Editing Manatee (section)

===Captivity===
[[File:Manatee at Sea World Orlando Mar 10.JPG|thumb|A manatee at SeaWorld, Florida|alt=Underwater photo of manatee]]
There are a number of manatee rehabilitation centers in the United States. These include three government-run critical care facilities in Florida at [[Lowry Park Zoo]], [[Miami Seaquarium]], and [[SeaWorld Orlando]]. After initial treatment at these facilities, the manatees are transferred to rehabilitation facilities before release. These include the [[Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden]], [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]], [[Epcot]]'s The Seas, [[South Florida Museum]], and [[Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Manatee/Rescue-Rehab/manatee-rescue-rehab.htm | title=Manatee Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release Program | access-date=2016-12-31 | archive-date=2017-01-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101161314/https://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Manatee/Rescue-Rehab/manatee-rescue-rehab.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Columbus Zoo was a founding member of the Manatee Rehabilitation Partnership in 2001. Since 1999, the zoo's Manatee Bay facility has helped rehabilitate 20 manatees.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://globalimpact.columbuszoo.org/projects/project/manatee-rehab-in-the-united-states | title=Global Impact - Project | access-date=2016-12-31 | archive-date=2015-09-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905202334/https://globalimpact.columbuszoo.org/projects/project/manatee-rehab-in-the-united-states | url-status=dead }}</ref> The Cincinnati Zoo has rehabilitated and released more than a dozen manatees since 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cincinnatizoo.org/rescue-rehabilitation-and-release-of-florida-manatees/ | title=Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release of Florida Manatees | access-date=2016-12-31 | archive-date=2017-01-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101093235/http://cincinnatizoo.org/rescue-rehabilitation-and-release-of-florida-manatees/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Manatees can also be viewed in a number of European zoos, such as the [[Tierpark Berlin]] and the [[Nuremberg Zoo]] in Germany, in [[ZooParc de Beauval]] in France, the [[Aquarium of Genoa]] in Italy and the [[Royal Burgers' Zoo]] in Arnhem, the Netherlands, where manatees have parented offspring.<ref>{{cite news|title= Adventure in the mangrove forest|url= https://www.burgerszoo.com/eco-display/mangrove|access-date= 2021-06-11|archive-date= 2021-06-11|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210611145658/https://www.burgerszoo.com/eco-display/mangrove|url-status= live}}</ref> The [[River Safari]] at [[Singapore]] features seven of them.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/manatees-move-worlds-largest-freshwater-aquarium-river-safari-20130313 |title= Manatees move into world's largest freshwater aquarium at River Safari |newspaper= The Straits Times |date= 13 March 2013 |access-date= 2013-07-24 |last1= Tan |first1= Sue-Ann |archive-date= 2013-05-19 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130519124453/http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/manatees-move-worlds-largest-freshwater-aquarium-river-safari-20130313 |url-status= live }}</ref>

The oldest manatee in captivity was [[Snooty]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aronson|first1=Claire|title=Guinness World Records names Snooty of Bradenton as 'Oldest Manatee in Captivity'|url=http://www.bradenton.com/2015/06/26/5867910/guinness-world-records-names-snooty.html|website=bradenton.com|publisher=Bradenton Herald|access-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628231038/http://www.bradenton.com/2015/06/26/5867910/guinness-world-records-names-snooty.html|archive-date=28 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> at the [[South Florida Museum]]'s Parker Manatee Aquarium in [[Bradenton, Florida]]. Born at the Miami Aquarium and Tackle Company on July 21, 1948, Snooty was one of the first recorded captive manatee births. Raised entirely in captivity, Snooty was never to be released into the wild. As such he was the only manatee at the aquarium, and one of only a few captive manatees in the United States that was allowed to interact with human handlers. That made him uniquely suitable for manatee research and education.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Snooty the Manatee|publisher= South Florida Museum |isbn= 978-1-56944-441-2}}</ref>

Snooty died suddenly two days after his 69th birthday, July 23, 2017, when he was found in an underwater area only used to access plumbing for the exhibit life support system. The South Florida Museum's initial press release stated, “Early indications are that an access panel door that is normally bolted shut had somehow been knocked loose and that Snooty was able to swim in.”<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.southfloridamuseum.org/south-florida-museum-mourns-death-snooty-worlds-oldest-manatee/ | title = Oldest living manatee in captivity dies a day after celebrating 69th birthday | date = 23 July 2017 | access-date = 2017-07-23 | archive-date = 2017-07-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170723200142/http://www.southfloridamuseum.org/south-florida-museum-mourns-death-snooty-worlds-oldest-manatee/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

==== Guyana ====

Since the 19th century, [[Georgetown, Guyana]] has kept [[West Indian manatee]]s in [[Guyana Botanical Gardens|its botanical garden]], and later, [[Guyana National Park|its national park]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Abary Creek manatees under threat |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2008/09/30/news/guyana/abary-creek-manatees-under-threat/ |work=Stabroek News |date=30 September 2008 |quote=there are 23 manatees [...] between the Botanical Gardens and the National Park. They have been there for more than 129 years, and reports are that they came from the [[Abary Creek]]. |access-date=16 June 2020 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In the 1910s and again in the 1950s, [[sugar estate]]s in Guyana used manatees to keep their irrigation canals weed-free.<ref>{{cite book|author=National Science Research Council (Guyana).|title=An International Centre for Manatee Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qz4rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13|year=1974|publisher=National Academies|location=Georgetown, Guyana|page=13}}</ref>
Between the 1950s and 1970s, the Georgetown [[water treatment plant]] used manatees in their storage canals for the same purpose.<ref>{{cite book|author=National Research Council|title=Making Aquatic Weeds Useful|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pG-8h6JufaEC&pg=PA35|year=2002|publisher=The Minerva Group|isbn=978-0-89499-180-6|page=35|quote= In the Georgetown Water and Sewerage Works, two manatees [...] were introduced in 1952 to a canal [...] In the 24 years since then, manatees have been used to keep this water (the city's municipal supply) weed-free.}}</ref>