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Saving the Manatees

Saving the manatees — rescue by rescue, rehab by rehab Florida is scrambling to prevent another horrific year of starvation deaths among the beloved mammals By Lori Rozsa – Article Courtesy of: Washington Post ORLANDO — On an unusually cold winter morning in central Florida, Corleone the manatee was awakened before dawn by wetsuited workers […]

The Florida manatee is a subspecies of the West Indian manatee.

Article Courtesy of: Marine Mammal Commission The Florida manatee, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, is a large, slow-moving marine mammal with an elongated, round body and paddle-shaped flippers and tail. Manatees are herbivores, feeding solely on seagrass, algae and other vegetation in freshwater and estuarine systems in the southeastern United States. Florida manatees […]

Manatee Lawsuit

As Deaths Soar, Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Critical Habitat for Florida Manatees. CONTACT: Jaclyn Lopez, Center for Biological Diversity, (727) 490-9190, [email protected] Bleich, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3208, [email protected] Rose, Save the Manatee Club, (850) 570-1373, [email protected] PHOTO CREDIT: Florida Manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, USFWS More Than 1,100 Manatees Died in 2021, Largely Due to […]