"Gfretwell" wrote in message
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The Sea Cow is not even a native, but comes from the east indies.
Why we lettin some forign critter take over?

The manatee regulations may be to stringent, but the above is pure
BS. The manatee has been indigenous to Florida for over 45 million
years. Florida even has it's own subspecies, Trichechus manatus
latirostris.

Yeah, but 45 million years ago it must have come from somewhere.


The fact still remains that without the thermal pollution of man these
things
would swim away and most would not come back. I say, let EPA do it's job
and
eliminate the pollution from power plants. Sequester that water in
retention
ponds until it cools.
We have a power plant that heats water in the only cross penninsular water
way
in Florida and wonder why so many of these cows get hit. It is like
putting a
salt lick in the median of I-4 and wondering why all the deer get hit.
Also I think they should catch the manatee and tag them with a shock
collar
that gives negative reinforcement whenever they swim toward a boat.
We don't close the roads because a few dogs chase cars. We train the dogs.

Even School Zones for kids only require that you slow down to 15 and there
are lot more cars on the road than boats in the water.
..
Manatee Zones require that you slow to 6mph+/-.

Are manatees more important than kids?