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South Tampa woman gets service animal

By Clark Brooks | January 19, 2023

Bethany Britney of South Tampa is the new recipient of a service animal for day-to-day tasks, thanks to her father, a retired coal miner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “I guess it occurred to him that I have a pretty easy time of it,” she said. “So he bought me a hinder monkey.” “She’s attractive and has…

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Morbidly obese monkey captured near Hillsborough River

By Josh Santos | March 5, 2019 |

Tampa Boat Authority – Hillsborough County – Tuesday 3.5.2019 Animal control experts have announced the recent capture of an 80-pound macaque monkey that has evaded expert trappers in the Seminole Heights neighborhood since 2014. “The monkey wasn’t that big when we lost him,” says Tampa Zoo monkey handler Deliais McSkeets about “Eddie” the missing monkey.…

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