According to documents filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Taylor Blake Martin and Seth Andrew Stephenson were charged under the United States Endgangered Species Act and the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act after a video appeared on social media which depicted a man jumping from a dock onto two manatees in a canal behind a home in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
The manatees appear to be an adult and a calf in the video which was taken in March 2012. Another man is heard laughing in the background after the stunt was performed.
The canals in Cocoa Beach and the surrounding islands, known as the Thousands Islands, are designated as a “Brevard County Manatee Protection Zone” under the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act.
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Not to Intellegent must have ben a boring day for them
Not to Intellegent must have ben a boring day for them