The plea of ​​the mermaid

People are willing to spend more than ten million dong just to own the pair of 'her' fangs that are rumored to effect demonic demons . Someone is willing to spend 3 times that amount if it is available 'her' set of 'guns' ('penis') to soak alcohol improves 'internal'. Despite the danger of global extinction, before that lucrative profit, many fishermen in the island district of Phu Quoc, Kien Giang have not gone from any fishing and killing methods to bring the mermaids into !

'American women' are being abused

From Ho Chi Minh City, receiving the news of 'mermaid' being massively sliced ​​meat in Phu Quoc - Kien Giang, we quickly crossed the distance to find out the situation. After nearly a week of floating at sea with scientists from the International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF) infiltrating the fishing villages that have been listed in the form of 'marine cow slaughtering', we have had enough The establishment affirmed a heartbreaking truth: sea cows, rare and precious animals named in red books which only appeared in Con Dao (Ba Ria-Vung Tau), Phu Quoc Island, were WWF and Kien Giang provincial authorities. Protection efforts are being abused by bluff!

Master Nguyen Xuan Niem, coordinator of Kien Giang coral and seagrass conservation project, said: 'More than 3 years ago, although the provincial People's Committee had a ban on hunting and will investigate criminal responsibility for for those who violate but that effort still does not make the West Coast assassins flinch. ' Despite the law, ignoring the 'plea' of the big sea mammal but as good as the earth, all the time, everywhere, cold to cruel, with specialized nets, dynamite, tuberculosis, guns . When discovering 'mermaids', many fishermen have not come from any cruel tricks to have the right to cut the fairies of the sea'.

Knowing we went to find out about the 'bleeding' of the sea cow, Binh - an 'beautiful female ocean' assassin who was currently on the sword - enthusiastically provided much valuable information. Also from Binh's enthusiasm, we have recorded a group of fishermen who are cutting sea beef at the shore, red blood on a large area. I asked Hung, who launched two javelins deep into the poor dove: 'How much money is gained from this spoils?' then the fishermen confided: 'This is a male, so the income is a bit clumsy! Just counting its tusks and pincers, I have nearly four dozen million; and meat from 50,000 to 70,000 dong per kilo but to the next '.

After the meat was cut, the silver cow was able to take care of the women, the sisters who were relatives of the 'assassins' dropped into the need to tear and then handed them to specialty restaurants in the town of Ha Tien. I asked a woman who was now preparing to gather specialties to the grocery store: 'Why not bring to the market to get more money?' then get the answer: 'Is it fine to bring it to the market? Leaving the shop for healthier people, people buy high prices, quickly. How many, they are also willing to bid. '

Following the journey of the 'mermaid' life, at an ocean food specialty shop, as soon as we were still in peace, the fat shop owner dutifully offered to sell the dishonest name in Kien Giang but not at the moment. Anyone who has money can sip. 'Do you use sea cows?' I made a surprised set: 'Delicious?' then listen to the boss around his neck: 'Heaven and earth, great! Delicious is just a small thing, this guy eats in to ensure a hundred percent boost '. We are puzzled, there are a group of four guests who are generals and guards from the shadowed car. The shopkeeper let us think and then enlisted the guests: 'New to the sea cow'. Having heard that, one of the four guests looked bright: 'Really? So get up now. ' After saying that, he took the phone to call his comrades constantly: "Today, there's a mermaid!".

Portrait of "The ocean female fairy"

The first person to discover sea cows is Dr. Nguyen Si Tuan, working at Nha Trang Oceanographic Institute. In 2001, during a coral survey in Con Dao, Dr. Tuan broke the 'mermaid' amid a serious threat to her.

In terms of biological characteristics, 'ocean beauty' is a calm species, often swimming in the water and eating only sea grass. They first paired at 6-7 years of age and maintained their later love pace from 2.5 to 5 years. The breeding rate of sea cows is very low, from 3-7 years of birth once with a gestation period of 13 months and 10 days and only 1 baby.

