Dear Defender,
Despite thousands of emails, Governor Jeb Bush of Florida has signed SB 540, legislation that will harm endangered manatees.

Pushed by the speed boat industry, this law weakens the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act, and will lead to the death or injury of countless manatees from propellor blades.

Please call Governor Bush's office at (850) 488-4441 to express your personal outrage.

We're not giving up. Defenders of Wildlife plans to step up our efforts to help win more protections for manatees in Florida. If you can, please make a tax-deductible donation to help underwrite these expanded programs.

Thank you for your caring help to save wildlife and its habitat for future generations.

Thanks for all you can do to help the manatee.

Sincerely,

Steve Delvecchio
Vice President for Membership
Defenders of Wildlife

are you nutz, i am going to make a tax deductable donation to my gas tank and go out and kill some manatee's, treehugger!!!!!, it is people like you that cause me to have to idle 10 miles to open water.

by the way spitfire, my reply was not directed tword you, i know you didn't write that

$hitfire must truely be a sikko to post that!!!

Whoooah

To those that are reading impaired....this letter was forwarded to me...hence the "Sincerely Steve Delvecchio"........notice the question marks following the title .....????? Manatee protection repealed???? Gdfatha....get your head out of your ***

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Mine may just be next to yours..

I have no idea your real name or intent. Had you been thoughtful, you would have indicated it was forwarded.

I apologize for directing my venom to you directly.

Have a great evening...I'll buy the first drink in Sarasota...

Apology accepted....I guess I just took it for granted that you had been around here long enough to know my name....sorry for the misunderstanding....Rich

Did you know that manatees are direct decedents of the elephant.

It's true@

Unfortunately they like boat slips and harbors a but too much.

spitfire, foward that to me so i can give this guy a piece of my mind