Giant manta ray capture prompts bill to ban harvests of threatened animals for parks and aquariums

Plucked from Florida waters and sent to Sea World on the other side of the world. Now there’s a bill in the Florida ...
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St. Petersburg Lawmaker Pushes Manta Ban After Panama City Capture

A St. Petersburg lawmaker is trying to slam the door on Florida’s tiny but controversial trade in federally protected sea life after a viral video showed a giant manta ray hauled out of the Gulf off ...
Sun Sentinel

Florida allowed capture of threatened giant manta ray for overseas aquarium

Denis Richard watched five men heave a giant manta ray from the waters off Panama City Beach and plop it into a pool on their boat deck. “Let him go,” he yelled. “You ought to be ashamed of yourselves ...

Giant manta ray capture prompts push to end harvest of threatened animals for exhibition

Video showing the capture of a giant manta ray in Florida for display at Sea World Abu Dhabi has inspired a bill to ban the ...
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Giant manta ray dives under Florida paddleboarder: 'Unbelievable'

A paddleboarder near Honeymoon Island, Florida, had a rare and thrilling encounter with a giant manta ray. The video shows the manta ray gliding beneath the paddleboard, with the paddleboarder ...
People

Giant Endangered Manta Ray Roughly Taken from Florida Waters to Be Put Into Captivity with Official Approval

“I mean, he was in pain. That animal was in pain," a witness alleged of the aquatic animal Angel Saunders has been a writer at PEOPLE since 2023. She previously worked at iHeartMedia, IndieWire and ...