sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
'We’re quite concerned': Lee County at center of Florida manatee mortality event with 65 deaths
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More than one-quarter of all documented manatee deaths so far this year have been in Lee waters, which have been at the center of a toxic red tide bloom.
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"That is a lot," said Pat Rose, director of Save the Manatee Club. "Lee County has historically been one of the worst places for manatee red tide mortalities. We’re quite concerned."
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Florida Fish and Wildlife recorded 227 manatee deaths
Statewide, 227 manatee deaths were tallied during the first three months of the year.
One hundred and nineteen of the 227 carcasses were not necropsied by biologists, who would examine the carcass to determine a cause of death.
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https://www.news-press.com/story/ne...y-waters-largely-due-to-red-tide/70103213007/
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More than one-quarter of all documented manatee deaths so far this year have been in Lee waters, which have been at the center of a toxic red tide bloom.
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"That is a lot," said Pat Rose, director of Save the Manatee Club. "Lee County has historically been one of the worst places for manatee red tide mortalities. We’re quite concerned."
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Florida Fish and Wildlife recorded 227 manatee deaths
Statewide, 227 manatee deaths were tallied during the first three months of the year.
One hundred and nineteen of the 227 carcasses were not necropsied by biologists, who would examine the carcass to determine a cause of death.
more....
https://www.news-press.com/story/ne...y-waters-largely-due-to-red-tide/70103213007/