Bear Warriors United, Inc., a Florida Not for Profit Corporation, v. Shawn Hamilton, in his Official Capacity as Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
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Bear Warriors United, a Florida-based nonprofit, sued the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, alleging that the agency violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Plaintiff claims that the agency’s failure to curb sewage disposal from septic tanks and wastewater treatment plants into the Indian River Lagoon has killed off vital seagrass and cost local manatees their food source and lives. Plaintiff is seeking declaratory judgement and injunctive relief.
[To accompany Federal Court Case Law Update "Lawsuit Alleges that Florida Department of Environmental Protection Has Violated the ESA by Allowing Sewage to Deplete Manatee Food Sources" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 165.]