Innocent Dugong Dies in Shark Nets in Sydney
November 25, 2009
Dugong, sea grass eating marine mammal. Reuters: stringer, file photo. Image Source: http://abc.net.au
Sea grass eating Dugongs are harmless marine mammals and are yet again victims of the shark nets. Like us humans, Dugongs require air to breathe and after getting tangled in the shark nets at Coogee Beach in Sydney (November 25, 2009) the Dugong could no longer surface for air to breathe and it drowned.
The unfortunate Dugong was approximately 2m long, so was not yet a full sized adult and still had many years in it’s 70 year life span remaining.
Usually Dugongs are found in sub-tropical to tropical waters but occasionally they do travel south and there have been a number of Dugongs caught within the NSW shark nets since there inception in 1937.
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Shark nets must be banned, all they are doing is killing our precious marine life. Marine animals are going to become extinct at a rapid rate if shark nets are not banned.
Please get rid of these shark nets.
Es lamentable todo lo que hacen con la fauna marina