Denis Richard watched five men heave a giant manta ray from the waters off Panama City Beach and plop it into a pool on their boat deck. “Let him go,” he yelled. “You ought to be ashamed of yourselves ...
According to a new study and hundreds of videos shot mostly in waters near Palm Beach County, manta rays can act as a mobile ...
A video of the capture of a protected giant manta ray near Florida’s Panama City Beach has sparked outrage over concerns about animal welfare and conservation practices. Denis Richard, the founder and ...
Two years before its controversial videotaped capture of a giant manta ray last month, a Florida company seized two more of the rare creatures for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, one of which died in captivity, ...
A giant manta ray was captured off Panama City Beach, Florida under a permit for international display at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. While "threatened" under the ESA, not "endangered," the manta ray's ...