Headless dugong found floating off Phuket coast

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This month, Phuket discovered a second dying dugong.

PUBLISHED: 15 Nov 2024 at 12: 30

Officials and volunteers use a rope to bring the dead dugong up from the seawater in Phuket on Thursday. (Photo: Apinya Wipatayotin)
On Thursday, officials and volunteers in Phuket raise the dead orangutans from the water using a wire. ( Photo: Apinya Wipatayotin )

It is the fourth dead orangutans reported this month, with a headless dugong discovered floating near a wharf in Phuket on Thursday.

Local anglers alerted officials after finding the degraded carcass of a full-grown man orangutans, measuring 2.2 feet and weighing about 250 kilogrammes, near Ban Bang Rong wharf in Thalang area. &nbsp,

The Coastal Resources Research Centre ( Upper Andaman Sea ) estimated that the body had been dead for four to five days.

The dugong’s chest was covered in a knife, suggesting that it was being sought after for its claws and tears, which were found in talismans. The situation has been referred to Thalang authorities for inspection.

Alligators are endangered, according to the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, and their populations are declining as a result of habitat loss and shooting. The office argued that there is no justification for believing that habitat fangs and tears have luck-bringing properties.

This affair follows earlier reports of habitat deaths in Krabi and Trang on November 3.

In order to protect marine life during the Loy Krathong festival, authorities also advised the people to steer clear of floating krathongs in the water.