Manatees Rescued After Mass Stranding in Storm Drain
Source: ABC News
By DEAN SCHABNER
Rescuers freed a group of at least 17 manatees stuck in a mass stranding in a storm drain in Satellite Beach, Florida.
The manatees were freed early Tuesday, Satellite Beach Fire Department Captain Jay Dragon told ABC News.
Crews from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Satellite Beach Fire Department and Police Department and city utilities worked to access into the culverts where the marine mammals were trapped, so a five-member team from SeaWorld could lift them out and release them back into the water, officials said.
With rain in the forecast, there was concern that the animals stuck in the drain could drown if the culvert were to fill with water.
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