual. The Wildlife Hospital says it usually takes in deserted baby squirrels later in the fall.
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