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Manatees had a terrible 2020. Rainfall and floodgates are partly to blame

Adriana Brasileiro for Miami Herald writes: In a year when a third of manatee fatalities in Florida were not investigated because COVID-19 restrictions limited necropsies and boat strikes once again topped deaths caused by humans, one indicator stood out: manatees killed by floodgates and locks. Read full article here.

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Adriana Brasileiro for Miami Herald writes: In a year when a third of manatee fatalities in Florida were not investigated because COVID-19 restrictions limited necropsies and boat strikes once again topped deaths caused by humans, one indicator stood out: manatees killed by floodgates and locks. Read full article here.

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