Here’s what’s worth reading today, Wednesday, May 8, 2019:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department temporarily closes alligator gar fishing in segment of Trinity River:Â Due to flooding conditions on the Trinity River, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is temporarily prohibiting fishing for alligator gar in portions of the river between the Highway 287 bridge near Cayuga and State Highway 7 near Crockett.
Deputies: Florida woman pulls alligator out of her pants during traffic stop: The Charlotte County sheriff’s deputy stopped a pickup truck Monday afternoon after it ran a stop sign and 22-year-old driver Michael Clemons told him he and his 25-year-old passenger Ariel Machan-Le Quire were collecting frogs and snakes under an overpass. He gave the deputy permission to search bags in the truck. When the deputy found 41 3-stripe turtles in the woman’s backpack, he asked if she had anything else. She pulled the 1-foot gator from her yoga pants.
Dog eats 23 live rounds of .308 caliber ammunition: Benno the Belgian Malinois has eaten enough strange objects over the course of his four years, you’d think his digestive tract is bulletproof. As it turns out, that’s not quite the case. His owner had to take the dog to the vet’s office after Benno ate 23 live rounds of .308 caliber ammunition.
Sandy Ridge Hunting Club charged with 308 hunting offenses: An investigation into illegal deer hunting activity conducted over the course of two deer hunting seasons by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has resulted in 29 members of a Richmond County hunting club being charged with a total of 308 offenses.
Friend and running partner, ‘Rascal’ fatally mauled thwarting bear attack: A dog was attacked and killed on a Sitka trail on Saturday, defending her owner from a brown bear. The same bear may have shown aggressive behavior towards hikers on another trail the following day.
Google clarifies: Hunting ads OK: Google’s animal cruelty prohibition does not apply to hunting ads, according to a company spokeswoman who explained how a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation video ad was mistakenly rejected in April.
Man drowns when fishing waders fill with water: A 74-year-old man drowned while fishing at South Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore. Ki Chun Kim of Gold Beach was digging for sand crabs alone on the beach with his back to the water when he presumably was knocked into the water by a wave, according to a statement from the Marin County Coroner’s Office.
Bubonic plague strikes in Mongolia: Why is it still a threat? The medieval plague known as the Black Death is making headlines this month. In Mongolia, a couple died of bubonic plague on May 1 after reportedly hunting marmots, large rodents that can harbor the bacterium that causes the disease, and eating the animal’s raw meat and kidneys – which some Mongolians believe is good for their health.
Man lands ‘truly special,’ record-breaking tiger shark while fishing off the coast of Florida: Mark Stock landed what he said is a record class tiger shark on April 25 while fishing off Marco Island with charter Captain Ben Olsen. The creature measured 14½ feet. The current state record is a 1,065-pound tiger shark measured at 12½ feet and caught out of Pensacola waters in 1981. Stock’s shark was estimated to weigh more than 1,100 pounds, but its exact weight will never be known as it was immediately released.
More than 140 million acres in federal farm conservation programs: The 2017 Census of Agriculture revealed total farm acres in the U.S., including pasture, cropland and woodlands, at 900.2 million acres, approximately 40% of the country’s entire land area. On these 900 million acres farmers use a variety of resource-conserving and wildlife habitat-preservation practices to protect and enhance natural resources and wildlife, as well as protect the environment.
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