Dear Greenpeace Volunteer,
Please accept my request for your intervention to prevent the further exploitation of marine mammals in the TCI in the name of rescue.
A manatee is dead, and an autopsy is a must. The government of the TCI owes the world to conduct an autopsy on the dead manatee as these marine mammals are endangered species and it died in official TCIG care.
Days ago the TCI was graced with a visitor, a young sea cow who just came out of nowhere, just chilling and enjoying the crystal clear waters of the Nation’s Capitol.
Instantly a government official entrusted with protecting nature, or so I am assuming, decided that mother nature should not be left alone and all efforts were made to SAVE the animal. Save him from what? Salt water. Never-mind that he swam through thousands of miles of SALT WATER at about 2 miles per hour. He had to be saved from the SALT WATER and taken to FRESH WATER.
Gallons and gallons of fresh water was ferried to the sea creature, he must be thirsty, he gulped it down. Then came lettuce… that went down too. Calls were made and a flight was booked, the manatee was being rescued.
A mammoth sized rescue was performed, the sea was not safe for the sea creature, he would be much petter off in a backyard pool and so he was taken thereto. Tragedy struck soon after and the rest is history. The manatee is no more and has DIED IN CAPTIVITY at the hands of TCI Experts.
Now apparently, Manatees or Sea Cows cant stand salt water. Thats what the experts said. But other experts say different, you see the West Indian manatee lives in the West Indies, or Caribbean, generally in shallow coastal areas. It is known to withstand large changes in water salinity, so has also been found in shallow rivers and estuaries. It can live in fresh, brackish, and saline water. It is limited to the tropics and subtropics due to an extremely low metabolic rate and lack of a thick layer of insulating body fat. While this is a regularly occurring species along coastal southern Florida, during summer, this large mammal has even been found as far north as Dennis, Massachusetts and as far west as Texas.
A map of the territory of the West Indian Sea Cow shows the TCI smack dab in the middle of the mammal’s home territory. I guess the poor guy was right at home. The lack of thick body fat and low metabolic rate meant that the poor guy would have likely died from the change in temperature.
Lets consider the process of buying goldfish, when you buy them you take them home in a bag, then you place the bag in your tank for a while to get the temperature right then you let them swim – if not they would die. Did the Sea Cow die of this syndrome?
Not sure, but an autopsy would be sure to tell the truth.
Meanwhile all the King’s Horses and Men have failed again.
Sincerely,
Devon Williams
TCI Citizen
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