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In early 2022, Bear Warriors United and its legal team partnered with Texas Aquatic Harvesting to apply for a permit from FDACS to mechanically harvest and transport hyacinths and hydrilla to and for starving manatees. After a stringent 5 month application process, the partnership qualified for and was granted the state permit!  A representative for BearContinue reading “Bear Warriors United receives permit to harvest and transport hyacinth and hydrilla for manatees”

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is currently not requesting for State or Federal Funding for their Manatee feeding program. They are receiving donations from the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida and only have the budget to feed 3,000 lbs of Romaine Lettuce a day to the Manatees at the Florida Power and LightContinue reading “What is the difference between a “Manatee Feeding Program” and a “Manatee Starvation Prevention Program”?”

This is a side by side comparison of the Mortality events taking and to showcase the lack of information being shared with the public. HERE is a link to all of the annual reports of Manatee Mortalities. From the F.W.C Website: SOURCE LINKED HERE “The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the U.S.Continue reading “PathoBiology Laboratory Reports from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission”

November 17, 2021  Via Certified Mail  Shawn Hamilton  Secretary of Department of Environmental Protection   3900 Commonwealth Boulevard M.S. 49  Tallahassee, FL 32399  Re: 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue Regarding Violations of the Endangered  Species Act regarding harm and death to manatees under the Endangered Species  Act.  Dear Secretary Hamilton,  On behalf of the FloridaContinue reading “Bear Warriors United Sues State for Manatee Starvation”

Water Hyacinth is part of  Manatees’ Natural Diet’ This information is sourced from SeaWorld’s Website LINKED HERE “Diet Preferences & Resources” “Food Intake” “Method of Feeding” “Fresh Water” “Both the West Indian and West African manatees may require a source of fresh water for drinking. Manatees have been seen drinking fresh water from hoses, sewageContinue reading “Information from Sea World: Water Hyacinth is part of Manatees’ Natural Diet”

On February 16th, the Police Department wrote inaccurate statments on their Facebook which read: PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FEED MANATEES WATER HYACINTH! Water hyacinth is being dumped into the DeSoto Park canal, and other waterways in the city, in an attempt to feed the manatees. Feeding manatees is illegal, and water hyacinth is alsoContinue reading “Katrina’s Response to the Satellite Beach Police Social Media Post on Feeding Manatees Water Hyacinth”

PLEASE, I am down on my knees begging all of you; to please, for the love of all that is sacred and holy on this Earth,  FEED THE DESOTO CANAL MANATEES IMMEDIATELY. Click this Photo Album to see the photos of a Starving Manatee in the DeSoto Canal this past month. I have made the requestContinue reading “Manatee Dying in Pain During A Starvation Event- Our Email to F.W.C Feb. 2022”

Here is a video of people saving a manatee within the De Soto Canal. “Unified Command staff are continuing the supplemental feeding trial for manatees at the Temporary Field Response Station in Brevard County, operating 7 days a week. Staff are also collecting and evaluating as many carcasses along the Atlantic coast as possible. ThroughContinue reading “People Saving a Starving Manatee in the De Soto Canal”

Here is more infomraiton on the Army Corp of Engineers Project which left 33 stranded manatees wihtin the Port St. Lucie Locks since they drained it.