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Governor and Chairman help release rehabbed manatee May 15, 2009 Gov. Charlie Crist and FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto recently took part in the release of a 1,000-pound pregnant manatee rescued last month in Key Largo. Staff from the FWC, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Miami Seaquarium and other organizations also participated in the event at Biscayne National Park headquarters. FWC biologists and volunteers from the Dolphin Research Center rescued the manatee in late April, after discovering her flipper had become severely entangled in monofilament fishing line. They took her to the Miami Seaquarium, where she was successfully treated. Veterinarians soon determined the female manatee was pregnant and likely to give birth this summer. The U.S. Geological Survey will monitor the released manatee with a GPS tag as part of an ongoing study.
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