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 ...

Earlier this summer, a viral video ignited a wave of outrage across Florida: Five men capture and hoist a live giant manta ray from the waters offshore Panama City Beach and onto their boat. Almost ...

Two years before itscontroversial 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, ...

(WSVN) - FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) — A controversial video that went viral in 2025 sparked a contentious debate during a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting and led to a major ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Plucked from Florida waters and sent to Sea World on the other side of the world. That’s what happened to a threatened giant manta ray, and it was legal. Now there’s a bill in the ...