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• A bi-partisan group of eleven members of Florida’s congressional delegation have co-signed a letter objecting to the downgraded status of the West Indian manatee.
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• This is the time of year when manatees start migrating to warmer waters, and state wildlife officials are urging boaters to slow down.
Florida’s manatee population is up, with 6,250 counted back in February. Yet boat strikes have killed 91 manatee so far this year.
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• Scientists invited by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to weigh in on a proposal to reclassify the West Indian manatee as threatened rather than endangered are arguing against the change.
Their comments are among tens of thousands the federal agency has received about the proposal.
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• A 90-day comment period wraps up this week on whether the West Indian manatee should be reclassified as a “threatened” species.
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• A public hearing is Saturday in Orlando on a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to reclassify the Florida manatee as threatened. Now they’re considered endangered.
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• Manatee advocates are protesting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal that the Florida manatee be downlisted from endangered to threatened. Fish and Wildlife says improvements in the animal’s habitat and population mean it no longer is endangered.
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• A rescued orphan manatee continues her rehabilitation at SeaWorld. The 2-week-old calf was found alone in the Tomoka River.
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