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Florida Man Charged for Killing Egret

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of Largo, Florida, is charged with animal cruelty. The egret suffered “multiple fractures to the wing and neck area,” the report said. Jere Martin Patterson Jr. Patterson shot the bird multiple times with a BB gun, police said. Then he captured the injured bird, according to police, and killed it.

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). In 2021, Florida banned reticulated pythons, forcing Coffee to find homes for the pythons outside of Florida. He had a total of 120 pythons he needed to rehome.

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Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo

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Here 's a factsheet about petting zoos, which at least in Florida have been a public health threat , to say nothing of the exploitation and suffering of the animals.) I'm fairly confident that I don't know anyone who won't say that they don't approve of animal cruelty.

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