Thailand's baby dugong 'Mariam' dies with plastic in her stomach

Mariam's treatment and recoveries were documented and shared to the world by The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Thailand which soon went viral to garner her the status of nation's 'beloved'. Netizens all over the world mourned the death of beloved Mariam and posted concern over marine life and ocean conservation. Take a look at the reactions: a baby dugong #marium got lost in the sea & separated with her mom, her family classified &dhapos;vulnerable to extinction&dhapos; if that not sad enough, today we lost her & it was because of us, the most selfish creators in this planet. it is time now to be better, to try hearder?  pic.twitter.com/QCi1xXY6oY — ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@meisafool) August 17, 2019 Saying &dhapos;goodbye&dhapos; is not easy (และมีหลายประโยคให้พูด) &dhndash; Words can&dhapos;t express how saddened we are (to hear about the loss) &dhndash; You will remain in our hearts forever &dhndash; You&dhapos;ll be missed &dhndash; You&dhapos;ll always be in our hearts♥️ &dhndash; You were a beautiful much-loved young dugong/sea cow#มาเรียม — นุ่น &dhndash; English AfterNoonz (@Eng_afternoonz) August 17, 2019 Why return a human-nurtured baby dugong to the ocean. — Thomas Christopher (@ThomasCP518) August 17, 2019 Goodbye, our cutie. See you again. #มาเรียม pic.twitter.com/55HSHFYGrj — Always in the house. (@AllenR53142532) August 16, 2019 Tragic demonstration of what we are doing to the planet and why #plasticpollution needs to be on all our agendas. @EEIatHull @HullUniScience @UniOfHull — FSE_Research (@FSEFacultyRese1) August 17, 2019 this is so sad :( please stop using plastic  — itisha kaushik (@itishaaaa1) August 17, 2019 The plastic was from the chicoms, God dam them. — michaelsullivan (@spikeuberss) August 17, 2019 ban plastics now — 홎황홚홫홚 홎홪홣 © (@Stephen_T_Sun) August 17, 2019 This is so sad.  — Shya R. (@purpLe_shya21) August 17, 2019 According to AFP, Mariam washed up in the shallow waters off southwestern Thailand months ago, and was in a nursing tank, cared by a team of veterinarians and marine experts. function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://doodleordie.com/profile/numanalikhess

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