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- Fisherman Goué André Clotaire Gbagou rescued a two-month-old manatee calf weighing 25 kg on July 22 and bottle-feeds it at a wildlife enclosure in Côte d'Ivoire.
- Ivorian wildlife agencies said the DFRC will monitor the calf and release it when it can feed independently, noting the IUCN lists manatees as vulnerable.
- They warned that net entanglement, habitat loss and pollution threaten the species and urged urgent habitat-restoration and eco-friendly fishing training.
