We have a complicated relationship with wild animals – they can pose a danger to us, but we can also pose a grave threat to them. Cities expanding into the natural habitat puts the animals – and the people living there – in occasional peril. However, some are working towards making the world a better place for animals.
One of those unique people is Adam Warwick, who decided to devote his life to wildlife at a very young age. One day, while working with a team in Florida, one of the United States’ most dangerous predators wandered into the ocean and started drowning. Without thinking twice, Warwick ran into the ocean, risking his own life to save the drowning animal. Did this hero and the creature in need survive? Read on to find out…
1. Wildlife Preservation and Conservation
Due to its size, the United States contains some of the most diverse wildlife in the world. Rare, often endangered species of animals live in America, some on the brink of extinction. These creatures find themselves powerless in the modern world and often struggle to survive.
Thankfully, in Florida, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission helps protect the safety of both the animals and the people who cohabitate the same areas. A typical day can consist of some pretty strange situations: what to do when a giant alligator comes waltzing onto a golf course, how to deal with invasive species, the list goes on.
One day, the Commission was called to the town of Alligator Point on one of the strangest calls they’ve ever received…
