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TAMPA, Fla. — Two Florida manatees whose living conditions at a Miami aquarium sparked online outrage have been escorted across the state by a caravan of wildlife officials to their
America’s loneliest manatee has finally been moved after the mammal was left to live out his twilight years in a tiny 30ft concrete pool in Miami and forced to live separately from his mate Juliet.
A pair of manatees, named Romeo and Juliet, who have resided at Miami Seaquarium since the late 1950's, have been successfully relocated to Tampa under the direction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to the ZooTampa.
Three manatees were moved — two to ZooTampa, one to SeaWorld in Orlando
Cynthia Stringfield had barely slept by the time she reached the Miami Seaquarium parking lot early Tuesday morning. She had been awake since 4 a.m. and was restless the night before. The day she’d anticipated for weeks was finally here: It was manatee moving day, and Stringfield was going along for the five-hour ride to Tampa. This was not just any manatee. This was Romeo, a 2,100-pound hunk ...