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Starving Florida manatees need more than just lettuce for Christmas

December 12, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Feeding the manatees helps.  Not feeding the algal blooms that kill seagrass would help them more. CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida––The holiday season good news from the Indian River Lagoon region along the Florida east coast is that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on December 7,  2021 at last approved a Florida Wildlife Commission plan to […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Catrin Einhorn, Kimberly Miller, Lori Rozsa, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club, Thomas Eason

COVID-19: speedboat toll on manatees soars, but large land mammals get a break

July 24, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Trump administration downlisted manatees to “threatened” status before body count doubled ST. PETERSBURG, Florida; DAVIS, California––More manatees,  but fewer large land mammals,  appear to have been hit by motor vehicles during the first five months of COVID-19 lockdowns,  studies from four states show. The bad news for manatees,  reported by the Florida Fish & Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cora Berchem, Craig Pittman, Fraser Shilling, Kat Kerlin, Martine de Wit, Merritt Clifton, Paul Rivera

Hurricanes: most famous fatality was Molly the dolphin

October 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Molly’s life was microcosm of marine mammal captivity history MARATHON,  Florida––Hurricanes Harvey,  Irma,  and Maria killed more than 200-and-counting humans among them,  from Barbuda to the southern end of the Coastal Bend region of Texas,  but the best-known victim so far was apparently a dolphin,  Molly,  who was among the oldest dolphins on record. Molly […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Caribbean, Cats, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Fish, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, Marine mammals, Shelters, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Joe Roberts, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Rick Trout, Russ Rector, Stephen McCulloch

Hurricane Irma: how wildlife endured

September 12, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Any animals who could escape or hide did (See also Hurricane Irma: first reports on animals in the Caribbean islands,  Hurricane Irma: Hemingway cats & dolphin rescuer Rick Trout rode it out in the Keys ,  and Hurricane Irma: survival stories from 24 zoos & sanctuaries .) Devastating as Hurricane Irma was to Caribbean habitat from Barbuda to the […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Caribbean, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, Marine mammals, Other species, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Snakes, The Americas, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Craig Pittman, David Sutta, Jeffrey Fleming, Laura Aguilar, Marcelo Clavijo, Merritt Clifton

Snooty, 69, last Florida manatee without propeller scars, drowns in tank

August 4, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Oldest manatee on record was second born in captivity          BRADENTON,  Florida––Snooty,  69,  both the oldest Florida manatee on record and the only Florida manatee on record who lacked scars from boat propellers,  drowned on July 22,  2017 at the South Florida Aquarium in Bradenton,  his almost lifelong home. Snooty had two scars on his […]

Filed Under: Animal sentience & intelligence, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Science, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Craig Pittman, Georgis Vathis, Joe Moore, Merritt Clifton, Paula Langford Nichols, Prins Valdemar, R.J. Walters, Samuel Stout

Favor to speedboaters: Trump administration downlists manatees

April 1, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

But manatees may benefit from global warming           HOMOSASSA SPRINGS,  Florida––After a record 104 Florida manatees were killed by speeding boaters in 2016,  one might almost expect the March 30,  2017 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announcement that Florida manatees are no longer officially endangered to be followed by a shout of “April Fool!” But […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Caribbean, Central America, Conservation, Endangered species, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, Mexico, South America, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Craig Pittman, Frank Jackalone, James "Buddy" Powell, Merritt Clifton

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