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Wildlife management agencies are preparing for another potential round of mass manatee deaths they fear could occur as early as winter. We re working to expand the facilities and we re doing that in case we have more mortalities this winter, said Larry Williams, a manatee biologist and expert for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the federal agency charged with protecting endangered and threatened animals. There are a very high number of abandoned calves. So preparing for next winter, we re working with groups to expand and make sure they have the permits.
Florida has already broken the state record for the number of documented manatee deaths in a year, with the total number quickly approaching 900.
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Florida wildlife management agencies met to discuss the Unusual Mortality Event, or UME, that has claimed hundreds of manatees in the Indian River Lagoon.