BREVA THE MANATEE

It was really touch-and-go when an adult female manatee was rescued on January 24th of this year. She was suffering from ‘red tide’ and thanks in part to two kayakers who found the huge marine mammal upside down in a Bonita estuary, the story had a happy ending!
After its rescue by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the manatee was rushed to the Miami Seaquarium. Breva… the name given to the ‘survivor’ by workers at the Miami Seaquarium, was nursed back to health with TLC… tender, loving care! When we say Breva was a survivor, it’s because 16 manatee deaths due to red tide related causes were documented in the area earlier this year.