Kelly Hayes
Florida pols are starting to respond to the image of a Florida manatee with the word “TRUMP” carved into its back.
Tampa Rep. Kathy Castor tweeted, “Nothing is sacred to a certain craven element. Let’s find who did this and bring them to justice.” Pinellas County Rep. Charlie Crist called the act “sickening” on Twitter and urged anyone with information to speak up.
Nothing is sacred to a certain craven element.
Let’s find who did this bring them justice. https://t.co/5KUa4b8m7C
— US Rep Kathy Castor (@USRepKCastor) January 11, 2021
The manatee was discovered Sunday in the Homosassa River with scarring in the form of the name Trump, according to a news release from the Center for Biological Diversity. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are investigating the crime.
Florida manatees are protected under the Endangered Species Act, in effect since 1963. Harassing a manatee is a federal criminal offense punishable by a $50,000 fine and up to one year in prison.
The Center for Biological Diversity announced Monday it will be offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for the mutilation of the manatee, which is a threatened species.
Sickening. If you have information, please help @USFWS find the perpetrators who committed this crime ⬇️ https://t.co/jYLL0IHCki
— Congressman Charlie Crist (@RepCharlieCrist) January 11, 2021
The animals are slow-moving plant eaters with no natural enemies. Most years boat mortality makes up about 20% of known human-caused deaths.
Anyone with information can call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation hotline at (888) 404-3922.
4 comments
Sonja Fitch
January 12, 2021 at 3:44 am
Omg the sick deranged perversion of the goptrump death cult sociopaths is just to much! Crying! Nothing is sacred to these misfits of the goptrump death cult! Omg please find them. give them a tattoo with a dull needle and no pain meds! Omg
James Robert Miles
January 12, 2021 at 8:31 am
Trump has dismantled the EPA so this nonsense fits right in. Leave it to a Trumpster to do something like this!
Dr. John McMahon
January 16, 2021 at 2:02 pm
Go back to sleep Lee Harvey Oswald! I mean John Wiles Booth, I mean James Robert Miles! Ever notice how narcissist psychopaths like this dude must use three names. Yes we are still laughing at your pathetic posts up here at Case Western Reserve James ! Thank you!
Dr. John McMahon
January 16, 2021 at 2:20 pm
Attention Fake Media ! Please continue to make fools out of yourselves . Thankfully further information about what really happened reveals, no letters were ever carved into the manatees back dummy. Thankfully only the ALGEA appears to “possibly be letters” however we still have NO PHOTOS!? I heard that they also found a puppy with “Biden is our President ” carved into his back! Pathetic.
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