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Amid a high level of manatee mortality, Manatee County s Bishop Museum of Science and Nature will receive more than $500,000 from the state to expand its care program to help save the manatees.
Six-hundred thirty-one manatee deaths have been recorded in Florida’s waters so far this year, two-hundred thirty-three fewer than last year at the same time. However Marine Mammal Veterinarian Dr. Martine de Wit pointed out that is still 150 deaths above the 5-year average.