Dear Dr. Doug,
I live next to a vacation rental home on a canal. The other day there were manatees in the canal. I took my daughter out to watch them. Several other neighbors also came out as well. The people renting the house next to me started squirting the manatees with a garden hose and eventually the manatees came over to drink the fresh water directly from the hose. Of course, the renters were taking tons of photographs. I politely told the man it was illegal to feed or water the manatee and he then proceeded to berate me in front of my daughter and neighbors, saying that I should mind my own business and âThanks for ruining his vacation!â Isnât it illegal to feed and water manatees? Who can I call if I see this happening again?
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A manatee was recently discovered in Florida with the word “Trump” apparently etched into its back. The grotesque assault on the wild aquatic being by persons as yet unknown drew repulsion and outrage from the public and officials.
Coming in the final days of his presidency, the obscene act provided an apt illustration of Donald Trump’s impact on the natural world while in office. Indeed, the Trump administration wasted no time in its finals days making sure that toxic legacy is etched in stone.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
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New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh
A former WWE wrestler said he is offering a $20,000 reward to find the suspects who defaced a Florida manatee by scrawling “Trump” onto its back. Dave.