Why Save the Manatees?

I'm sure that most people know this, but I'll tell you anyway; manatees are an endangered species. In Florida there are some waterways that you have to go slower in, and that's because of manatees.
Manatees are my favorite animals. I was at a national park-type thing and I saw them being fed. They looked so cute- flapping their noses in protest when the feeder said that there was no more food. We saw two wild manatees swimming in the river. Let me tell you, I know why they're called sea cows.
Manatees are herbivores. They eat ocean plants and algae. Besides being cute, manatees are very important because of their diet. Anyways, someday if we don't protect them they'll be the kind of animal that when you say "These were alive when I was a kid!" your child or grandchild will say "Wow, you're old!"
Some people don't like manatees, fishermen in particular. They hate slowing down in the protected zones. A book that I'm currently reading, Dolphins, Whales, and Manatees of Florida; A Guide to Sharing Their World by John E. Reynolds III and Randall S. Wells expresses that pretty well like this:
"In some places in the world, marine mammals frequently become entangled in nets and other gear, damaging that gear and causing delays that frustrate fishermen, not to mention causing serious jeopardy for the marine mammals themselves."
Well, the fishermen can deal! I imagine that there's a few fishermen that feel bad when they see the marine mammals in the nets. Maybe, like, two hundred. Out of maybe a thousand! People care way too much about money nowadays. I mean, it's just paper that the government prints out, right?
So some people may ask, Why save the manatees? If someone asks you that, tell them that if they saw one they'd understand.
-Kayla, future marine biologist