Editing Manatee (section)

==== Guyana ====

Since the 19th century, [[Georgetown, Guyana]] has kept [[West Indian manatee]]s in [[Guyana Botanical Gardens|its botanical garden]], and later, [[Guyana National Park|its national park]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Abary Creek manatees under threat |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2008/09/30/news/guyana/abary-creek-manatees-under-threat/ |work=Stabroek News |date=30 September 2008 |quote=there are 23 manatees [...] between the Botanical Gardens and the National Park. They have been there for more than 129 years, and reports are that they came from the [[Abary Creek]]. |access-date=16 June 2020 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In the 1910s and again in the 1950s, [[sugar estate]]s in Guyana used manatees to keep their irrigation canals weed-free.<ref>{{cite book|author=National Science Research Council (Guyana).|title=An International Centre for Manatee Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qz4rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13|year=1974|publisher=National Academies|location=Georgetown, Guyana|page=13}}</ref>
Between the 1950s and 1970s, the Georgetown [[water treatment plant]] used manatees in their storage canals for the same purpose.<ref>{{cite book|author=National Research Council|title=Making Aquatic Weeds Useful|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pG-8h6JufaEC&pg=PA35|year=2002|publisher=The Minerva Group|isbn=978-0-89499-180-6|page=35|quote= In the Georgetown Water and Sewerage Works, two manatees [...] were introduced in 1952 to a canal [...] In the 24 years since then, manatees have been used to keep this water (the city's municipal supply) weed-free.}}</ref>