A new dolphin calf has been recorded recently at Kampi deep pool in Kratie province, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Cambodia’s news release issued this morning.
The calf was spotted on Dec. 31 swimming along with nine adult dolphins by the Fisheries Administration-WWF’s Mekong Dolphin Research Team, it pointed out.
This is the sixth Irrawaddy dolphin calf in the Mekong population for 2021, it added.
The birth record in 2020 by the Government’s Fisheries Administration and WWF showed a total of 9 dolphins. The latest population census of this globally important freshwater mammal species estimated just 89 individuals still swim in the Mekong River. Stronger and more collective actions are needed to protect them from going extinct in the river.
Source: Agency Kampuchea Press