HOUSTON (AP) - A wayward manatee is receiving medical care in San Antonio after about a dozen people hauled the 1,000-pound animal out of the cooling waters of the Texas coast.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the West Indian manatee was rescued from Trinity Bay near Houston on Tuesday. A Chambers County sheriff’s deputy spotted the 10-foot-long animal on Sunday and a wildlife specialist flew in Monday to coordinate the rescue.
SeaWorld San Antonio employee Kyle Cheves says the animal is severely malnourished and will be rehabilitated at the park before being taken to Florida. He says it’s the third manatee rescue that the park has assisted with in the past 27 years.
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