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The dugong is one of the world's top conservation priorities, researchers say. Here's what happened to them in China.

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dugong, a gentle dugong marine mammal that has frequented China's southern waters for hundreds of years, has become function...

The dugong has been declared the first functionally extinct large mammal in Chinese waters by scientists from the Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China's southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday. Research by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences said fishing, ship strikes and human-caused habitat loss have seen the number of dugongs in Chinese waters...

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented Chinas southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday.

Some could be lost forever, while others could live in areas difficult to reach

Researchers have discovered eight of the top 25 most desired species lost to science in the five years since the hunt began. The new species come from 17 different nations and were picked from a list of almost 2,000 vanished species.

  I. Introduction For too long, the environmental left has pushed a narrative that undeveloped land and wildlife are disappearing. This narrative has justified programs that expand government land ownership and the regulation of natural resources. The current Administration’s “30 by 30” proposal—that 30 percent of the nation’s land be conserved by 2030 to protect biodiversity—is a good example. However, the reality regarding U.S. lands, habitat, and wildlife is encouraging, with man...