Sadly, we’ve seen an uptick in manatee deaths throughout the first half of 2025, with the major cause being starvation due to the loss of seagrass beds and poor water quality from harmful algal blooms and red tide. We humans have made Florida water inhospitable to manatees, and we desperately need solutions to fix the damage done, or we could lose manatees forever.
With your help, we can demand greater protections for imperiled manatees
By upgrading the status of an animal to endangered under the Endangered Species Act, federal and local governments put measures and regulations in place that protect imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.
Make a difference for our beloved manatees and call on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to relist the species as endangered today.