Banned: FWC votes to stop using dogs to chase fenced-in foxes and coyotes
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted this morning to ban the practice of using dogs to chase foxes and coyotes in large fenced areas.
UPDATE: Snook fishing closed until next September in Southwest Fla.
Anglers won’t be able to keep a snook in Southwest Florida until September 2011 under rules approved today by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Catch and release still would be allowed under the rule.
Naples may replace recycling bins with wheel containers in deal with Lee County
The way the city of Naples recycles could be changing _ from start to finish. At the curb, green-minded Neapolitans would be able to wheel out a 65-gallon cart rather than carry out 18-gallon recycling bins.
PHOTOS/VIDEO Clean release: Sea turtles from oil spill released in Southwest Florida
Dozens of endangered sea turtles, plucked from the oil-fouled waters of the Deepwater Horizon disaster this summer, got a second chance Tuesday in Southwest Florida.
VIDEOS Florida may shut down pens used to train dogs to capture foxes, coyotes
Hunters use fox pens to train their hunting dogs and to stage competitions in which dogs are judged on how well they pursue their prey. It’s all about the chase, not the kill, they say. Animal activists, on the other hand, say chasing captive wildlife for hours at a time, day after day, is inhumane [...]