Inside the War over Florida's
Most Famous Endangered Species

Manatee Insanity now available

Posted on March 1, 2010 10:01 a.m.
By Craig Pittman

"Manatee Insanity: Inside the War Over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species" is now available in bookstores and online.

Daryl Domning of the Smithsonian Institution calls it ""the best available, most factual account of the decades-long struggle to protect the Florida manatee, skillfully told by a veteran journalist who has followed the story closely."

And endangered-species law expert Keith Rizzardi says, ""The Florida legislature gave the manatee its own license plate, and Jimmy Buffet sang poetic lyrics about the iconic creature, but Craig Pittman offers a whole new perspective--the manatee as battleground. With a cast of characters including environmentalists and biologists, developers and boaters, lawyers and lobbyists, politicians and shady citizens, Manatee Insanity is a colorful work of non-fiction."

Prosecuting a manatee killer

Posted on Feb. 3, 2011 8 p.m.
By Craig Pittman

On Wednesday something rare happened in an Orlando federal courtroom: a boater was sentenced for killing a manatee. The defendant, ...

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A jaw-dropping record death toll -- from the cold

Posted on Jan. 5, 2011 7:29 p.m.
By Craig Pittman

The scientists at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute just released the total number of manatees that died in ...

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"Manatee Insanity" now "essential" for Floridians

Posted on Aug. 18, 2010 10:56 a.m.
By Craig Pittman

This is big. The Florida Humanities Council has added "Manatee Insanity" to its list of essential Florida books. These are ...

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Reviewer raves about "Manatee Insanity"

Posted on May 9, 2010 10:38 a.m.
By Craig Pittman

"Manatee Insanity" is a "lively account" of a "a complex story" about how law, politics and science have intersected in ...

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Check out the Manatee Insanity Facebook page

Posted on May 6, 2010 9:18 p.m.
By Craig Pittman

Hey, if you're interested in seeing photos and videos that didn't make it into the book and getting personal alerts ...

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