All posts tagged Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)

Katherine McGill & Kate MacFall: discussing proposed changes to Florida’s trapping regulations

By | July 20, 2022 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Legislation, Wildlife | No comments

Katherine McGill (who runs 411 Wildlife Solutions, a humane wildlife control company) and Kate MacFall (Florida State Director for The Humane Society of the United States)–both of whom bring considerable expertise to this discussion of proposed changes to Florida’s trapping regulations—start by addressing a fundamental question: Why do people trap? Read more…

Spencer Conover, Assistant Director of Pasco County Animal Services

By | July 6, 2022 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Spencer Conover— Assistant Director of Pasco County Animal Services (PCAS), whose work has received national acclaim, partly accounting for his being viewed as a rising star in the animal shelter world—recounts growing up in a conventional household regarding animals (they had a dog and a cat), but a pivotal memory was the family taking in a stray calico they thought was male, but later had a litter of kittens. Read more…

Danielle Hall, wildlife ecologist

By | April 6, 2022 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Pets, Rescue | No comments

Danielle Hall—a wildlife ecologist, who, drawing on her professional expertise and her longtime personal passion for animals, has stepped into an intense human-versus-animal battle that’s erupted over vultures in a Tampa neighborhood—explains what a wildlife ecologist is, and does. Read more…