{"id":180303,"date":"2026-03-06T04:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180303\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:45:09","slug":"seaworld-orlando-treats-lee-county-manatees-after-rescue-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180303\/","title":{"rendered":"SeaWorld Orlando treats Lee County manatees after rescue | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; A mother manatee and her calf rescued near the Orange River are being rehabilitated at SeaWorld Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>SeaWorld&#8217;s veterinary team treated the mother for a buoyancy issue after she was spotted swimming sideways.<\/p>\n<p>SeaWorld Orlando says its veterinary team is working to diagnose and treat her condition.<\/p>\n<p>The calf is doing well and remains with its mother during treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue specialists said this helps keep their natural bond strong.<\/p>\n<p>SeaWorld said it aims to stabilize the mother and rehabilitate both animals for a return to the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; A mother manatee and her calf rescued near the Orange River are being rehabilitated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3837,325,115,139,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-180303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-collaborator_gen_stories","9":"tag-lee","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-orlando","12":"tag-orlando-headlines","13":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}