Idiot of the Week: Someone ETCHED a Name on a Florida Manatee's Back-

 This Week's Idiot is an animal abuser.  There's NO excuse for animal abuse and certainly none for this. The deplorable actions of "his" followers continue and have now stooped so low as to actually CARVE his name on the back of a Florida Manatee. Here's the  story. (and below are links to 2 other stories about Deplorables): 

SOMEONE WROTE ‘TRUMP’ ON A MANATEE. FEDS AND FLORIDA OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING 

Advocates offer $5,000 reward for information leading to a conviction US Fish and Wildlife opens investigation after Florida manatee found defaced with 'Trump' scratched into its back 

Elinor Aspegren USA TODAY

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the harassment of a manatee discovered with the word "Trump" etched into its back, officials said Monday.

Hailey Warrington found the manatee swimming on Sunday in the Blue Hole headwaters in North Florida. The defacement "is just disturbing. One hundred percent disturbing," she said.

The president's last name may have been written in algae on the marine mammal's back, the Center for Biological Diversity told USA TODAY on Monday night, an act prohibited under the Endangered Species Act.

“Manatees aren’t billboards, and people shouldn’t be messing with these sensitive and imperiled animals for any reason,” Jaclyn Lopez, the center's Florida director, said in a statement. She called it "political graffiti."

Manatees, nicknamed “sea cows” because they eat seagrasses and other aquatic plants, are considered "threatened" by the Fish and Wildlife Service, after previously being classified as "endangered" until 2017. 

“This abhorrent action goes beyond the bounds of what is considered cruel and inhumane," Elizabeth Fleming, a senior Florida representative at Defenders of Wildlife, said in a statement. "I’m disgusted that someone would harm a defenseless creature to send what I can only assume is a political message. We will do everything in our power to help find, arrest and successfully prosecute this coward.”  

The Center for Biological Diversity has announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the investigation. The manatee "does not appear to be seriously injured," according to an update provided by federal officials to the Center Monday night.

Still, Lopez said, "It’s heartbreaking that this manatee was subjected to this vile, criminal act."

The manatee appeared to be healthy but was exhibiting stress signs, Warrington said. The layer of algae on the manatee was "pretty thick"  and the etching did get to the skin but didn't appear to create a wound.
"We don't typically see manatees harassed like that," she said. "I started documenting so we could report it. That's why I have the photos and video in the first place."
Here's a followup on the Manatee from Slate.com: https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/manatee-trump-graffiti-wild-animal.html?ncid=newsltushpmgnews

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