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Stop Dugong Hunting: Aboriginal Leader
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Maria
- 109 days ago - news.ninemsn.com.au
North Queensland Land Council chair Terry O'Shane said that although traditional owners had the right to hunt the endangered species for traditional purposes, they had a responsibility to protect the environment
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Sign Petition: U.S. Military Base in Okinawa Threatens Rare Dugongs
Animals  (tags: animals, dugong, manatee, okinawa, wildlife, wildanimals, endangered, extinction, sadness, environment, habitat, nature, habitatdestruction, ecosystems, destruction, protection, humans, oceans )

Tom
- 180 days ago - change.org
The U.S. and Japanese governments are planning to destroy the best remaining habitat of a unique and critically endangered marine mammal -- the Okinawa dugong. This dugong, a relative of the manatee, is a rare marine mammal that feeds in the seagrass beds.
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Stranded Dugong Saved in Philippines
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Jacquelin
- 345 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
January 2009 - Indonesia. Two brave fishermen kicked off 2009 in extraordinary fashion, by saving the life of a trapped dugong. Henry Barlas, a fisherman from Puerto Princesa, noticed something unusual as he gazed at the shallow lagoon fronting his h
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Dugong Washes Up on Mooloolaba Beach
Animals  (tags: australia, marine wildlife, dugong, death, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 443 days ago - thedaily.com.au
Sailors apparently used to mistake dugongs for mermaids. But not surprisingly, there were not too many takers stepping up to resuscitate the dugong washed up near Ocean Beach caravan park at Mooloolaba yesterday afternoon. Not the most glamorous cre
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Fisherman Raises Alarm on Indigenous Dugong Hunt
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wildanimals, marinelife, humans, habitat, endangered, dugong, hunt, killing )

Jacquelin
- 680 days ago - abc.net.au
A Northern Territory fisherman says all Australians should be concerned about the impact of Indigenous hunting on dugong stocks. Commercial barramundi fisherman Peter Manning says independent analysis is needed to assess the long-term sustainability of
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Please Help End Manatee Harassment!
Animals  (tags: Manatee, Sea Cow, Dugong, marine mammals, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, abuse, animalrights, crime, cruelty, death, endangered, environment, ethics, extinction, habitat, law, protection, rescued, suffering, wildanimals )

Julie
- 685 days ago - savethemanatee.org
Recently, a video shot at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge shows people grabbing, walking on, and riding manatees.Manatees need these wildlife refuges for survival in the winter! When people try to touch or pursue manatees, they can alter...
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Dugong Rescued
Animals  (tags: australia, wildanimals, wildlife, sealife, dugong, rescued, humans, suffering, endangered, extinction )

Jacquelin
- 714 days ago - thedaily.com.au
Beachgoers aren't the only ones being affected by the wild weather conditions on the Coast this week - a 300kg dugong was stranded in shallow water off the northern top of Bribie Island on Wednesday. The mammal was spotted by Caloundra City lifeguards
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Endangered Dugongs Found Dead in Abu Dhabi
Animals  (tags: abu dhabi, wildlife, wildanimals, sealife, dugong, death, extinction, endangered, habitat, humans, protection, Vanishing )

Jacquelin
- 729 days ago - middle-east-online.com
Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi Calls on public to help Protect endangered dugong. ABU DHABI - A team of field scientists from the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) this month came across two dugongs trapped in an abandoned drift Gillnet (Al Hayali), clos
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