While some are willing to kill animals for their love for selfies, others are keeping them caged under inhumane conditions to earn some cash. New images of a dugong kept in an underwater cage in Indonesia recently found their way onto the internet. Kept as a tourist attraction by local fishermen, a group of divers found the mother dugong in chains, with scars on her body and wounds on her tail. The mammal had been separated from her calf which was being kept in a nearby enclosure. The cage was located near the remote island of Kokoya, off North Maluku. Shackled by the tail, the video here shows the dugong struggling to swim around the enclosed space, unable to meet her child or break free of her cage.

Dugongs are considered vulnerable species by fishermen who were keeping them caged in hopes to earn money by showing them off to tourists for photos.

The divers said that it was heartbreaking to see the dugongs in such pain. When they asked the fishermen to release the animals, surprisingly their requested was accepted.

"When we left the island, the fisherman agreed to release them. But since we were not so convinced he would, I posted the video to social media," said Delon Lim, one of the divers, to The Dodo.