hot on earth logo
 Register   Profile   Login 

Featured Sites

ScienceDaily.com

Amazon River Dolphin Populations in Rapid Decline

Photo: JorgeBRAZIL / ccOf all the remarkable species that inhabit the Amazon river basin, few are as iconic or as threatened as Amazon river dolphins. For decades, the pinkish hued dolphins have been targeted by fishermen who view the skilled aquatic hunters as competitors for food -- leading to thousands of the animals to be poached every year by villagers, who often then use their meat as bait. But despite a campaign to save the river dolphins, researchers say that they're continuing to be killed at a...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Source: TreeHugger

Read the full story