Kenny Hetrick’s story started well over 40 years ago. Kenny has been a USDA Class C License holder since 1989. His is the classic case of someone collecting wild animals, because of the attention he gets for it, who does not appear to have the animals’ best interest at heart. How do we know? Because…
How a 1988 cocaine bust in Pinellas County brought down Jungle Mike It was a terrific amount of drugs for such a small harbor, the kind of haul people associate with Miami. Someone had smuggled literally tons of cocaine onto the dock at St. Petersburg’s Bayboro Harbor: 7,300 pounds, Customs announced, when it finished guiding…
Operation Snow Plow Trophy slaughter Tigers are bought, sold and killed on the lucrative private market so eager collectors can show off the rare hides By Jon Yates and Maurice Possley, Tribune staff reporters. Darkness had settled by the time Todd “Squirrel” Lantz wheeled the truck and goose-necked trailer through the gravel parking lot and…
Tiger owner, animals evaluated after second call for help by James Muñoz Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:26 PM BCSO: No tigers loose in N. Bexar County, owner was confused Gallery SEE ALL 2 PHOTOS » Though the Tuesday alert about…
Claws and Paws Updated: Tuesday, 08 Nov 2011, 2:43 PM MST Published : Monday, 07 Nov 2011, 11:02 PM MST By STEVE KRAFFT FOX 10 News PHOENIX – He was at one time the star at the Wildlife World Zoo in the west valley. Orion the tiger cub, like other cubs born there, received his…