Florida Manatees

New Rules at Three Sisters Springs Protect Manatees!

03/03/2015

Photo By Courtesy/Alan Youngblood/Ocala Star-Banner Great news for my manatee buddies at Three Sisters Springs! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just added new rules to help protect manatees from a large visitor increase in recent years. As of Monday, March...

19 Manatees Freed from Satellite Beach Drainage Pipe!

02/25/2015

Photo By Courtesy/MyFoxOrlando Yikes! 19 of my manatee buddies got stuck in a Satellite Beach drainpipe as they headed for warmer water! The rescuers had to cut through the drainpipe to save my manatee friends. Many of the manatees had scrapes,...

Trinidad the Manatee Heading Home to Florida!

02/20/2015

Photo By Courtesy/SeaWorld San Antonio Here’s an update on Trinidad the Manatee. It was back in November 2014 when I told you he was rescued due to severe cold stress. His rescue took place in Trinity Bay, not far from Houston, Texas....

Manatee Park Manatees Mesmerize Tourists!

02/17/2015

Check this out! My manatee buddies swimming around in the Orange River at Fort Myers’ Manatee Park are having plenty of fun with tourists! The park is located at 10901 Palm Beach Blvd., just east of I-75 off of exit 141 (Palm...

Satellite Beach Manatee Mother and Calf Rescue!

02/10/2015

(Photo: Rick Neale, FLORIDA TODAY) Great News! One of my manatee female friends and her calf were rescued from the Satellite Beach canal due to cold stress! They were taken to Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...

Valentines Day Manatee Adoption!

02/05/2015

Here’s a great idea for you … adopt one of us manatees for Valentines Day! How? By contacting the Save the Manatee Club. This award-winning nonprofit organization was founded in 1981 by singer/songwriter, Jimmy Buffett, and Bob Graham, the former U.S. Senator...

Three Sisters Springs Yields to Manatee Herd!

01/29/2015

I learned the recent cold weather has forced a large heard of my manatee buddies (528 manatees) into the warm waters of Three Sisters Springs. As a result, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service closed Three Sisters Springs to swimmers, snorkelers and...

Lowry Park Zoo Manatee Rehab Milestone!

01/15/2015

I just learned that the David A. Straz Jr. Manatee Hospital located at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida released its 202nd manatee! What a milestone…Congratulations! The hospital’s focus is on critical care for injured, sick and orphaned manatees. And here’s...

Successful Magnolia River Manatee Rescue!

01/07/2015

Great news! One of my manatee buddies suffering from cold stress was rescued from the Magnolia River in Alabama. A team from SeaWorld, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

Port Wentworth Manatee Rescued!

12/18/2014

Photo by SeaWorld Great news! One of my manatee buddies suffering from cold stress, was rescued from the Savannah River at the Weyerhaeuser paper mill in Port Wentworth, Georgia. Manatees are warm-blooded and in the cold weather, we need the warm water...