As Deaths Soar, Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Critical Habitat for Florida Manatees. CONTACT: Jaclyn Lopez, Center for Biological …

As Deaths Soar, Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Critical Habitat for Florida Manatees. CONTACT: Jaclyn Lopez, Center for Biological …

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 […]

Manatees starve to death on Florida coast Article courtesy of FOX 35 Orlando – Associated Press Manatees are starving: Manatees have starved to death by the hundreds along Florida’s east coast because algae blooms and contaminants are killing the seagrass the beloved sea mammals eat, a wildlife official told a House committee Tuesday. Seagrass has […]

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 […]
