Whitaker's broke her tether and her tag came off Friday night around 645pm due to entanglement in dock lines hanging in the water.  A resident observed the entanglement and reported the tag recover to me shortly after the incident. 

6/14/07:

In order to locate this off-line individual, the following efforts are in effect:

ü     A sonic buoy was deployed in the Myakka River ; there have been no hits since early April.

ü     There is weekly sonic tracking throughout the area.

ü     A press release requesting help from the public was put out in Charlotte , Lee and Sarasota Counties , with no reported sightings to date.

9/18/07:

6/12/07 – 9/17/07

There have been no new sightings on Whitaker.