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Polar Bear Dies As Bird Flu Strain H5N1 Sweeps Across the Globe
In the last two years, as more wild birds got sick, different animals like dolphins, porpoises, seals, foxes, and otters also got the disease.
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Two Endangered Pink Dolphins Rescued In Colombia From Shallow River
Two pink river dolphins, a mother and her calf, were rescued from a Colombian river where the endangered mammals were trapped in shallow water, the navy said.
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Plastic Threatens Migratory Species In Asia-Pacific Region: UN
From endangered freshwater dolphins drowned by discarded fishing nets to elephants scavenging through rubbish, migratory species are among the most vulnerable to plastic pollution, a UN report on the Asia-Pacific region said Tuesday
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Discarded Fishing Nets Threaten Ganga Wildlife: Study
Plastic pollution from discarded fishing gear in the Ganges River poses a threat to wildlife such as the critically endangered three-striped roofed turtle and the endangered Ganges river dolphin, according to an international team, including researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India.
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10 Days On, Assam Oil Well Still Leaking Gas; Biodiversity At Risk
The natural-gas producing well of the Oil India Limited (OIL) in upper Assam's Tinsukia district continues to spew gas even 10 after the incident, causing grave damage to the region's wetlands and biodiversity. Images shared by locals on social media show gas condensate depositing in the Maguri beel wetland, dead carcasses of endangered Gangetic do...
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146 Endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins Sighted In Odisha's Chilika Lake
A large number of endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins were sighted in new areas of the Chilika lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in the country.
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Dolphins Spotted At Olive Ridley Nesting Site In Odisha's Ganjam District
The Rushikulya river mouth off Ganjam coast in Odisha, famous for mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley turtles, has attracted quite a few dolphins too, a forest official has said.
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Asian Dolphins A Step Closer To Extinction, Say Scientists
The International Union for Conservation of Nature said on Tuesday it had changed the status of the Irrawaddy dolphin and finless porpoise, both living in Asian waters, to "endangered" from "vulnerable", meaning they are closer to extinction.
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Gangetic Dolphins Sighted In Highly Polluted Pockets Of Hooghly River
Experts from Worldwide Fund for Nature-India, who mapped the abundance of and threats to Gangetic dolphins in the Hooghly, say one of the most "striking features" of the study was that the endangered mammals were sighted in highly polluted pockets of the river.
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Endangered Baby Dolphin Dies After Swimmers Pass It Around For Selfies
An endangered baby dolphin was killed on a beach in Argentina last week after the animal was plucked from the water and passed around by beachgoers for petting and photos.
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India's First Dolphin Community Reserve to Come Up in West Bengal
To protect the endangered Gangetic river dolphins, West Bengal will soon have the country's first community reserve for the mammal.
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Bihar Planning Survey of Gangetic Dolphins
Bihar is planning to start a unified survey of Gangetic dolphins this year as a part of its conservation efforts, officials said today.
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Bangladesh Oil Spill 'Threatens Rare Dolphins'
Bangladesh officials warned today that an oil spill from a crashed tanker is threatening endangered dolphins and other wildlife in the massive Sundarbans mangrove region, branding the leak an ecological "catastrophe".
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Scientists urge New Zealand to save 'sea hobbit'
Marine scientists have called on New Zealand to immediately ban fishing in waters inhabited by the world's rarest dolphin, saying that losing just one more of the creatures will threaten the species' existence.
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Save the Ganga Dolphin. Only 2000 left
River pollution due to extensive use of pesticides is dangerous for the critically endangered Ganges river dolphin, India's national aquatic animal, says an expert.
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Polar Bear Dies As Bird Flu Strain H5N1 Sweeps Across the Globe
In the last two years, as more wild birds got sick, different animals like dolphins, porpoises, seals, foxes, and otters also got the disease.
-
Two Endangered Pink Dolphins Rescued In Colombia From Shallow River
Two pink river dolphins, a mother and her calf, were rescued from a Colombian river where the endangered mammals were trapped in shallow water, the navy said.
-
Plastic Threatens Migratory Species In Asia-Pacific Region: UN
From endangered freshwater dolphins drowned by discarded fishing nets to elephants scavenging through rubbish, migratory species are among the most vulnerable to plastic pollution, a UN report on the Asia-Pacific region said Tuesday
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Discarded Fishing Nets Threaten Ganga Wildlife: Study
Plastic pollution from discarded fishing gear in the Ganges River poses a threat to wildlife such as the critically endangered three-striped roofed turtle and the endangered Ganges river dolphin, according to an international team, including researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India.
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10 Days On, Assam Oil Well Still Leaking Gas; Biodiversity At Risk
The natural-gas producing well of the Oil India Limited (OIL) in upper Assam's Tinsukia district continues to spew gas even 10 after the incident, causing grave damage to the region's wetlands and biodiversity. Images shared by locals on social media show gas condensate depositing in the Maguri beel wetland, dead carcasses of endangered Gangetic do...
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146 Endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins Sighted In Odisha's Chilika Lake
A large number of endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins were sighted in new areas of the Chilika lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in the country.
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Dolphins Spotted At Olive Ridley Nesting Site In Odisha's Ganjam District
The Rushikulya river mouth off Ganjam coast in Odisha, famous for mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley turtles, has attracted quite a few dolphins too, a forest official has said.
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Asian Dolphins A Step Closer To Extinction, Say Scientists
The International Union for Conservation of Nature said on Tuesday it had changed the status of the Irrawaddy dolphin and finless porpoise, both living in Asian waters, to "endangered" from "vulnerable", meaning they are closer to extinction.
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Gangetic Dolphins Sighted In Highly Polluted Pockets Of Hooghly River
Experts from Worldwide Fund for Nature-India, who mapped the abundance of and threats to Gangetic dolphins in the Hooghly, say one of the most "striking features" of the study was that the endangered mammals were sighted in highly polluted pockets of the river.
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Endangered Baby Dolphin Dies After Swimmers Pass It Around For Selfies
An endangered baby dolphin was killed on a beach in Argentina last week after the animal was plucked from the water and passed around by beachgoers for petting and photos.
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India's First Dolphin Community Reserve to Come Up in West Bengal
To protect the endangered Gangetic river dolphins, West Bengal will soon have the country's first community reserve for the mammal.
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Bihar Planning Survey of Gangetic Dolphins
Bihar is planning to start a unified survey of Gangetic dolphins this year as a part of its conservation efforts, officials said today.
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Bangladesh Oil Spill 'Threatens Rare Dolphins'
Bangladesh officials warned today that an oil spill from a crashed tanker is threatening endangered dolphins and other wildlife in the massive Sundarbans mangrove region, branding the leak an ecological "catastrophe".
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Scientists urge New Zealand to save 'sea hobbit'
Marine scientists have called on New Zealand to immediately ban fishing in waters inhabited by the world's rarest dolphin, saying that losing just one more of the creatures will threaten the species' existence.
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Save the Ganga Dolphin. Only 2000 left
River pollution due to extensive use of pesticides is dangerous for the critically endangered Ganges river dolphin, India's national aquatic animal, says an expert.
