Animals

Many people regard Ocala Florida as the horse capital of the world. Horses are raised there both domestically and for racing purposes. While many people are used to gathering around the TV to watch the big races, what goes on behind the scenes? Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Jason Hackett went out …

Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park hosted a public meeting last night at the Doyle Conner Building in Gainesville. As WUFT’s Matthew Cretul reports, at the heart of the meeting was the proposed management plan of livestock currently living within the park. The full draft plan can be found on Florida’s …

Alachua County Animal Services is holding a “Spring Cleaning “ adoption event on Saturday (May 15th) from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at their headquarters on Northeast 53rd Avenue in Gainesville. The afternoon event will feature a variety of vendors and educational materials as well as food and a raffle. …

A recent outbreak of the distemper virus in several raccoons in the western section of Gainesville and Alachua County has a lot of pet owners worried. WUFT-FM’s Junior Skepple spoke to some experts about the importance of having animals immunized against the virus. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/distemper.mp3]

People are still talking about a bizarre shark attack that killed surfer Stephen Schafer. Details about the attack continue to surface as a team struggles to determine the kind of shark behind the attack, and if there was more than one. Jessica Gable has the story. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/shark.mp3]