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Response Needed: Gentle manatees are dying, and they need YOU to be their voice now!
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the deadliest year for manatees ever recorded Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Íâ Do you think manatees should be protected from TOXIC cruise pollution? [YES]( [NO]( **This link has been generated specifically for {EMAIL}. Please do not share with anyone else. Deadline for responses: 11:â59 p.m. Friend, this is heartbreaking news: In an official count, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recorded 1,101 manatee deaths in 2021 â the deadliest year for manatees ever recorded. Then, another 800 of these gentle creatures perished in 2022. Weâre losing this iconic and gentle species at an alarming rate, and corporate pollution is largely to blame. Manatee deaths are spiking due to painful starvation. That's because the seagrass they depend on is being destroyed by pollution-fed algae blooms. And mega-polluting industries like Big Cruise are worsening this problem every day. Every cruise ship contributes to the degradation of vital seagrass that provides manateesâ primary source of nutrition. Ships the size of city blocks sail close to shore, disturbing manatees' fragile habitat, churning up sand and sedimented pollution and dumping massive quantities of filthy, contaminated wastewater into their feeding grounds. That means manatees die suffocating from a lack of oxygen and withering away from starvation. Without urgent action to stop cruise companies from destroying their habitats, manatee populations could plummet back to the brink of EXTINCTION. These sweet, slow-moving manatees donât deserve to die like this, friend. We can protect them before itâs too late, but we need more people with us to take on Big Cruise and stop toxic pollution in our waterways. We need 14 more responses from your area to our official poll, and we havenât heard from you yet. So please, speak up now: Do you think manatees should be protected from TOXIC cruise pollution? [YES]( [NO]( **This link has been generated specifically for {EMAIL}. Please do not share with anyone else. Deadline for responses: 11:â59 p.m. Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us]( Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2023, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]