Not only is it 'bleeding' in Vietnam, but in the countries of the world, sea cows are also in a tragic situation. Present in 37 countries in the world but the number of sea cows is declining in 20 countries. Believing from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Australia alone, the number of sea cows is only 3% of that of the 1960s - an alarming number! In the school of Oocos including more than 1,200 verses and 24 songs, the ancient Greek poet, Hosea, mentioned the appearance of his sea goddesses, the fishtail with the beauty tilting the water to the side. the enchanting voice made the sailors so enamored that they could not control the ship and had to pay the price by abandoning their lives in the vast ocean. According to the anthem, after the victory of Troy, on the journey back to the homeland after more than 10 years of being lost, anticipate the dangers of the sea goddesses, to avoid being enthralled, the Greek king of Ostrich ordered the soldiers to tie him to the mast and ordered that no one would untie him even if he pleaded for it. Other people on board following the king's orders had to take the beeswax to seal their ears to escape the temptation of death from the melodious voices of the mermaids .

Thousands of years later, the secret action of the mermaids has been confirmed by humankind: just a legend! If you look at the 'girls', many people who have heard the mermaids will be completely disappointed by their imaginative fairies with extremely horrible 'beauty' with stout, muddy bodies. Burning meat and especially the upper lip breaking out looks very heterogeneous. When the girls 'sang', everyone could not help but startle at the sound like crying and crying when they were sad and sad!

'The mermaid, the mermaid, the sea goddess .' through the biologists' research is the marine species with scientific name Trichechus manatus, often called 'dugong' (or sea cow). The consolation for those who are 'mermaids' is that their front fins have the shape of naughty fingers and especially the large breasts that hold hands in the chest area. According to the explanation of the people, it is this shape of the sea cow that made sailors for the first time see them protruding their bodies on the water at a distance as if they were feeding their babies and looked like chickens and hoe, thinking that it was Mermaid.

Rescue efforts

At the end of the tea ceremony, Binh confided: 'As well as the assassins of the sea bulls, the ball bounced off for a while like Tu Bach, Ba Cu, Sau Binh, Tam Toet, and the reason why I kept looking for it because I could not bear the eyes of desperation and compassion the mermaid 's love The maternal love of this species is very deep! When I see my mother sticking to the net, baby cows often scream hard. My mother loves me only to know tears . I am obsessed with that scene, so I retire. '

But no assassin is touched by the maternal love of the dug and guarding the sword like the former assassin Binh, the sea of ​​Phu Quoc - Kien Giang has thousands of fishermen and any of them can become close The sea birch once you see them. Profit power from sea cows is too great, catching an income of a few months in the sea with many dangers, so many fishermen said that it would not be foolish to refuse the opportunity if one encounters' Mermaid'.

Shredded sea beef

There is no doubt that the situation of cutting meat and eating sea beef is a problem in Phu Quoc - Kien Giang. According to WWF, this situation is progressing with an increasingly serious level. From July 2002 to the present, there are nearly 30 'mermaids' who have been reborn. Particularly, from September to November 2002, there were 9 'girls' being cut. It should be emphasized that this is the number of cases detected, in fact the amount of killed cattle may be more. Recitation Master's Master confided: 'It is estimated that in Vietnam, in addition to the number of dugongs about 10 in Con Dao, Phu Quoc is still less than 100 and this number is continuously decreasing due to the abusive scandal from the police. The sea cow . The endangered risk of the cattle in Kien Giang is getting closer. '

In addition to the horrors of being cut by human species, the number of sea cows in Phu Quoc is also threatened by hundreds of other dangers such as being caught in fishing nets, being touched by boats and ships, and the problem of marine pollution. and especially the degradation of seagrass which is the only food of the dugong . Before the tragic fate of the 'mermaids', in parallel with the research program of marine bovine conservation by WWF support (from July 2002), the Kien Giang provincial government also soon issued Directive 20/2002 / CT-UB issued on November 21, 2002 on strict management and strict handling of murder cases. Marine cows in Kien Giang province. Sadly, these rescue efforts do not have a good effect on the 'fate of the mermaids'.

An official of WWF said: 'It is time for the society and functional sectors to take decisive action to save the dugongs. All delays will be extremely harmful, especially when sea cows no longer appear in this sea area. '

Let's wait and hope!