The APRIL 2019 Volume 19 Issue 4 CreekLineA Florida NewsLine Publication page 17 page 3 Get to Know . page 26 page 28 BFF Best Furry Friend Mark Tillman Briefs Puzzles Florida NewsLine New tiger cubs at under new ownership By Martie Thompson St. Augustine Wild Reserve [email protected] By NewsLine Staff [email protected] Havana Publishing Group, Inc. has bought Florida NewsLine and all com- Recently, the St. Augustine Wild Re- listed as critically munity newspapers published under its serve received two new tiger cubs, Rupa endangered (the banner. Florida NewsLine publishes The and Shiva, from an animal compound Malayan tiger CreekLine, Mandarin NewsLine, Ponte out of state. The cubs were born in and Sumatran Vedra NewsLine, The Ocean Breeze and November 2018. tiger). Of the Players Journal. nine original tiger “Our new orange cubs have settled subspecies listed, This is a full- in very well,” said St. Augustine Wild circle event for only five sub- Reserve founder Deborah Warrick. “My Havana Publishing species remain: Group owner and staff has leash trained them, enabling the Bengal tiger, Photos courtesy Deborah Warrick publisher, Mark them to go for daily walks outside of Indochinese tiger, Shiva and Rupa their habitat.” Pettus, who previ- Sumatran tiger, Siberian tiger and Ma- at the St. Augustine Wild Reserve, they ously was pub- In what Warrick calls an added bonus, layan tiger. will leave here with a better understand- lisher of Florida ing of the diversity of wildlife in the NewsLine from the reserve also acquired a 14-month- According to Warrick, the illegal trade Photo courtesy Mark Pettus world, and take steps to protect it.” late 2015 through Mark Pettus old white tigress named Gita, who is in wildlife nets organized crime of more already leash trained. early 2017. than $20 billion a year, second only to Owned by Warrick, who holds a the illegal trade in drugs. Tiger parts are “It is great to be involved with these Warrick said tigers are the largest of the bachelor’s degree in Biology as well as a amazing community newspapers again. I cat family, but they are nearing extinc- in demand in Asian medicines and un- master’s in Veterinary Forensic Science, look forward to working with our great tion because of poaching, the illegal fortunately, for some, tigers are worth and staffed by a host of volunteers, the staff to ensure that we continue to be trade in wildlife and habitat loss (due more dead than alive. St. Augustine Wild Reserve is always our readers’ favorite newspapers,” Pettus in need of new caging and supplies as to humans who over-harvest timber, “At the St. Augustine Wild Reserve, said. well as volunteers. Email wildreserve@ and human encroachment onto lands we educate our guests about the plight aol.com if you have building/welding Pettus, who took over the leadership formerly occupied by tigers). The of wild tigers and other endangered or fence working skills or would like to of a 73-year-old newspaper company overhunting of the tiger’s natural prey species,” Warrick said. “Preserving volunteer. The reserve cannot take in in Havana, Fla., just north of Tallahas- species by humans is also causing their these species starts at the bottom, with additional rescued animals without pub- see, in 2017 has a lengthy and varied decline. There are only about 3,500 the consumer. If people stop purchas- lic support, since it does not receive any newspaper background. He worked as a tigers left in the wild, compared to ing products that contain tiger parts, government funding. The St. Augustine reporter, editor and publisher locally in more than 100,000 tigers as little as 100 or ivory from elephants, there will no the Northeast Florida area for 15 years. Wild Reserve is a 501(c)3 tax exempt years ago. Listed as endangered by the longer be a demand for such items. We International Union for the Conserva- organization. Florida NewsLine began in 2001 as RT hope that when visitors view our beauti- Publishing, Inc., when it published the tion of Nature, two tiger subspecies are ful new tiger cubs, and our other tigers Wild Reserve cont. on pg. 18 first issue of The CreekLine, serving NW St. Johns County. Advertising sales representative Linda Gay was an original Meet new Northwest employee of the company, followed a year later by editor Martie Thompson. Commander Kevin Cronin Both still perform these roles today. By Martie Thompson [email protected] Over the years, new periodicals were Kevin Cronin has been a resident of assigned to the Northwest District, added: Mandarin NewsLine in 2006, NW St. Johns County for 19 years — including patrol (which has four shifts and in March he was promoted by the to work 24 hours a day, seven days a New Ownership cont. on pg. 19 St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office to week) a detective group and support Photo courtesy Kevin Cronin Commander of the Northwest District. personnel. The group operates mostly NW District Commander Kevin Cronin recently attended out of a satellite office in the Northwest the grand opening of Home Depot in Durbin Pavilion. “I’ve lived in the Northwest my entire Annex, although the main office for the to be effective in their jobs,” Cronin career with the sheriff’s office,” Cronin St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is in said. “I also welcome the opportunity to Permit No.4 Permit US Postage Paid US said. “I like living where I work and be- Callahan, FL 32011 Callahan, St. Augustine. 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