Animals

The city of Chiefland recently proposed an ordinance that could pose fines for pet owners if their dogs barking causes too many noise complaints.

A UF student organized a group of local photographers to take pictures of animals up for adoption at the Alachua County Humane Society after discovering that shelter animals with professional photos had increased rates of adoption.

Alachua County Animal Shelter is under a 10-day quarantine due to an outbreak of infection. ACAS should reopen on March 4 if animals are medically cleared.

The Alachua County Youth Fair Board worked with the county's Board of County Commissioners to deliver the new, 50-by-175-foot barn, which has a ribbon-cutting ceremony set for Saturday, Feb. 27.

Alachua County Commissioners postpone proposal to make animal acts regulations stricter for county fairgrounds, leaving more room for public input.

The Rules Committee voted 5-4 to reject a measure (SB 1364) that would have created a public-records exemption for personal information — such as names, dates of birth, addresses and telephone numbers — of people getting hunting licenses from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Florida saw the highest number of shark attacks in 2015, but local residents and researchers are not surprised by the data - and they're not afraid to keep surfing either.

A Florida panther is hit by a car and killed on Tuesday making it the fourth panther this year to be killed by a vehicle. Experts say the increase of panther and human populations could be conflicting with each other.

A Florida panther was found dead on Interstate 75. So far, five Florida panthers have been found dead in 2016, with four road fatalities.