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Lion Country Safari fights to save endangered rhinos through conservation efforts
Read full article: Lion Country Safari fights to save endangered rhinos through conservation effortsLess than 30,000 rhinoceroses are living in the wild today, their numbers decimated by poachers hunting for their horns.
Chirping sounds lead Miami airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggs
Read full article: Chirping sounds lead Miami airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggsThe 24 bright green baby parrots began chirping and bobbing their heads the second anyone neared the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March.
Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggs
Read full article: Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggsThe 24 bright green baby parrots chirp and bob their heads the second anyone nears the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March.
Fraudster targets James Bond during crime spree in Miami-Dade, police say
Read full article: Fraudster targets James Bond during crime spree in Miami-Dade, police sayA fraudster found James Bond — not the British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007 — but the real holder of a Truist bank account, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department.
Lion Country Safari welcomes 2 more male lions
Read full article: Lion Country Safari welcomes 2 more male lionsLOXAHATCHEE, Fla. – Two male lions from the North Carolina Zoo are now calling South Florida’s Lion Country Safari home. According to the news release, Lion Country Safari is currently home to 11 African lions, which are considered a vulnerable species. Lion Country Safari supports lion conservation and participates in several programs to save the species. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lion Country Safari’s drive-through safari is the only part of the park that is currently open. The attraction is Florida’s largest drive-through safari and is home to more than 1,000 animals.
South Florida's 'Tarzan,' Steve Sipek, dead at 77
Read full article: South Florida's 'Tarzan,' Steve Sipek, dead at 77"They killed my Bobo," Steve Sipek told reporters July 13, 2004, in Loxahatchee, Florida, after his escaped Bengal tiger was shot to death by a state wildlife officer. PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - "Tarzan" actor Steve Sipek, who made national headlines after his pet tiger escaped and was shot dead by a state wildlife officer in 2004, has died. "They murdered my Bobo," a tearful Sipek, his shirt smeared with blood, told reporters in July 2004. Sipek again made headlines in 2012 after two tigers and a leopard were seized from his home. Sipek, whose screen name was Steve Hawkes, played Tarzan in a 1969 Spanish-language film version of the Edgar Rice Burroughs character.