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Residents in one Florida city have launched a campaign against the use of rodent poisons that are killing a family of owls.

Two of three baby owls born on New Year's Eve in Safety Harbor have now died due to eating poisoned rats.
Two of three baby owls born on New Year's Eve in Safety Harbor have now died due to eating poisoned rats. (Photo by Mark Schocken)

FLORIDA — Florida law enforcement employees and teachers were in the news this week for violating the public's trust. A football coach was accused of molesting a player, a child investigative worker was arrested for falsifying reports and a forensic investigator was fired for failing to do her job properly.

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