Ilya last sighted in the Kill Van Kull

NJ.com is reporting a manatee sighting in the Kill Van Kull offshore of Bayone NJ.
Fearing chilly end for manatee seen in Kill Van Kull

Animal rescuers fear for the welfare of a sea cow that was last reported in the Kill Van Kull near the Atlas Yacht Club in Bayonne on Monday, several hundred miles north of its native Florida waters, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

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Hope fades for missing manatee

Via NJ.com:
N.J. wildlife officials worry for Ilya, the missing manatee

LINDEN -- The manatee that took refuge in a creek outside a Linden oil refinery last week disappeared in stormy weather Friday afternoon. Now an expert who had hoped to return the sea cow to Florida fears the worst.

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Havre de Grace manatee in trouble

Ilya, the manatee that was spotted off the coast of Havre de Grace this past July is reportedly in trouble in New Jersey, trapped by cold water after traveling as far north as Cape Cod this past summer. According to the Associated Press, he was spotted on Friday, "huddling near an outfall pipe at an oil refinery in Linden, the only place he could find warm water." Bad weather is hampering rescue attempts and would be rescuers have now lost track of his whereabouts.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A rescue attempt is being planned for Ilya, a Florida manatee stuck near an oil refinery in New Jersey where plunging temperatures and a lack of food are endangering his life.

The gentle sea cow has been known to marine scientists for 10 years as he made his way up and down the East Coast. He has recently been spotted in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maryland.

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