After the third dolphin was found dead within a short time, the WWF has released a disturbing message.
– It is an increasingly alarming situation and the need for intensive law enforcement is rapidly being implemented in dolphin habitats, writes WWF in a statement on Monday.
Was CBS News who first mentioned the matter.
BOTTOM STOCK: 2020 image of freshwater dolphins, also called Irrawaddy dolphins, swimming in the Mekong River in Cambodia. The dolphin population has declined dramatically over the past 25 years. Photo: WWF-CambodiaXinhua/NTB
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The death of the last freshwater dolphin is believed to have occurred as a result of illegal fishing.
– Highlighted the need for prosecution to help save the species, also called the Irrawaddy dolphin, the statement said.
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– Illegal fishing
According to WWF, the body of a healthy dolphin was found floating in the Mekong River, east of Cambodia’s Kratie province.
The Irrawaddy dolphin, estimated to be between seven and ten years old, 196 centimeters long and weighing 93 kilograms, was found wrapped in fishing line.
FISHING LINE: Freshwater dolphin was found entangled in fishing line. Photo: Eam SAM UN / FiA / WWF
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Seng Teak, the director of WWF Cambodia, said in a statement that if immediate action is not taken “as a result of the increased incidence of illegal fishing in dolphin conservation areas,” the dolphin population in Cambodia’s Mekong River it will fade away.
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The stock has declined
WWF is proposing to deploy more coastal patrols, both night and day, to care for the remaining dolphins in the river.
in 1997 it was estimated that there were a total of about 200 Irrawaddy dolphins in Cambodia. In 2020, the dolphin population was estimated to have declined to 89 dolphins.
The Irrawaddy dolphin is listed as an endangered species by the World Conservation Union.
The dolphin species is also found in two other freshwater rivers in Myanmar and Indonesia.
