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PALM RIVER, Fla., May 12 (UPI) -- An 8-foot alligator that bit the trapper trying to catch it paid for its act with its life when a Florida sheriff's deputy shot it, wildlife officials said.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 4 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a grinning monkey on the loose for more than a year once again evaded capture, despite being shot with two tranquilizer darts.
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife officials said a loose monkey first spotted last fall was seen traveling through a residential neighborhood in the Tampa Bay area.
LARGO, Fla., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Residents of Largo, Fla., are struggling to deal with 38 tons of dead fish recently removed from area lakes, officials say.
TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife officials said a monkey reported in Tampa was identified as a member of a macaque family by investigators but eluded capture.
CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife officials are warning residents in the Clearwater area to stay away from a wild monkey that is eluding state trappers.
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LAKELAND , Fla., June 18 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife officials said they have recovered five of the 15 Patas monkeys that escaped from a Polk County, Fla., wildlife sanctuary.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 21 (UPI) -- Hungry alligators will eat almost anything, from deer to dolls and tennis balls to other alligators, Florida wildlife officials say.
LAKELAND , Fla., May 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of a man who was found with a 7-foot female alligator guarding his body, officials said.
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