Ailing manatees pulled from the St. Johns

  • A crowd gathers to watch members of multiple agencies remove a manatee suffering from coldwater lesions from the St. Johns River on Tuesday.
    A crowd gathers to watch members of multiple agencies remove a manatee suffering from coldwater lesions from the St. Johns River on Tuesday.
  • Environmental workers head to the boat ramp to drop off a manatee before heading out to retrieve another.
    Environmental workers head to the boat ramp to drop off a manatee before heading out to retrieve another.
WELAKA — Bass won’t be the only thing pulled from the St. Johns River this week. Two manatees retrieved from the St. Johns River on a cloudy Tuesday morning were in rough shape, but they will take a…

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