Extinction Fears For Pink Dolphin

Extinction fears for pink dolphin Tom Phillips in Manaus Saturday June 16, 2007 The Guardian Fears for the future of the Amazonian pink river dolphin are rising after a surge in their indiscriminate killing and the launch of a government plan to build several hydro-electric dams in the region. Until recently the freshwater dolphin - known in Brazil as the boto - was not considered at risk, but environmentalists in the Amazon now believe the dolphin could face the same fate as the Yangtze river dolphin, which was recently declared "functionally extinct" due to a combination of pollution and dam projects...