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Date: October 30, 2009

Contact: Public Affairs Det. Atlantic City
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Coast Guard aircrew transports manatee to Florida

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Coast Guard personnel from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City and Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., along with members of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, N.J., transfer a manatee onto a Coast Guard C-130 airplane at Air Station Atlantic City for transport to Coast Guard Air Station Miami Oct. 29, 2009. New Jersey Fish and Wildlife captured the manatee near Newark, N.J. U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Coast Guard personnel from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City and Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., along with members of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, N.J., transfer a manatee onto a Coast Guard C-130 airplane at Air Station Atlantic City for transport to Coast Guard Air Station Miami Oct. 29, 2009.

Members of New Jersey Fish and Wildlife captured the manatee near Newark, N.J.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.

 

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Maya Rodriguez, a veterinarian at Miami Sea Aquarium in Miami, keeps a manatee wet with water while it is being transferred onto a Coast Guard C-130 airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City Oct. 29, 2009. New Jersey Fish and Wildlife captured the manatee near Newark, N.J. U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Maya Rodriguez, a veterinarian at Miami Sea Aquarium in Miami, keeps a manatee wet with water while it is being transferred onto a Coast Guard C-130 airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City Oct. 29, 2009.

Members of New Jersey Fish and Wildlife captured the manatee near Newark, N.J.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.

To view video of the manatee transfer click here.

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