Marine Life & Conservation
Make Father’s Day Gift-Giving Easy, Adopt-A-Manatee®!
A naturally, notable gift this Father’s Day is a manatee adoption from Save the Manatee Club. The thoughtfulness and kindness behind giving a unique present to dad is certain to be a special moment on his well-deserved day.
Check out 34 manatees up for adoption at the Club’s website at savethemanatee.org/adoptees. Doc, Rocket, Howie, Gator, Flash, Floyd, Margarito, Nick, and Merlin are just some of the popular male manatees in the adoption program. New to the Club’s Blue Spring State Park manatee adoptees is Una, who was rescued as an orphan in 2003. She was released and gave birth to several calves over the years. Una was rescued again because of fishing line entanglement on both flippers. Once treated she was returned to the wild. All manatees in the Club’s adoption programs are real, living manatees with known histories, like Una.
It costs $25 to adopt a manatee for Father’s Day, and dad will receive a color photo, biography, and adoption certificate, along with a membership handbook, plus a year’s membership in Save the Manatee Club. He’ll receive the official printed newsletter, The Manatee Zone, four times a year, as well as the Club’s e-newsletter, Paddle Tales, throughout the year. Adopt at the $35 level and get a free exercise towel, another special surprise for dad. Shipping is free if mailed within the United States.
Young sisters Kasin and Karson from Georgia chose to adopt Gator for their dad last Father’s Day from Save the Manatee Club’s Blue Spring adoption program. Together with their grandmother, Patricia Stone Sanders, they had searched how to help the manatees. When they saw that “Gator” was available on Save the Manatee Club’s website, it was an easy choice because their father, mother, and grandparents grew up in Florida, and their dad is a University of Florida graduate. All are ardent Gator fans, however, the girls claim their dad is the biggest Gator in the house.
“Dad loved it!” declared Kasin and Karson when their dad, Kevin Obarski, had received his Father’s Day present. According to their grandmother, Kevin especially liked that the girls made the gift count by helping to “sustain these wonderful creatures for the future.”
Adopt-A-Manatee® for Father’s Day by visiting Save the Manatee Club’s website. Visit the Club’s online catalog for additional gift ideas for dad.
Follow the Club using Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest , and Instagram . Watch manatee videos on YouTube.
Save the Manatee Club is an international nonprofit 501(c) (3) manatee conservation organization, co-founded in 1981 by singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett and former U.S. Senator, Bob Graham, when he was governor of Florida. The Adopt-A-Manatee® program helps raise funds to support the Club’s various conservation efforts, which include education and public awareness projects and extensive conservation work to protect Florida’s official state marine mammal and its aquatic habitat.
After a two-year tour of UK art galleries, community spaces and aquariums, the Shark Trust’s acclaimed Oceanic31 exhibition takes its final bow at the Royal Geographical Society later this month. And the unique collection of artwork, depicting 31 species of oceanic sharks and rays, donated by 31 artists, is now open for bids from art lovers and shark enthusiasts. The online auction, launched today, will close on the 7th December at 8pm (BST). The money raised will support the Shark Trust Oceanics Programme.
People can now bid on 27 of the artworks by visiting this website:
https://superstars-auctions.com/sharktrustauction
It is a chance to own a beautiful piece of original art and to support the Shark Trust. The timing of the auction also means that these would make a very special Christmas gift for any shark-lover.
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- Bigeye Thresher Shark by Janina Rossiter
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- Carcharodon carcharias by Jimmy Higgs
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- Croc VR 2030 by Tom Mead
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- Oceanic Whitetip by ATM
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- Silky Street by ScapaJoe
The diversity of pieces mirrors that of the sharks and rays they represent. You can bid on paintings, digital creations, sculptures, mixed media and more. You can pick your favourite artist or species of shark. Or you can select the perfect artwork to make a statement in your home or office. Whichever you choose, you will be supporting the work to protect these amazing animals.
One of the pieces of art has been selected to be auctioned live by Steve Backshall at the For the Love of Sharks event at the Royal Geographical Society in London on the 29th November. In addition to this, two further pieces will be raffled at this event, giving people a chance to win an incredible piece of shark art. For the Love of Sharks is the Shark Trust’s flagship evening. A night to celebrate sharks. Steve Backshall is the headline speaker at this event that will see other prominent shark advocates join him on stage.
Tickets for the event can be snapped up here:
https://thesharktrust.org.uk/Event/flos24
Those that would like to see the Oceanic 31 exhibition have one final chance. It is being displayed at the Pavilion at the Royal Geographic Society from 26th November until the 7th December. Entry is free.
Find out more here:
https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/oceanic-31
Paul Cox, Shark Trust CEO, Said “This exhibition has given us the opportunity to reach out to a new audience. And inspire more people with the wonderful sharks and rays on which our Big Shark Pledge campaign is based. We are immensely grateful to the 31 artists who have worked so hard to create these works.”
Bid for your favourite Oceanic 31 artwork here:
https://superstars-auctions.com/sharktrustauction
Banner Image: Smooth Hammerhead by Alicia Hayden
Until 28 November, prizes worth a massive £10,000 – including experiences, products and tuition – feature in a line-up of items that can be won for £5 in an online prize draw to celebrate Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation’s 20th anniversary and help generate crucial funds for the future.
Top of the list of prizes is the chance to spend time with adventurer and wildlife expert Steve Backshall, a workout session with Nat Geo star Aldo Kane, a kayaking trip alongside white-water expert and diver Sal Montgomery and a Zoom call with ‘shark whisperer’ Cristina Zenato.
On top of that, some of the most admired companies in the diving and scuba industry have been quick to support the charity with fabulous prizes that make the £5 ticket price worth more than just a flutter.
Master Liveaboards, BSAC, Midlands Diving Chamber, Go Freediving and Blue Shark Snorkel have all generously donated experience prizes, while celebrated photographer Alex Mustard has donated a print and artists Scott Gleed and Olivier Leger have donated a sculpture and illustration to help boost the fundraising pot.
Fourth Element has donated Ocean Positive gear and LA watch company Nodus has gifted the charity a stunning dive watch. For land lovers, the charity has included a five star London hotel stay at Bankside Hotel plus a family visit to Longleat Safari Park in the roster of prizes.
Campaign director for Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’ve been overwhelmed with support from companies and individuals that we truly admire and who have supported us on our 20 year journey and we’re truly grateful to them all. While we feel incredibly proud of our achievements over the past two decades – and we are super excited about the next chapter – this prize draw isn’t a vanity project. It represents a real lifeline to our work and important advancements in the global protection of sharks. So we hope divers, dive clubs and even bargain hunters grab some tickets to make this a massive success.”
The charity hopes that the prize draw will generate crucial funds to launch a brand new, ground-breaking, campaign to enrol the public and increase support for the protection of sharks around the world.
To enter the competition visit www.bite-back.com/prizedraw. The prize winners will be announced on 1 December 2024.
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