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good morning and welcome to kid news I'm Tori. Today is Monday, December 4, 2023.

And we begin with two aging manatees known as Romeo and Juliet

getting sprung from decades of dismal living conditions at a Miami, Florida, Sequarium.

The pair are 67 and 61 years old and have called the park home since the 1950s.

But thanks to federal wildlife authorities and a campaign by animal rights activists

that included drone footage of Romeo swimming alone in a tiny dirty tank, the sea cows could

be reunited as early as this week.

A former marine mammal trainer who founded the group that saved the manatees

said they suffer when not living in a group and describe their sequarium separation and existence as Groundhog Day.

There's no word yet where Romeo, Juliet, and a third younger

manateer headed, but animal experts predict

it'll be a nearby sanctuary and say their health and well-being depend on it.

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