As much as 10 percent of the state's manatee population dies every year. At the Research Institute, they say the population has only stabilized, at about 2,500. In other words, manatees are being born fast enough to keep up with the rate at which we're killing them. Talk about your good news. It's hard to imagine this campaign succeeding.
Manatees are a pain in the rudder strikes the ear as a wee bit harsh.
Just to make sure this thing dies as fast as anything I try to grow in my own yard, I would invite every schoolteacher who has taken his or her class to see a manatee to direct his students to write to Hopping at his Tallahassee office at Hopping Green Sams and Smith, P.O. Box 6526, Tallahassee, FL 32314-6526. Tell him the only thing he's protecting is somebody's bank account. Ask him for an appointment to talk about the issues. Kids could learn something about politics, as well as the environment. You may think this is silly and would have the same effect as throwing cotton candy at these guys.