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Puerto Rican manatee rescue center serving as model for all of Latin America
An image of a manatee on 19 February 2021 at the Puerto Rico Manatee Conservation Center at Interamerican University s Bayamon campus, located near San Juan, Puerto Rico. EPA-EFE/Thais Llorca
The director of the Puerto Rico Manatee Conservation Center, marine science professor Antonio Mignucci, talks to Efe on 19 February 2019 alongside a pair of manatee calves at that facility located at Interamerican University s Bayamon campus, near San Juan, Puerto Rico. EPA-EFE/Thais Llorca
Silma Escobar, a worker at the Puerto Rico Manatee Conservation Center, plays on 19 February 2021 with Guacara, an adult manatee that has been at that facility since suffering an injured lung in a watercraft accident in 2010. The center is located at Interamerican University s Bayamon campus, near San Juan, Puerto Rico. EPA-EFE/Thais Llorca