Many young manatees are often illegally captured in order to be sold on the markets as pets. Most of them die shortly after their capture due to the fact that they need constant and specific care.
Before the rescuing project was created in 2007, the Acobia-DWA Zoo counted 15 babies manatees who have died in captivity. In order to stop this issue, at the end of the same year the rescuing program is created rescuing and releasing over 40 manatees, among with other species such as: pink dolphins, anteaters, sloths and many more…