Manatee dies while receiving medical care at Florida state park: report

How manatees won over an entire village

BARRA DO MAMANGUAPE — Brazil. It’s hard to imagine today, but manatees were once hunted and eaten. These gentle sea mammals were considered a delicacy in Brazil, with their meat consumed by local fishermen and their skin and oil exported to Europe during colonial times. This exploitation pushed the species to the brink of extinction. Fortunately, those days are long gone. In Barra do Mamanguape—a fishing community on Brazil’s northeastern coast—…

Manatee dies while receiving medical care at Florida state park: report

Video above: Manatees gather at TECO Manatee Viewing Center as water temperatures drop HOMOSASSA, Fla. (WFLA) -- A manatee died while in the care of staff at a Florida state park, a federal report shows. A manatee named Shantay was found dead in a medical pool earlier this year, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection report dated March 5. Car crashing into Lakeland house was a double homicide: sheriff On January 23…

Manatee drowning death at state park raises concern

A recent report from the USDA revealed that a manatee, named Shantay, at the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park was found dead in an in-ground medical pool after a mishap that occurred in January. According to the details in the report, an employee began draining the pool to provide necessary medical care for Shantay. The manatee was checked on periodically. During one of the unattended periods, the pool drained more quickly th…

Manatee left unattended before death while employees drained pool at Homosassa state park: Report

A 1,000-pound female manatee named Shantay died at the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park in January after employees left her unattended while draining the pool she was in, according to a new report from the USDA.

Manatee in care at Florida state park drowned as pool drained, report finds

A state necropsy report said the manatee’s probable cause of death was “human related.”

Florida manatee Unusual Mortality Event declared over by FWC

A local study, though, says the end of the UME doesn't mean Florida's manatees are out of the woods just yet.