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Reptiles invade Canada––but not by their own choice

May 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Inhospitable habitat,  even if herps are kept indoors              EDMONTON, Alberta,  Canada––Reptile breeder John Makaryshyn,  31,  was on May 10,  2022 hit with 37 charges under Canadian federal law and 89 counts of allegedly violating the Animal Protection Act of Alberta in connection with the deaths of 674 reptiles and amphibians whose remains were discovered […]

Filed Under: Canada, Constrictors, Crocodilians, Feature Home Bottom, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Snakes, The Americas, Turtles, Venomous, Wildlife Tagged With: Connor Barthe, Drumheller, Jean Claude-Savoie, John Makaryshyn, Merritt Clifton, Noah Barthe, Poikilo Exotics, Riverfront Aquariums, Royal Tyrell

Who eats the most Floridians––pythons, pit bulls, bears, or alligators?

January 16, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Feral species challenge understanding of predator/prey relationships          MIAMI––Florida hosts 1.3 million alligators,  about a quarter of a million pit bulls, a few billion mosquitoes,  and––according to promotional material for the 2016 Python Challenge Burmese Python Removal Competition––perhaps 100,000 pythons,  the species officially deemed most in need of killing after the first Florida bear hunt […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, African species, Constrictors, Crocodilians, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunted species, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Reptiles, Snakes, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission, Merritt Clifton, Python Challenge

Screaming for the dragon slayer

January 16, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Chained to fast-falling hunting license sales, with agency revenue and careers at stake, wildlife managers from Florida to Texas are looking toward modestly rising interest in alligator hunting for the miracle that might save them from a fate worse than death––or at least from having to cater chiefly to non-hunting,  non-trapping,  non-fishing clientele. Listed as a […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Constrictors, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunting & trapping, Reptiles, Snakes, Wildlife Tagged With: alligators, David Quammen, Donna Hart, Merritt Clifton, Pythons, Robert W. Sussman

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