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An apartment fire in Pittsburgh left 4 apartments destroyed but an Alligator walked from one of them unharmed. Investigators believe the fire started from a space heater that was to close to a bed. They are currently checking on permit requirements for the Alligator and seeing if it has any. Also found in the fire was a damaged AK-47 Investigators are also checking the legality of that.
The West Alabama Reptile Expo, hosted by Will and Angie Pridmore (proud owners of Dixie Pythons & Boas) is designed to be educational and entertaining. From inception: the goal of the expo has been to bring a family oriented atmosphere with quality vendors to a comfortable and convenient location: offering a variety of educational experiences, animals, and supplies to the greater Birmingham, Al. area.
Whether you’re looking for quality animals, supplies, or just a fun weekend outing with the family, this expo is designed for you. Looking forward to seeing you!!!
*A portion of the proceeds from each expo helps support USARK and other organizations that promote awareness, education, and responsible care. These organizations work to protect the animals and our individual rights.
The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences has started a project to produce Anti-venom to help people in Pakistan who get bitten by snakes. About fifty thousand people per year die in Pakistan from snake bites. About 90% of those who die do so because of the lack of availability of the life saving substance. They believe if it were produced at the local level that it can mean far more lives being saved. Currently they import it from India but its only useful for one type of snake bite. The believe that producing it locally they can make it available for all 4 kinds of bites that they see and not only that. it will sell for about Rs400. Currently the imported
Anti-venom sells for about Rs1,900
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has said the Flat Tailed Horned Lizard will not be added to the Endangered Species List because its desert habitat in Southern California and Arizona is large enough for a self sustaining population. This is the forth time since 1993 that they have rejected pleas to add the lizard to the list stating that worries such as off road vehicles, military activity as well as urban development are not are bad on the species as previously thought. Each of the earlier withdraws from the listing was successfully challenged in court by Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club and the Horned Lizard Conservation Society. CBD legal director John Buse said they are trying to determine whether or not to push the issue further.
A container ship terminal is being built in Wiltshire but first there were some residents that had to be relocated. The move of the adders, grass snakes, lizards and slow worms has been organized by the Swindon-based Environment Bank Limited. The relocation though was not a local one as Robert Gillespie the companies president said
“We would have preferred to have found a more local home for the reptiles, But in this instance these sites in Wiltshire were the only ones we could identify with an environment that is almost perfect from day one.”
One of the news homes for the animals was an old military base.
“The area of land links up four of the trust’s neighboring reserves including Clattinger Farm, Oaksey Moor Farm Meadow, Swillbrook Lakes and Sandpool Farm,” said Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s Magz Knight.
“Before any translocation is done the receptor sites are checked because obviously you don’t want to bring a load of new reptiles in if there’s already a population there that is the maximum amount you should have for that kind of habitat.”
About 690 snakes, 17,000 lizards and 6,000 slow worms were collected by hand and relocated.
Mr Gillespie said they still have another 3 years of monitoring the animals to do but so far its been a great success.