The US Fish and Wildlife Service spotted a manatee in the Blue Hole headwaters in North Florida with the word ‘Trump’ scraped into its back. The wildlife authoriries have started an investigation to look into the matter.
Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. They move slowly, which has made them vulnerable to fishing nets, motorboat engines and human interaction.
“Manatees aren’t billboards, and people shouldn’t be messing with these sensitive and imperiled animals for any reason,” USA Today quoted Jaclyn Lopez, the center’s Florida director as saying. She called it “political graffiti.”
According to a report in Citrus County Chronicle on Tuesday, the animal was reported to federal authorities over the weekend, when it was discovered with the words “Trump” scrapped in its back.
Can this even be real? A manatee was discovered in Florida with the word “Trump” scraped on its back.