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.

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