Irrawaddy dolphins functionally extinct in Laos
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 08:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The population of critically endangered Mekong River Dolphins—also known as Irrawaddy Dolphins — in the Cheuteal trans-boundary pool between southern Laos and northern Cambodia has shrunk by 50 per cent this year alone and the population is functionally extinct in Laos, according to WWF.