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Busch Gardens Williamsburg has ventured into the vast cyber world known as Twitter. The park is using the social networking tool to offer guests discounts and special event passes.

The brand's twitter account officially launched on March 1, and park officials have offered a variety of discounts including a giveaway of two platinum passes and two round-trip tickets on Southwest Airlines.

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SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - SeaWorld Orlando’s Animal Rescue Team rescues a young female manatee on Tuesday from a canal near Satellite Beach. This was the park’s 11th cold-stress manatee rescue this year – an unusually high number due to Florida’s unseasonably cold and extended winter.

For more, visit: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/030910seaworld-rescues-eleventh-manatee

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Sea World Tragedy Shows Both The Risk in Understanding Animals and The Nobility in a Life Spent Pursuing a Deeper Relationship

It was with shock and sadness last week that I read the news of the death of Dawn Brancheau, the trainer at Sea World who died during the Shamu show. Suddenly she was gone from all the lives she had left her mark upon, mine being one of them. I had taken my family to Sea World and seen the exact show to which she devoted her life.

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NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. --

State wildlife officials have released three manatees back into the water.

A pregnant manatee was released Tuesday morning, along with another female manatee and her calf.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the mother and calf were rescued in January from an Indian River County canal. They were taken to SeaWorld in Orlando and treated for cold stress.

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By Elizabeth Gold

Published: February 27, 2010

Tampa Bay - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay made a huge announcement today to celebrate Sesame Street's arrival, they are offering kids five and younger a free commemorative Busch Gardens Preschool Pass in 2010.

For more, visit: http://www.wtsp.com/news/mostpop/story.aspx?storyid=126089&provider=top