News Headline
An orphaned dugong becomes a social media influencer in Thailand
Source
UN Environment
Publication Date
2019-07-10
“We got lucky she appeared when she did. We were about to get off the water when she popped up out of nowhere,” explains Alex Rendell, a Thai actor and conservationist, and founder of the Environmental Education Centre, of his encounter with the seven-month old dugong baby called Marium. “I’ve been there five times now.