Florida Planning To Feed Starving Manatees In New Trial Program
Normally giving food to wild animals is considered off limits.
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Normally giving food to wild animals is considered off limits.
St. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Normally giving food to wild animals is considered off limits, but the dire situation in Florida with more than 1,000 manatees dying from starvation due to manmade pollution is leading officials to consider an unprecedented feeding plan.
"It's the entire ecosystem that is affected by this and will be affected for a decade to come."
Test feeding plan in works for starving Florida manatees
More than half of the record 1,017 manatee deaths in Florida this year are in the Lagoon, which stretches through several counties. Researchers say about 90 percent of the sea grass in the Lagoon has died off.