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Category: Wildlife Rehabilitation

The South Florida Museum said a fond farewell to Tannebaum the manatee on Nov. 5 as he returned to the wild 11 months after an entanglement in dock line nearly severed his tail. Tannebaum, an adult male manatee that was rescued from the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers in January, was returned to the wild as part of a joint effort of the Museum, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. He was returned to the wild at Koreshan State Par [...]

On Tuesday, March 27, the At The Bishop welcomed two new patients to its Stage 2 Manatee Rehabilitation Aquarium: ONeil and Tannebaum. And on Wednesday, March 28, they were joined by Baca who returned to the Museum after a month at SeaWorld. Wednesday was also Manatee Appreciation Day -- a special day to celebrate these very special animals. The Aquarium is also open to the public again, following the completion of scheduled maintenance, including buffing and re-sealing the 60,000-gallon habitat [...]

Snooty's personality and charm gave face to the plight of wild, endangered manatees. He was also the spark that led The Bishop to join the Manatee Rehabilitation Partnership in 1998 and take an active role in rehabilitating sick or injured manatees so they could be returned to the wild. Snooty died in 2017, but his legacy will continue to live on at the South Florida Museum, which is redoubling its participation in the Manatee Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP) under the leadership of a new Aquari [...]

Read on for updates on Randall, Baca, and Gale, the 3 new manatees we welcomed into our Stage 2 Rehabilitation Facility, where the animals will continue to regain their health so that they can be returned to the wild. "Each of the new arrivals came into rehab for a different reason and has a different story to share," says Marilyn Margold, Director of Living Collections. Snooty, the Museum's resident manatee and the world's oldest-known manatee, is now mentoring: -- Randall, a 595-pound male res [...]