PETA calls for closure of new Capybara Cafe in Fort Lauderdale
The city has cited the property for housing wild animals, and the cafe's owner says she is working to comply and denies wrongdoing.
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The city has cited the property for housing wild animals, and the cafe's owner says she is working to comply and denies wrongdoing.
The incident happened days before a new Florida law will make it a felony to encourage minors to commit animal abuse.
The one-year-old ivory banana ball python named Ritchie was trapped for 8 hours, according to its owner, Camryn Drew.
A rare rescue on Florida's Space Coast drew crowds as crews used a crane to safely lift a manatee that became stuck inside a storm drain in Melbourne Beach.
Staff planned to work long hours to shield trees from wind and cold temperatures. Still, they are also making sure the animals have what is needed to survive.
A Florida deputy is going viral after bodycam video captured the moments he apprehended an evasive and hostile suspect, the sheriff's office said. That suspect? A large, flightless bird.
A Facebook video shared by the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) showed deputies responding to a call from a concerned owner who was unable to access their car and needed help to get their dogs out as the temperature began to quickly rise inside.
It's officially manatee season in Florida, and Broward County officials are reminding everyone to be on alert on county waterways and practice safe boating now through March.
An American crocodile found in the Florida Keys with a spear and bullet lodged in its head is recovering at Zoo Miami after veterinarians removed the spear.
Trooper's story has inspired the new Florida law, which would make it a felony to abandon a dog during a natural disaster.
Animal advocates told CBS News Miami that they're glad it's gone and may be torn down.
Daytona Beach Police jokingly said the reptile was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, trespassing and fleeing from law enforcement.
"When we confirmed the eggs were fertile without any contact with a male, our jaws hit the floor," a U.K. zoo director said after an iguana gave birth to eight healthy babies.
It took several days to trap the cat and bring him in so they could remove the 5-inch dart.
A South Florida family helped free a green sea turtle from a fishing trap's buoy line off Key West, an effort captured on video.
According to the Broward Sheriff's Fire Rescue and FWC, the burrowing owl is a threatened and protected species in Florida.
The farm's owner disputes the allegations, calling the photos misleading. He pointed to one picture of a cow that appeared thin, explaining it was a rescue being nursed back to health.
A large sea turtle found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike has been returned to the ocean.
At this time, the dolphin is currently under the care of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, where MDFR said it hopes the dolphin will recover from its injuries and be released back into the wild.
A Florida federal judge Wednesday refused to allow conservation groups to intervene in a lawsuit to help defend a rule aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales, after the groups expressed concerns about the Trump administration's commitment to the protections.
"Cooley" the manatee was found severely entangled in a fishing line, and it took multiple agencies and days to help her safely.
A divided federal appeals court refused to halt a district judge's order that requires the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to take steps to protect manatees in the northern Indian River Lagoon, including temporarily preventing new septic tanks in the area.
So far in 2025, the station has rescued 1,047 animals. According to the organization, 90 percent of those injuries are caused by human activity-most of them fishing-related.
A group of volunteers are alerting captains to manatees in the when they are conducting their "sea trials."
"Wow," whose unusual name stemmed from rescuers' reaction upon spotting her, underwent a series of successful surgeries at the Turtle Hospital.
