Coyote numbers rising in South Florida, but trapping sporadic at best
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — The brownish-gray coyote bared its teeth and snarled as Ralph Pfister arrived to open the steel trap that held it by the leg. A young male, it had succumbed to the irresistible bait combination of dead skunk and rival canine poop placed on the side of a dirt road running through the expansive Adams Ranch. read more
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The computer that changed a life
Christina Bakanoff-Adams started showing signs of multiple sclerosis when she was 9 years old. By the time she was 19, she was in a wheelchair. The vivacious 36-year-old, who grew up in Scotts Valley, is now paralyzed from the neck down and controls her wheelchair using her chin.
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Second K-9 unit joins South Lake Tahoe police
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The newest member of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department is a two-year-old from the Czech Republic. Argo, a German Shepherd, became the second police dog in the department on Feb. 15 when officers picked him up from Kreative Kennels in Turlock, Calif. The new police dog, with handler Mark Hounsell, joins the department’s Belgian Malinois, Duke, and Officer Tony …
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