Bear wandering in downtown Florida city eludes searchers
• A black bear seen wandering in downtown Naples has eluded wildlife officials even as sightings of the animal continue.
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• A black bear seen wandering in downtown Naples has eluded wildlife officials even as sightings of the animal continue.
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• Millions of monarch butterflies migrate to the mountains of Mexico each winter. Authorities are now investigating the apparent murders of an activist and tour guide at the Michoacán reserve.
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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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