A 2-year-old manatee was found 1.5 miles from open water in a small pond near the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area in Dixie County.

Sea cow, not pond cow. A juvenile manatee was rescued from a small pond in Florida — a mile and a half from open water — after being stranded there due to the storm surge of Hurricane Helene. A hunter near the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area,

TAMPA, Fla. — A manatee was rescued in the Big Bend of Florida early last week and transported to Tampa to be rehabilitated. Florida Fish and Wildlife officials teamed up with staff from Clearwater Marine Aquarium, the University of Florida and ZooTampa to save the sea cow entrapped in a small pond.