The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is releasing two of its manatees back into their native Florida waters after they have undergone a successful rehabilitation.
Manatees Pippen and Truffleshuffle are the 19th and 20th graduates of Cincinnati Zoo’s on-site rehabilitation program since the zoo joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP) over two decades ago. Only two U.S. zoos outside Florida are active members of the MRP program.
