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Center for Biological Diversity: Florida Manatees Denied Greater Endangered Species Act Protections
January 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release:

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Antillean Manatee in Puerto Rico Granted Endangered Status

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied endangered status for the Florida manatee and proposed to protect the Antillean manatee of Puerto Rico as endangered.

A 2022 petition submitted by Harvard Law School's Animal Law & Policy Cl . . .

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