Once Nearly Extinct, The Florida Panther Is Making A Comeback

Good News Notes: “Brian Kelly, a panther biologist for the state of Florida, opens a creaking gate near Fisheating Creek, a narrow ribbon of preserved land just west of Lake Okeechobee. The path leads from trucks rumbling by on U.S. Highway 27 to a world of towering oaks, cypress heads and a tannic-stained creek that…

Saginaw zoo gets two-toed sloth named Okra Mae

Good News Notes: “The Saginaw Children’s Zoo recently added a new member to its family. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, zoo officials announced a Hoffman’s two-toed sloth named Okra Mae is the newest addition to the Saginaw Children’s Zoo, 1730 S. Washington Ave. Okra came from  Zoo Atlanta, an association of zoos and aquariums in an…