Eckerd College Waterfront Expands Maritime Rescue Program, Aids in Manatee Release
May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, May 21 -- Eckerd College issued the following news:
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Eckerd College Waterfront expands maritime rescue program, aids in manatee release
By Tom Zucco
It took 17 people, many of them students from Eckerd College, to lift and carry an 875-pound, 8-foot-4-inch-long adult female manatee named Seagull from the back of a ZooTampa at Lowry Park rescue truck to the boat ramp at the Eckerd College Waterfront Complex on Frenc . . .
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Eckerd College Waterfront expands maritime rescue program, aids in manatee release
By Tom Zucco
It took 17 people, many of them students from Eckerd College, to lift and carry an 875-pound, 8-foot-4-inch-long adult female manatee named Seagull from the back of a ZooTampa at Lowry Park rescue truck to the boat ramp at the Eckerd College Waterfront Complex on Frenc . . .