A headless dugong carcass was found floating near the Bang Rong Pier in Phuket Province. It is believed that its head was cut off and its tusks were used to make amulets according to beliefs. The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources is expediting legal action and requesting cooperation to prevent impacts on dugongs.
Today (15 Nov 2014), reporters reported that officers from the Rare Marine Animal Group, Upper Andaman Coastal and Marine Resources Research Center, Phuket Province, were notified by locals that on the evening of 14 Nov that a dead dugong carcass was found floating near the Ban Bang Rong Pier, Pa Klok Subdistrict, Thalang District, Phuket Province. สล็อต