The Past, Present and Future of Dugongs
Dugongs
Steller's Sea Cow
The past, present of future of dugongs. What has this all been like?
PAST
Dugongs have been living peacefully undisturbed for many hundreds, thousands of years. They are of the least nuisance that they can possibly be but abruptly, when the British colonians invaded into the Australian Aboriginal's land, the dugong numbers have been decreasing. Luckily, there is a environmental organization called Green Peace that helps out all these environmental issues like saving dugongs from being extinct. Already, its close relative, the Steller's sea cow, has already been wiped off the face of the earth.
PRESENT
Currently, the dugongs conservation status is vulnerable to extinction which of course isnt very good. Despite its harmlessness, dugongs are hunted down for its blabber which is a source for oil. Also, they are hunted with a harpoon for their meat which is sold illegally. These sinister hunters are dubbed poachers as they are breaking the law to slaughter these innocent creatures. Also, in 1999, there were many highly publicised dugong deaths so a sanctuary was proposed to be built for the dugongs residing around the Malaysian area. Still, after a long decade, nothing has been done at all whatsoever for the building of the sanctuary in Malaysia. Without these highly necessary conservation parks, dugong numbers might still decline, and decline taking their status level to a possible 'endangered'. We have to do something now to stop the future of dugongs being dull and dreary like its relatives, Steller's sea cows.
FUTURE
The future of dugongs is strong, but due to global warming which is slowly destroying some parts of the sea, like the Great Barrier Reef, maybe there will be some pitfalls. Also, since there is an inadequacy of seagrass, which is the fundamental part of its nourishment, dugongs might have food competition which will lead to many deaths as there won't be a sufficient amount of food supply to fulfill all the dugongs large stomach. As they rely on this marine plant, without it means probably starvation. So, as I predict, I believe some organisations or maybe even some caring governments might build some sturdy refuge for the dugongs to breed more and supply them with a satisfactory amount of food. Hopefully, this will happen and dugongs will still remain in the future.
PAST
Dugongs have been living peacefully undisturbed for many hundreds, thousands of years. They are of the least nuisance that they can possibly be but abruptly, when the British colonians invaded into the Australian Aboriginal's land, the dugong numbers have been decreasing. Luckily, there is a environmental organization called Green Peace that helps out all these environmental issues like saving dugongs from being extinct. Already, its close relative, the Steller's sea cow, has already been wiped off the face of the earth.
PRESENT
Currently, the dugongs conservation status is vulnerable to extinction which of course isnt very good. Despite its harmlessness, dugongs are hunted down for its blabber which is a source for oil. Also, they are hunted with a harpoon for their meat which is sold illegally. These sinister hunters are dubbed poachers as they are breaking the law to slaughter these innocent creatures. Also, in 1999, there were many highly publicised dugong deaths so a sanctuary was proposed to be built for the dugongs residing around the Malaysian area. Still, after a long decade, nothing has been done at all whatsoever for the building of the sanctuary in Malaysia. Without these highly necessary conservation parks, dugong numbers might still decline, and decline taking their status level to a possible 'endangered'. We have to do something now to stop the future of dugongs being dull and dreary like its relatives, Steller's sea cows.
FUTURE
The future of dugongs is strong, but due to global warming which is slowly destroying some parts of the sea, like the Great Barrier Reef, maybe there will be some pitfalls. Also, since there is an inadequacy of seagrass, which is the fundamental part of its nourishment, dugongs might have food competition which will lead to many deaths as there won't be a sufficient amount of food supply to fulfill all the dugongs large stomach. As they rely on this marine plant, without it means probably starvation. So, as I predict, I believe some organisations or maybe even some caring governments might build some sturdy refuge for the dugongs to breed more and supply them with a satisfactory amount of food. Hopefully, this will happen and dugongs will still remain in the future.