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

Reddit Animals

He had a legal permit to own them (Conditional Species Permit), and had legally microchipped them according to FWC guidelines. This put Coffee in an impossible position - he needed to rehome the pythons because they were illegal in Florida, but the FWC was threatening to face him with additional criminal charges if he did so.

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Highlights from Costa Rica, Global Bird Weekend, 2020

10,000 Birds

And especially when the event can be leveraged to promote conservation, birds, and help with the fight against the illegal bird trade? Based on the number of species recorded, it looks like we also had pretty good coverage. 744 Species. 744 species were found total, check out some of the rarities… Rarities.