Urgent Update On Kings Bay - Save the Manatee Club

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New 2013 Wall Calendar On Sale Now! O rder our new 2013 Save the Manatee Wall Calendar early! Place your order now and get 50% off our regular retail price of $13.99. If you order now through June 30th, your price is only $6.99 per calendar, and you’ll want to order one for yourself and more for friends and family. There is also a special message inside the calendar from our Executive Director, Patrick Rose, and a discount code for 20% off your next purchase from our online store. This is a fabulous wall calendar with a beautiful under water manatee photo for every month of the year. The wildlife photographers generously donated the use of their photos to us for this very special calendar, which measures 120 3 240 when open (contact information for each photographer is featured at www.savethemanatee.org/photos). From July 1 through August 31, your discounted price will drop to 20% off. You’ll pay $11.19 per calendar. Order on September 1 or after, you’ll pay the full retail price of $13.99. Take full advantage of our deep discount of 50% off by ordering now. Order online at www.shopsave themanatee.org, OR call us to speak to a Membership Services Representative at 1-800-432-JOIN (5646). Proceeds from the calendar will help support our conservation and education efforts. 4 Blue Spring Manatees Suffer Sixty-Eight Boat Strikes By Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist The season ended on March 16th. Four hundred individuals were recorded. The high count for a morning was 293. I was going with 23 calves, but consideration of small yearlings and early weaners led me to raise it Save the Manatee Club’s Executive Director shares a few wonderful images during a day of photographing manatees, fish, and alligators at Blue Spring. Pat Rose started taking photos and movies of manatees there more than 40 years ago. to 24. Calves, orphans, yearlings, or weaners – they were all fat and happy. Some body nursed them! There were sixty-eight boat strikes among fifty-nine manatees; nine were hit twice. Two adoptees were hit (Philip and Paddy Doyle), and poor Philip was hit twice. Last year there were forty-five strikes. Warm weather again, and boats and manatees all went out to use the good weather at the same time. The departure parade was started by Merlin, Lenny, Floyd, and Doc on February 13th. Merlin qualified as staying the winter! The simple explanation of “staying the winter” is being seen before and after January. The next day, Elaine and Whiskers made their last roll call. Pregnant Lily left on February 15th. As I mentioned above, Philip was hit twice this season, on the side and on the tail, but both minor. The white marks on his tail from the summer were from a boat strike that involved three small cuts into the middle of his tail. Philip departed on February 22nd. Nick, Robin, and Flash took off on Feb ruary 27th. Next out was Rocket, on February 29th. On March 6th, Deep Dent went flying out of the run at flank speed. Also going out on March 6th was Phyllis and crew. She had five juveniles hanging out with her all season. This is common with large females. Phyllis is probably pregnant and lactating. Paddy Doyle took his leave on March 6th as well. continued on page 8
Boaters, Prepare To Protect Manatees July 4th Weekend continued from page 1 directive, “Please Slow, Manatees Below.” No more frantic handwaving to try and get folks to slow down! Free yellow dock signs for shore-line property owners in Florida, boating decals, and new waterway cards are also available from the Club. All provide the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s hotline number (1-888-404-3922) for reporting manatees in trouble. You can ask for any of these free materials by contacting Save the Manatee Club via e-mail at education@savethemanatee.org, by regular mail at 500 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland, FL 32751, or by calling toll free at 1-800-432-JOIN (5646). Also, check out “Manatee Protection Tips for Boaters” on the Club’s website at www.savethe manatee.org/boatertips.htm. The Club’s public awareness signage, combined with responsible boating, can make an enormous, positive difference in the lives of the manatees we all hold dear. So, get prepared to help protect them this summer and all the active, outdoor days ahead. Squeaky, Rocket, And Annie Now Up For Adoption continued from page 2 rescue, she was taken to SeaWorld of Florida, and it was there that she met her friend, Rocket. Rocket was also an orphaned calf who had been rescued in 2006 at Blue Spring State Park. He was named “Rocket” because he had been known to “rocket” around the tank during his rehabilitation. When Rocket and Annie were released in 2008, they stayed together for about a year and a half. For more information about adopting Squeaky, Annie, or Rocket, go to Save the Manatee Club’s Adopt-A-Manatee ® page at www.savethemanatee.org/adopt, or call 1-800-432-JOIN (5646). You can read more about the new Blue Spring adoptees and see additional photos at our web site. Go to www.savethemanatee.org/news. Main Spring Is Again Open To Our Girls T he main spring at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is once again open to Ariel, Lorelei, Electra, and Rosie as the wild manatees have migrated out with the warm weather to the coastal regions. CC Baby and Krystal had a successful release into Crystal River and wasted no time in moving back to their wild home. Ariel, Lorelei, Electra, and Rosie did a wonderful job being “Aunties” to these juvenile manatees, which only helps support a successful transition back to the wild for these young manatees. Ariel, Lorelei, Electra, and Rosie are once again hamming it up for all of the park’s visitors at the Manatee Educational Programs; if you log onto www.manateecam.org, you may catch a glimpse of them mugging for the camera! Ariel likes to glide slowly by the camera to get the most exposure; Lorelei likes to be camera-ready at all times to show off her lovely facial features. Electra might be practicing her buoyancy skills, and Rosie always steals the camera shot with her immense physical presence. Please come and visit Ariel, Lorelei, Electra, and Rosie! They would love to see their adoptive fan Club members and show off their beautiful home at the Park, which is open 365 days a year! Susan Lowe has been the Park’s Wildlife Care By Susan Lowe, Wildlife Care Supervisor Supervisor since 2004, responsible for managing a department that contains eight staff, 30 plus volunteers, and over 300 wildlife residents, including several Florida manatees. You can request a hi-res jpeg of this ad for your company newsletters. E-mail: jnearing@savethemanatee.org 5
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