Manatees in Florida to be removed off Endangered Species List
The Florida manatee is known as the West Indian manatee, a parent from West Africa and the Amazonian manatee. They are large mammals, plump and friendly who spend their lives in the ocean. They have front flippers and a tail resembling a wide range, and males can reach a length of over 9 feet. Their color is gray, they have a very mild temperament. Because of their small populations, they were placed on the endangered species list. Their endangered status came about when the popularity of motor boats has increased and they began to encroach on their habitat and decide in the skin of the local Mantee with propeller blades. As boating has increased injuries Mantee, which prefer shallow waters such as estuaries and channels, also increased. They feed on grass and the sea have no natural predators. They are estimated to live until age 60. But because of their slow movements, they do not avoid the motorboats fine. As populations began to decline at an alarming rate, conservationists and wildlife agencies had to intervene to try to stem the deaths. The manatee has been placed on the federal list of endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is also protected under the Act the Florida Manatee Sanctuary in 1978. However, due to conservation measures such as restricting travel by boat to some corridors and educate the public about the manatee, it has made progress in increasing its population. Population surveys since 1991 showed an increase of more than 50 percent of the population of manatees. Some scientists believe it may be because some methods currently used to better locate because of the animals, rather than an increase in the population. But because this number has increased, the State Commission of Florida Wildlife recently decided to remove the manatee from the state endangered species are listed. Although it remains on the state of Florida threatened list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will keep on their federal list of endangered species. Environmentalists, however, fear that the removal from the list the state will reduce the protection sponsored by the state and could create a relaxed effort in preserving habitat for manatees. There would always complete protection from the federal list. Although, wildlife and conservation groups intend to file petitions to prevent the abduction of the list and I think it would ultimately harm the manatees if it was removed.
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