Feline Health

. The Florida panther is close to extinction a record 23 were killed in 2009 mainly by automobile collisions leaving about 100 individuals in the wild the Center for Biological Diversity and others have therefore called for a special protected area for the panther to be established Manatees are also dying at a rate higher than their reproduction American flamingos are rare to see in Florida due to being hunted in the 1900s where it was to a point considered completely extirpated Now the flamingos are reproducing toward making a comeback to South Florida since it is adamantly considered native to the state and also are now being protected. . Another major Cuban exodus occurred in 1994 to prevent it from becoming another Mariel Boatlift the Clinton Administration announced a significant change in U.S policy In a controversial action the administration announced that Cubans interdicted at sea would not be brought to the United States but instead would be taken by the Coast Guard to U.S military installations at Guantanamo Bay or to Panama During an eight-month period beginning in the summer of 1994 over 30,000 Cubans and more than 20,000 Haitians were interdicted and sent to live in camps outside the United States, Airboating has become a popular ecotourism attraction in the Everglades How a government governs a country (governance) can affect the operations of a firm the government might be corrupt hostile or totalitarian; and may have a negative image around the globe a firm's reputation can change if it operates in a country controlled by that type of government Also an unstable political situation can be a risk for multinational firms Elections or any unexpected political event can change a country's situation and put a firm in an awkward position Political risks are the likelihood that political forces will cause drastic changes in a country's business environment that hurt the profit and other goals of a business enterprise Political risk tends to be greater in countries experiencing social unrest When political risk is high there is a high probability that a change will occur in the country's political environment that will endanger foreign firms there Corrupt foreign governments may also take over the company without warning as seen in Venezuela. Hamilton Disston's land sale notice See also: List of amusement parks in Greater Orlando List of shopping malls in the Miami metropolitan area and List of casinos in Florida. Population Hialeah 224,669 226,419 Miami-Dade Before the construction of routes under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 Florida began construction of a long cross-state toll road Florida's Turnpike the first section from Fort Pierce south to the Golden Glades Interchange was completed in 1957 After a second section north through Orlando to Wildwood (near present-day the Villages) and a southward extension around Miami to Homestead it was finished in 1974. After desegregation Bethune Elementary was converted into a head-start school 1950 249,276 44.8% Some of the driest land in the Everglades is pineland (also called pine rockland) ecosystem located in the highest part of the Everglades with little to no hydroperiod Some floors however may have flooded solution holes or puddles for a few months at a time the most significant feature of the pineland is the single species of South Florida slash pine (Pinus elliottii) Pineland communities require fire to maintain them and the trees have several adaptations that simultaneously promote and resist fire the sandy floor of the pine forest is covered with dry pine needles that are highly flammable South Florida slash pines are insulated by their bark to protect them from heat Fire eliminates competing vegetation on the forest floor and opens pine cones to germinate seeds a period without significant fire can turn pineland into a hardwood hammock as larger trees overtake the slash pines the understory shrubs in pine rocklands are the fire-resistant saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) and West Indian lilac (Tetrazygia bicolor) the most diverse group of plants in the pine community are the herbs of which there are two dozen species These plants contain tubers and other mechanisms that allow them to sprout quickly after being charred!

3 Academics Predevelopment flow direction of water from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay Source: U.S Geological Survey, In 2015 Florida broke the 100-million visitor mark for the first time in state history by hosting a record 105 million visitors the state has set tourism records for eight consecutive years most recently breaking the 120-million visitor mark for the first time in 2018 with 126.1 million visitors reported! . . .