Tampa Bay Times

Gift puts sea cow clinic on display

A major gift from a private citizen will allow the public to see what goes on behind the scenes at Lowry Park Zoo's manatee hospital. Tampa banking executive David A. Straz Jr., who also sits on the ...
Reuters

Florida rescuers struggle to save manatees hit by deadly algae

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Virginia Edmonds, standing in shallow water, used her legs to slowly nudge an ailing young manatee to one side of a treatment pool. A half dozen other female members of a ...
New York Post

Baby manatee found stranded in Florida pond due to Hurricane Helene surge

Sea cow, not pond cow. A juvenile manatee was rescued from a small pond in Florida — a mile and a half from open water — after being stranded there due to the storm surge of Hurricane Helene. ZooTampa ...
WFLA News Channel 8

27 manatees being cared for at ZooTampa, the most taken in at one time

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — ZooTampa at Lowry Park is currently providing care and rehabilitation to 27 manatees, the most the zoo has had at one time. The David A. Straz, Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center ...
The Fresno Bee

Hunter finds 500-pound creature in small pond far from home, Florida rescuers say

Rescuers from ZooTampa traveled to Florida’s Big Bend to rescue a juvenile manatee trapped in a pond. Screengrab from ZooTampa at Lowry Park's Facebook post A hunter stumbled across a large aquatic ...