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Jupiter woman claims to have video of swimmers harassing manatee Manatees protected under state, federal law
UPDATED 8:32 AM EDT Jun 09, 2015
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SHOW TRANSCRIPT JUPITER, Fla. —A Jupiter woman said she filmed swimmers on top of a manatee, poking and prodding the endangered species.
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"They are literally on top of manatees, touching them, poking them, swimming right on top of them, grabbing them, petting them, whatever they wanted to do," said the woman identified as Jenny RG.
Francis Curran also witnessed a fracas between Jenny and the woman she was filming.
"(The woman being filmed) just went nuts and you could hear her from the parking lot," Curran said. "She was threatening what she’s going to do, so on and so forth."
Jenny said she put the six-minute, profanity-laced video on Facebook.
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“I just feel like they should be fined and if they're going to come here and act ignorant in our state then why not fine them and get some money to go towards manatee protection or what have you," she said.
Jenny said she put up with the verbal abuse and threats to bring awareness to the threats manatees face.
Florida Fish and Wildlife reviewed the video and said it could not confirm the animal was a manatee.
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