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Briefs
Mo the manatee eluding recapture in Kings Bay
By Times Staff Writer
Published December 24, 2005
CRYSTAL RIVER - Mo the wayward manatee, despite his inability to thrive in the wild, was still in the wild Friday after failed attempts to recapture him in the Magnolia Springs area of Kings Bay.
Wildlife officials are trying to capture Mo because he has lost weight since his August release, which was the third attempt to reintroduce him into the Crystal River. Mo was originally captured in the Withlacoochee River as an orphan in 1994 and has made the rounds of every manatee rehabilitation facility in the state except the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park.
He was released for the first time in 1998 and made his way to the Dry Tortugas before he was captured and brought in for rehabilitation. He was released again in Crystal River in 2002, only to be found less than a year later emaciated in the Sulfur Springs area in Hillsborough County.
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