Brevard Zoo prepares to open new manatee rehab center
The Brevard Zoo is nearing completion of its new manatee rehabilitation center, providing a safe space for nursing ...
How an Orlando manatee star departed EPCOT for new home
Lil Joe, perhaps the most traveled and best known manatee ever, was bid farewell from Disney’s EPCOT on a shivery, drizzly ...
Tampa Bay Times7 天
Rescued from St. Pete waters, a baby manatee gets a second chance
Greenlit, I headed to the zoo’s David A. Straz Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center on Thursday. The center is expanding to include more tanks, essentially hospital beds. Manatees arrive with cold ...
Animal Welfare Institute11 个月
Henaut, Y., Delfour, F. 2023. Manatees in zoological parks throughout the world: History ...
The living conditions of captive manatees differ considerably from zoo to zoo (i.e., numbers, sex ratio, outdoor vs. indoor habitats, complex vs. simple habitats). Most research on manatee behaviour ...
Star-News14 天
Now healthy, rescued NC manatee released back into the wild in Florida
The first manatee ever rescued in North Carolina was released back into the wild Thursday after spending a few weeks recovering at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. The manatee had been found by ...
WTVD13 天
Manatee rescued in Greenville freed back into ocean near Florida beach
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A manatee rescued in Pitt County last fall was freed Friday back into the ocean. Nicknamed Pamlico, the nine-foot manatee was rescued on Nov. 18, 2024, from a Tar River ...