Manatees on the move

Powell, OH -- Manatees at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium are on the move again as part of the Zoo's participation in the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Program. Fifteen-year-old Holly and two-year-olds Fraulein and Bartlett were transported back to Florida on November 2, 2010 and Bernice, who is less than a year old, was brought to central Ohio on the return flight the next day. Holly has been at the Columbus Zoo since October 2005. She spent most of her life at the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park after being rescued as an orphan on December 27, 1995. Holly was part of a critical study of the papilloma virus which was found to affect manatees both in the wild and in human care. Holly will be cared for at SeaWorld Orlando until she is released in Florida waters in early 2011. Bartlett and Fraulein (as well as two other young manatees that remain at the Zoo) came to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on April 6, 2010 for rehabilitation from cold-stress syndrome that occurred due to prolonged, record low temperatures in Florida last winter. Believed to be just one-and-a-half years of age when they were rescued, female Fraulein weighed 395 pounds and male Bartlett was 510 pounds. After their care at the Columbus Zoo they have grown to 600 pounds and 700 pounds respectively. Fraulein was transported to Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park and Bartlett to Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo where they will stay until they are also released early next year ...



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