01/12/2026
Did you see that ZooTampa at Lowry Park was featured in People magazine for a record number of manatees released back into Florida waters in 2025? 🎉
I was drawn to ZooTampa back as an animal science undergrad at University of Vermont because of their manatee hospital. While I ultimately wasn't chosen as an intern at the hospital (and ended up with sea turtles at Mote, instead) I still absolutely love the work that hospital does, and it's nice to see them being recognized. Truly, they're the reason I had the inkling to move to Florida in the first place.
Pictured is the zoo team performing a medical procedure on one of the rehab manatees back in May of 2025. I captured this during a shoot for the zoo.