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Environmental and Animal Protection Groups to Make Major Announcement on Federal Manatee Protection Lawsuit

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TO NATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS:

Environmental and Animal Protection Groups to Make Major Announcement on Federal Manatee Protection Lawsuit

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -/E-Wire/-- PRESS CONFERENCE:

WHO: Helen Spivey, co-chair, Save the Manatee Club (SMC) Eric Glitzenstein, attorney, Meyer & Glitzenstein Patrick Rose, director of governmental affairs, SMC Dr. Naomi Rose, marine mammal scientist, Humane Society of the U.S., and representatives from 19 national environmental and animal protection groups

WHAT: Press conference to announce major developments on the progress of a federal manatee protection lawsuit filed in January 2000 by a coalition of 19 environmental, animal protection, and public interest organizations against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt.

WHEN: Thursday, January 4 1:30 p.m. EST

WHERE: National Press Club Holeman Lounge 14th and F Streets NW Washington, DC

Media Note: Press unable to attend the news conference are invited to take part in a simultaneous two-way teleconference that will include opportunities to question the speakers. To participate, call [REDACTED-PHONE] shortly before 1:30 p.m. EST and specify that you are calling for the Manatee press conference.

The Humane Society of the United States

Howard White/Humane Society of U.S.: (301) 258-3072, D''Arcy Kemnitz/Wildlife Advocacy Project: (202) 588-5206, Judith Vallee/Save the Manatee Club: (407) 539-0990/

http://www.hsus.org/

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