Alabama manatee Clog joins adoption program

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WALA) - The Save the Manatee Club and Dauphin Island Sea Lab have announced that a manatee named Clog is joining the club’s long-standing Adopt-A-Manatee program.

Clog’s distinct name and personality made him a crowd favorite in Alabama since 2022, we’re told. That’s when he was tagged by the Manatee Sighting Network and given a health assessment.

Clog was first photo-identified in Homosassa, Fla., in 1993, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s photo identification database. That means he’s more than 31 years old.

We’re told Clog likes to spend his summers in Alabama and Mississippi, and migrates to the west coast of Florida in the winter months.

Click here to find out about symbolically adopting Clog.