County shutters pet store after puppy deaths

Pinellas County Animal Services has revoked a puppy store's pet dealer permit after investigators found an overwhelming number of local regulatory violations.

Blue Sky Puppies was one of six retailers allowed to operate in the county. Animal services officers eventually realized that dozens of deaths occurred at the shop on Ulmerton Road.

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Clearwater Aquarium biologist James ‘Buddy’ Powell dies

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Chief Zoological Officer James “Buddy” Powell, one of Florida’s preeminent wildlife biologists and an expert on the West Indian manatee, died July 19 after a brief illness. He was 70.

The Crystal River native’s pioneering research, including extensive field work, opened previously-shut scientific doors and led to the protection of habitat and stronger conservation laws for manatees, North Atlantic right whales, Rice’s whales and sea turtles.

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