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Conservationist demands end to dugong hunt as numbers plummet
Herald Sun
19 July 2013
A CONSERVATIONIST has called for an end to all indigenous hunting of dugongs until the species recovers as numbers dwindle dramatically.
There are fears that the marine mammal population is in freefall as flood damage to their habitat has push them to the brink. Read more
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Project 2.1 'Marine turtles and dugongs of the Torres Strait'
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