One of the region’s few hospitals for injured manatees is back open after Hurricane Helene damaged it last year.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium welcomed Sabal, Orchid and Vora as the first patients back in their Manatee Rehabilitation Center.
The need is so great for more long-term treatment facilities that those manatees were getting care at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio…