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Stranded sea cowsent back home
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January 7, 2009, Wednesday
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FILIPINO fishermen rescued an endangered sea cow, pushing it back into open water after it was stranded off a beach in the western Philippines, conservationists said yesterday.
The World Wide Fund for Nature said two fishermen tied a rope around the mammal on January 1, a day after it was trapped by low tide on the shore of Palawan island's Puerto Princesa city.
After recuperating in the waist-high water, the 2.6-meter-long animal was declared fit for release by WWF activists.
Onlookers cheered as the sea cow - nicknamed Enero, or January in the Tagalog language - was slowly coaxed out of the lagoon.
WWF said the gentle creatures, scientifically known as Dugong Dugon, had once plied the Philippine archipelago until hunting and habitat degradation wiped out most of them.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified the species as vulnerable or facing a high risk of extinction.
Thriving populations are now protected in the Philippines' northern Isabela province, the southern Mindanao region and Palawan.
The World Wide Fund for Nature said two fishermen tied a rope around the mammal on January 1, a day after it was trapped by low tide on the shore of Palawan island's Puerto Princesa city.
After recuperating in the waist-high water, the 2.6-meter-long animal was declared fit for release by WWF activists.
Onlookers cheered as the sea cow - nicknamed Enero, or January in the Tagalog language - was slowly coaxed out of the lagoon.
WWF said the gentle creatures, scientifically known as Dugong Dugon, had once plied the Philippine archipelago until hunting and habitat degradation wiped out most of them.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified the species as vulnerable or facing a high risk of extinction.
Thriving populations are now protected in the Philippines' northern Isabela province, the southern Mindanao region and Palawan.
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