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| 2/15/2018

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› FWC: Floridians can no longer feed wild monkeys
As of February 11th, a new amendment to a General Prohibition Rule in the state of Florida bans the public from feeding wild monkeys. Free-roaming, non-human primates join coyotes, foxes, raccoons, bears, pelicans and sandhill cranes as species included in this rule. Also read more at WFTX.

› One of state's largest shooting parks taking shape in South Florida
Gunshots could start ringing out as early as the fall at one of the state’s largest shooting ranges, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

› Nursing students welcome new law in Florida
The law went into effect Jan. 19 and it allows for licensed practical nurses and registered nurses who are licensed in one compact state to now practice in any of the other 28 compact states without having to obtain additional licenses.

› Online pet retailer Chewy seeks 400 'kind' people for customer service
Online pet retailer Chewy already has hired 1,000 workers for its new 24-hour, 7-day-a-week, customer-service center in Hollywood — and it plans to hire another 400 within the next six months.

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