attilio
02.09.2007, 11:08 AM
Hi all,
Taken from: http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070831-18240500-bc-china-dolphin.xml
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Conservationists say a rare Baiji dolphin, considered to be nearly extinct, has been spotted in the Yangtze River.
The World Wildlife Fund said the discovery means there is still time to take action to protect the species.
A photograph of the animal was taken Aug. 19 in Tongling City in east China's Anhui Province, the group said Friday in a release. The image was confirmed by a leading scientist in Baiji study at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Science.
The WWF said the species was considered "functionally extinct."
"This sighting presents a last hope that the Baiji may not go the way of the dodo bird," Karen Baragona, the WWF's Yangtze River Basin Program said. "Other species have been brought back from the brink of extinction, like the southern right whale and white rhinos, but only through the most intensive conservation efforts."
Taken from: http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070831-18240500-bc-china-dolphin.xml
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Conservationists say a rare Baiji dolphin, considered to be nearly extinct, has been spotted in the Yangtze River.
The World Wildlife Fund said the discovery means there is still time to take action to protect the species.
A photograph of the animal was taken Aug. 19 in Tongling City in east China's Anhui Province, the group said Friday in a release. The image was confirmed by a leading scientist in Baiji study at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Science.
The WWF said the species was considered "functionally extinct."
"This sighting presents a last hope that the Baiji may not go the way of the dodo bird," Karen Baragona, the WWF's Yangtze River Basin Program said. "Other species have been brought back from the brink of extinction, like the southern right whale and white rhinos, but only through the most intensive conservation efforts."