Inside the fight to save Florida manatees
Biologists take drastic measures to save Florida manatees at risk of starvation
Race to Rescue Manatees Dying At Unprecedented Rate in Florida
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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 […]
Pollution Killing Manatees
ARTICLE COURTESY OF: Florida Phoenix ~ MICHAEL MOLINE Environmentalists threaten EPA with lawsuit over the pollution killing manatees. Nitrogen and phosphorus discharges endanger their food source. An environmentalist coalition has served notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unless it intervenes with state regulators to halt the release of pollutants into […]
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 […]