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At Least 841 Manatees Have Died in Florida in Just the First Six Months of 2021 Share Filed to:algal bloom ann shortellebayer agbrevard county floridadee ann millenvironmentindian river lagoonmammalsmanateemarine mammalred tideron desantissave the manatee clubsewage treatmentsireniansst johns riververtebrateswest indian manatee A manatee recovering at a critical care centre in ZooTampa at Lowry Park in Tampa, Florida, in January 2021. (Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui / AFP, Getty Images) Manatees, the gentle giants of the seas, are perishing in unprecedented numbers. As the TC Palm reports, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) data released last Friday shows that a record 841 West Indian manatees died during the first six months of 2021, with the deaths disproportionately clustered in Brevard County’s 251 km stretch of the Indian River Lagoon. That’s more than 2013, when an estimated 830 manatees died of exposure to red tide.

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