Are Manatees Endangered 2025

Are Manatees Endangered 2025. Among the manatees rescued this year from florida waters were 13. Four years ago, manatees were declared no longer endangered.

The fish and wildlife service announced its final rule downlisting the west indian manatee from endangered to threatened on march 30, 2017, despite hundreds of manatees. The florida manatee population has grown to a minimum of 8,350 animals today and as a result, the species was reclassified from an endangered to a threatened species under the federal endangered species act in may 2017.