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One of two men caught illegally poaching three endangered Key deer was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months in federal custody. The other received supervised…
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The endangered Key deer herd was already coming out of a tough year — the herd lost more than 100 animals to New World screwworm.So when the eye of…
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Federal wildlife managers in the Florida Keys have a message for residents: Please stop feeding the endangered deer.Since Irma washed over Cudjoe Key…
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Update July 6: The captured buck was euthanized Thursday morning, after an evaluation by a veterinarian, according to Keys refuge manager Dan Clark. The…
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It appears the endangered Key deer are winning the battle against the deadly screwworm fly.But U.S. Fish & Wildlife officials are taking no chances as the…
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A Key deer was euthanized this week after it was found to be infested with screwworm. That's the bad news.The good news is that it had been almost a month…
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People in the Keys have been living alongside Key deer for a long time. And for ages, wildlife officials have implored people: Don't feed the deer.But now…
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Federal authorities hope sterile screwworm fly releases and treating the Key deer will save the endangered species, which lives only on a few islands of…
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Since a screwworm infestation was identified in the Lower Keys, more than 10 million sterile screwworm flies have been released on eight islands.Sterile…
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A pest that had been eradicated from the U.S. has re-appeared in the Lower Florida Keys.It's the first local infestation of New World screwworm in the…
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Key deer were almost hunted to extinction. By 1950, as few as 25-50 of the animals were left.But the creation of the National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine…