CINCINNATI — Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo is caring for a trio of new residents – manatees.
According to WXIX and WKRC, the zoo said new arrivals Piccolina, Soleil and Calliope came to the facility Saturday from Florida’s ZooTampa at Lowry Park, where all three had been in critical care. The manatees are “acclimating to their new pools” as their “second-stage rehab care” begins in Cincinnati, the Ohio zoo wrote in a Facebook post Sunday.
“Visitors will be able to see the sirenians later this week,” read the post, adding that the animals are staying in the zoo’s Manatee Springs attraction.
The zoo, which is part of the Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership, said it has taken care of more than 24 manatees since 1999.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources considers American manatees vulnerable with a decreasing population.
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