DOES FREEDOM OF THE PRESS INCLUDE POLITICAL BROADSIDES PRINTED ON MANATEES ?

         FLORIDA DEPLATFORMS  MANATEE WITH  BUMPER STICKER TATTOO

Someone Wrote ‘Trump’ 

on a Manatee’s Back

Federal officials are seeking information related to a Florida manatee discovered with the word “Trump” carved into the algae on its back earlier this week in the Homosassa River, about 75 miles north of Tampa.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the incident. As of late Friday, however, the agency had no updates. 

The Center for Biological Diversity has offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to a conviction of whoever defaced the manatee. The center’s Florida director, Jacklyn Lopez, said she received more than 100 calls and emails from people expressing outrage and checking to see if the manatee was hurt—it was not, Lopez said.