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Manatee die-off season looms as another trial of feeding them lettuce

Por: Orlando Sentinel Nation December 30, 2022

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When the state’s wildlife department flung the first handful of lettuce to a starving manatee in the Indian River a year ago, it was an act of desperation driven by a catastrophic die-off and violating an environmental golden rule that animal behavior should not be messed with that way. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission cop might jail an ordinary citizen for such an offense. The stated goal of providing Florida-grown lettuce... + full article



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