Protecting the Dugong from Habitat Destruction (with audio)

Watch this video to see a dugong in action, and what Earthjustice is doing to save the dugongs of Okinawa from the destruction of their habitat.

For more information, go to http://www.earthjustice.org

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• dugong
• endangered
• Japan
• Okinawa
• Henoko
• Earthjustice

[iamazlin1]

you gota be f-ing kiddin me right a law firm for a none liveing object what a joke-i have a rock in my yard that wants to sue my tree for blocking the sun-and i would like to sue sharks on behalf on seals everywhere-why dont you do something useful take the money your wasteing on this crap and feed the homeless in you own backyard

[yoyowassuppp]

and i thought it was just a pokemon...psh

[eers2ya]

@pennilesscripple I love how people hear one side of things and take it as gospel.

[eers2ya]

10? I swam with a couple in 95-96 while stationed on Camp Schwab.

[webkinzareFUNNY]

poor things!!! they are souch!!!! well i shouldnt say.... :l

[dandegold]

I ran out of space but the country which allows this is none other than Australia I have written to Greenpeace and WWF but they are not interested in the Dugong, with WWF I got some run around about how the Indigenous people need the Dugong in their diet,it is not as if these people are starving as they are on goverment pensions from a early age so I still do not unstand why they have to kill the Dugone

[dandegold]

Why are the eyes only on the Japanese when one of the counries that are so against whaling allow hundreds of dugongs to be killed in the most cruelist way,two people were caught cutting up a Dugong while it was still alive, they were charged but the court ruled that because it was done in the traditional way they could not be charged,it was stated that something has to be done as thousands are killed in this way, green turtles are killed by having their shells cut off while they are alive,

[uchinanju]

the biggest hole is you: another asshole hater.

i suppose ancient okinawan references to dugong in songs, etc. were part of earthjustice conspiracy? we don't care who builds it, we don't want foreign military occupation, whether its US or japanese gov't, including the dozens of facilities across 20% of island. if you're in okinawa, take the bases you love so much back to your own country!

[ZZmemberZZ]

I could tell you soo many more facts and holes in this story,but I am limited to only 500 words to post. all one sided stories.

[ZZmemberZZ]

Fitst of all there is a shit load of lies in this. One the military isn't building shit. The Japanese Government is building it. Second this is the second site. The first site was on the other side of the Island. Thrid the dugong doesn't live here at all. They saw two swim past this bay that is it. You make it sound like it stays here.Well it is rare to even see a dugong anywhere on okinawa. Okinawians use to eat this thing,hell they still eat dolpins,they sell it in supermarkets.