41. WWF - Tears for the Yangtze Finless Porpoise
the Baiji Dolphin was declared "functionally extinct" in 2006, it was a once-in-25-million-year event. Never before had a whole species of Dolphin been wiped off the planet because of human activity. Despite a last-ditch effort
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/china/?199775/Tears-for-the-Yangtze-Finless-Porpoise - 52.3kb
42. WWF - Saving the Mekong River’s dolphins
Priority Species Whales & Dolphins The Species Right whales Blue whale Fin whale Sei whale Gray whale Hector's Dolphin Vaquita Irrawaddy Dolphin River Dolphins
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/irrawaddy_dolphin/?uProjectID=9S0766 - 45.4kb
43. WWF - Amazing Discoveries in the Amazon: New Species Found Every 3 Days Over...
Amazon River dolphin or pink river dolphin was recorded by science in the 1830s, and given the scientific name of Inia geoffrensis. In 2006, scientific evidence showed that there is a separate species – Inia boliviensis
http://wwf.panda.org/?196057/Amazing-Discoveries-in-the-Amazon-New-Species-Found-Every-Three-Days-Over-Last-Decade - 64.0kb
44. WWF - Tears for the Yangtze Finless Porpoise
the Baiji Dolphin was declared "functionally extinct" in 2006, it was a once-in-25-million-year event. Never before had a whole species of Dolphin been wiped off the planet because of human activity. Despite a last-ditch effort
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/china/news/?199775/Tears-for-the-Yangtze-Finless-Porpoise - 52.4kb
45. WWF - Factsheet: River Dolphins
Factsheet: River Dolphins
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River Dolphins
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/pakistan/news/?62960/Factsheet-River-Dolphins - 49.6kb
46. WWF - Whales, dolphins, and porpoises
species choose a whale, dolphin, or porpoise from the list:
Right whales
Blue whale
Fin whale
Sei whale
Gray whale
Hector's dolphin
Vaquita
Irrawaddy dolphin
River
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cetaceans/ - 45.6kb
47. WWF - Counting dolphins, critical to preserve health of South American rivers
Suddenly, a powder-pink dolphin jumps and dives in an elegant arc.
This is the 11th expedition to count river dolphins in South America, a critical way to assess not only the dolphins’ numbers, but also the health of rivers and
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/news/?194831/Counting-dolphins-critical-to-preserve-health-of-South-American-rivers - 55.7kb
48. WWF - IWC leadership needed for whale conservation
severe threats to whales, dolphins and porpoises from expanding shipping, offshore oil and gas, entanglement in fishing gear, and noise in the oceans.
The marine environment has never before been under such great pressure, and several whale,
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?200966/IWC-leadership-needed-for-whale-conservation - 52.6kb
49. WWF - Uttar Pradesh, India
freshwater Ganges River Dolphin. The Dolphin has been a species of special concern to WWF since 1997, and Farida village was chosen for a pilot Dolphin conservation initiative in 2001. Follow up studies in 2005 quantified changes in wellbeing
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/conservation/species_programme/species_people/our_solutions/up_india/ - 46.9kb
50. WWF - Dolphins
Quick links
More on Dolphins
Distribution Range Map
Threats to Dolphins
Conservation of Dolphins
Dolphins in danger
WWF Flagship species - Cetaceans
Caught
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/current_top_10/dolphins.cfm - 43.5kb
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