China's white dolphin called extinct after 20 million years

[Matt Rogers]

Well it doesn't look good for one of the few freshwater river dolphins that I know about - China's White Dolphin is MIA.

I find it curious that this article doesn't mention the recent construction of the world's largest dam (Three Gourges Dam) on that river.

"BEIJING, China (AP) -- An expedition searching for a rare Yangtze River dolphin ended Wednesday without a single sighting and with the team's leader saying one of the world's oldest species was effectively extinct.

The white dolphin known as baiji, shy and nearly blind, dates back some 20 million years. Its disappearance is believed to be the first time in a half-century, since hunting killed off the Caribbean monk seal, that a large aquatic mammal has been driven to extinction."




China's white dolphin called extinct after 20 million years - CNN.com

[coral reefer]

That is another sad incident, as once again, human intervention has wiped out another living mammal!