{"id":1783,"date":"2011-06-16T10:16:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T10:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2011-06-16T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T10:24:15","slug":"monk-seal-favourite-killed-on-amorgos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/16\/monk-seal-favourite-killed-on-amorgos\/","title":{"rendered":"Monk seal favourite killed on Amorgos"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2014 by Erwin Werdenigg, Amorgos Island Magazine<\/h5>\n
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The young seal was found dead on an Amorgos beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amorgos \u2013 June 15th, 2011: The young friendly male monk seal appearing in the port of Aegiali at the middle of April quickly won the hearts of the people and became a \u201cmascot\u201d of tourists and also the magazine.\u00a0 On last Friday (June 10th) Dimitris Synodinos (Amorgos Diving Center) alerted that the animal was found dead on the beach.<\/p>\n

People from MOm<\/a> (the Greek monk seal protection group) could not travel to Amorgos themselves due to increased ferry occupancy. The animal was send to Athens on Saturday for autopsy. The examination at MOm showed that:<\/p>\n

It was a young male seal, 6-7 months old, in good nutritional status. The animal had injuries in the back sustained by a sharp object<\/strong>, which crossed the side to reach the thoracic cavity, thus injuring the lung. Histological analysis will give us information on whether the animal eventually died from suffocation or internal bleeding. In any case, death resulted from the trauma deliberately inflicted upon the animal, from close distance.<\/p>\n

MOm stresses in a statement that the\u00a0Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus<\/em> is currently the most endangered marine mammal in Europe and is classified as a species facing the\u00a0danger of extinction.\u00a0 As the species is \u00a0protected by law, the NGO reserves the right to use all legitimate and legal means against the culprit.<\/p>\n

MOm also stated: \u201cThe Amorgos contribution of all was very important and we would like to thank the residents of the island and especially Dimitri Synodinos from Amorgos Diving Center, who all this time informing us of the presence of the animal on Amorgos, George Evangelou of Aegiali port, who arranged for the maintenance of the animal, and Nikitas Roussos, Mayor of Amorgos, who carried the animal on his own to the port and also the crew of Blue Star Paros for their contribution to transport the animal to Athens.\u201d<\/p>\n

We are quite shocked by the incident and hope that in the future attacks against seals will never happen again on Amorgos.<\/p>\n

Images and Text courtesy Amorgos Island Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Further information:<\/strong> Mother and pup visit Aegiali, Amorgos<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2014 by Erwin Werdenigg, Amorgos Island Magazine Amorgos \u2013 June 15th, 2011: The young friendly male monk seal appearing in the port of Aegiali at the middle of April quickly won the hearts of the people and became a \u201cmascot\u201d of tourists and also the magazine.\u00a0 On last Friday (June 10th) Dimitris Synodinos (Amorgos Diving … <\/p>\n

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