SAVE FLORIDA MANATEES
FLORIDA MANATEES - Florida manatees are dying at an alarming rate!
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 seagrass mitigation bill threatens Florida Manatees. (SB 198 and HB 349) Environmental group says more manatees will die if Florida’s seagrass mitigation bill passes. ~ Ocean Conservancy The proposed bill follows the deadliest year for manatees in Florida history.Leaders of one of the country’s oldest marine conservation groups say a bill being considered by lawmakers would […]
Test feeding plan in works to feed starving Florida manatees. “Manatees have long struggled to survive with humans.” Article courtesy of: AP News St. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Normally giving food to wild animals is considered off limits, but the dire situation in Florida with more than 1,000 manatees dying from starvation due to manmade […]
