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A sun-bleached skull, scattered ribs and the decaying husks of dozens of manatees sully the smooth tan sand on a handful of mangrove islands north of Manatee Cove Park in Brevard County.
The emaciated remains, reported by waterfront residents or spotted by boaters, have been collected and dumped on the sandy outcroppings by state wildlife officers, turning these idyllic tropical settings into sea cow mass graveyards.
The smell of death owns the air. Vultures own the sky above as they circle what is quickly becoming an environmental catastrophe.
The manatees are dying by the hundreds
Up and down the Sunshine State, manatees, the gentle giants of the inland waterways, are dying en masse. They are, in fact, starving to death. The mangrove coves and canals that once were havens for the creatures are increasingly empty of them. Decades of conservation success have given way to jumbles of bones and rotting carcasses all around Florida.
A sun-bleached skull, scattered ribs and the decaying husks of dozens of manatees sully the smooth tan sand on a handful of mangrove islands north of Manatee Cove Park in Brevard County.
The emaciated remains, reported by waterfront residents or spotted by boaters, have been collected and dumped on the sandy outcroppings by state wildlife officers, turning these idyllic tropical settings into sea cow mass graveyards.
The smell of death owns the air. Vultures own the sky above as they circle what is quickly becoming an environmental catastrophe.
The manatees are dying by the hundreds
Up and down the Sunshine State, manatees, the gentle giants of the inland waterways, are dying en masse. They are, in fact, starving to death. The mangrove coves and canals that once were havens for the creatures are increasingly empty of them. Decades of conservation success have given way to jumbles of bones and rotting carcasses all around Florida.
Cincinnati Zoo s rehabbed manatee Truffleshuffle returns to native Florida waters Share Updated: 2:07 PM EST Feb 16, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 2:07 PM EST Feb 16, 2021
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Show Transcript MIKE: THESE ARE THREE DIFFERENT R’S. OUR ZOO IS ONE OF ONLY TWO ZOOS TO NURSE MANATEES BACK TO HEALTH SO THAT THEY CAN RETURN TO THE WILD. KELLY: TWO HEALTHY MANATEES WERE PREPPED AND FLOWN BACK TO FLORIDA, BUT OUR ZOO WELCOMED ITS 20TH MANATEE AS PART OF ITS PROGRAM. ALLISON: WE ARE HERE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR RECENT RESIDENT. HE WAS PRETTY SMALL TO BE BY HIMSELF, A LITTLE OVER 200 POUNDS WHEN THEY FOUND HIM. THEY GET ANIMALS WHO ARE JUST ORPHANED, SICK OR INJURED. ALLISON: THEY AIM TO GET HIM AND HIS FRIEND HEALTHY ENOUGH TO GO BACK INTO THE WILD. BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM FLORIDA AND EASY TO RETURN TO THE WILD BECAUSE OF THEIR SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND WHAT THEY NEED, WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS. WE WANT TO GET T
terror watch list. challenging the rich. i ll talk to an ivy league professor who is urging wealthy americans to give up their tax savings. manatees on the move. and the man called himself the crossbow cannibal. and some of his horrific crimes were caught on camera. martin fletcher has details for london. he s a psychology graduate, a ph.d. student in criminology. he called himself the crossbow cannibal. he pled guilty to three murders within a year. this is the face of a serial killer with a powerful crossbow, taunting the camera. this is a voice taunting his ex-girlfriend. he beat her, broke her nose, cut her with a piece of glass. i m not going to go away.
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