Tag: removal
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Man stung by killer bees more than 150 times while trimming a tree
By Kristy Wolski, Reporter Last Updated: Saturday, August 7, 2010 SAFETY HARBOR — A day on the job could have been deadly for a group of landscapers on Saturday afternoon. The group was cutting down a tree at a house on 3rd Street South when killer bees started to swarm. Anthony Cimillo was one of…
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Whats up with raccoons?
As we’ve mentioned, the habitable space for raccoons and other wildlife is steadily shrinking, but the raccoon population is burgeoning. That is probably due to, well, an evolution of sorts. Raccoons are on the higher side of the animal intelligence scale, and have learned better than most species how to co-exist (actually blend in) with…
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Seminole County Bear Attack
A Heathrow man who thought he heard raccoons rummaging through his garbage got the scare of his life when a Florida black bear attacked him, he said today. David Amsler, 34, took a golf club with him when he went outside on Sept. 26 to frighten away what he thought were raccoons near his garage.…
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The laws concerning the Florida Python Hunt can be confusing.
People seem to be under the impression that the Everglades are now full of hundreds of snake hunters on airboats randomly catching pythons and other large snakes, then collecting a bounty from the state of Florida. That is not the case at all. Those few who are permitted by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission…
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Python Killing Neighborhood Cats
PORT ORANGE, Fla. — Homeowners who have dangerous wild pythons slithering around their houses may be stuck with them. While the state is cracking down on wild pythons and, for the first time, allowing hunters to kill the snakes in the Everglades, a Port Orange family is having trouble getting someone to get the python…
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Deadly Snake Attack in Florida
OXFORD, FL – An 8 1/2 foot long Burmese Python escaped from an aquarium during the night, in a home with 3 small children sleeping in their beds. When the owner discovered the snake missing in the morning, two year old Shaiunna Hare had already had the life squeezed from her. In the 911 call to police,…
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The big snakes are moving in.
Every once in a while, we get a call to remove a snake, and when I we get there we find a huge python or boa constrictor. These are considered “domestics”, and it is always assumed that they were set loose by some irresponsible owner who could no longer feed and take care of the…
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Whats that smell in the closet?
On Friday we responded to a call about an odor in a closet. When we arrived we could tell that it was definitely a dead animal odor. The tech went into the attic and retrieved a female rat and 4 young. He then treated the area with enzymes to eliminate the odor, problem solved! Or…
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Wanted: New lodgings for family of five.
This week our guy Tommy went on a call about raccoons in an attic. Its a nice neighborhood out in the country, so it sometimes attracts unwelcomed visitors from the nearby Florida wilderness. Accompanied by our company Vice President Christy, the outside of the home was checked and sure enough, the soffit was pulled away…
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Coyote Season
This time of year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) sees an increase in the number of reports of coyotes in urban neighborhoods — and not unexpectedly. As development encroaches upon wildlife habitat, encounters between wildlife and humans are bound to increase, and the coyote is no exception. There is no reason for…