The shocking video of the manatee being dragged along a road by a group of men as he desperately tried to free himself.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himTied with a rope around the tail, this one manatee was dragged down a street by a group of men as he fidgeted desperately in hopes of freeing himself.
Il video shocking that the scene was shared on Nigerian social networks and following the Blue Planet Society report, it was also commented by Sharon Ikeazor, Deputy Minister of the Environment in Nigeria:
“My attention was drawn to a very distressing and unsightly video of a manatee captured in the Niger Delta region being dragged across barren ground by a cruel fate by an uninformed young man. I strongly condemn this act ... "
My attention has been drawn to a very distressing & distasteful video of a captured manatee in the Niger Delta Region being dragged on bare ground to a cruel fate by some ill informed/uninformed youth. I strongly condemn this act …. pic.twitter.com/08yPCUf35o
— Sharon Ikeazor (@sharon_ikeazor) February 23, 2020
And he added:
"It is sad that manatees remain one of the most hunted aquatic mammals, the repetition of this must be of great concern to us all ..."
Horrific video of threatened West African manatee dragged down a street in Delta State, Nigeria yesterday. We have informed @sharon_ikeazor, Nigerian Minister of State for Environment, who has said she will issue a statement and take action. @UNEP @BonnConvention @OceanCare pic.twitter.com/bABmzpEyZg
— Blue Planet Society (@Seasaver) February 22, 2020
West African manatees are classified as a vulnerable species and it is illegal to hunt them in Nigeria. However, they are often captured to use their organs in traditional medicine.
In 2015, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, estimated that there were 10.000 manatees in West Africa in the wild, although this number is rapidly declining.
CMS, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, stressed that it is crucial, particularly in areas affected by poverty, that people are informed and made aware of the importance of conservation efforts, including to avoid recurrence. of similar things!
FONTI: CMS / Twitter / IUCN
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