Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL
| reply to dr riddim
Re: Catchy title:
Why is it so hard? Because they constantly attack us boaters. They are taking away our prime fishing areas, these are waters 3 feet deep and less, that manatees can't even get to.
Last year in Charlotte county, 14 manatees where killed by other than normal causes. 1 was by boat, the others were killed by red tide.
It has always been fewer killed by boat than anything else. Yet they still try to interfere with the boaters.
And no, they haven't been removed from endangered species list, that's not Jeb Bush's call.
If you want to save the manatees, fine, but there is no reason to stop boaters, make prime fishing areas off limits, or stop the construction of sea walls all in places the manatees don't go. If they continue to do this, then in my opinion, those without opposing thumbs lose.
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Maxo
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
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| Well, if conservation laws for manatees aren't helping that's one thing. But people who say they don't care about the manatees because they like to ride their boat fast or because they think protecting them is a pain in the ass. I saw in the news paper a while ago people protesting holding up sign saying they don't give a crap about manatees and they moved to Florida to drive their boat fast and "live the Florida experience" As a native Floridian everyone I've met has been more than happy to obey laws to help protect the manatess because they consider the well-being of the manatees the well-being of Florida culture. But whether or not those laws are effective is a completely different story.
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