New Hope for Baiji Dolphin Reported Extinct

Published: September 1, 2007, 10:01 am

Tags: offbeat news, animal, animals, baiji, cetaceans, dolphin dolphins, extinct, extinction, mammal, mammals, protection, world wildlife fund, wwf, yangtze river

Reports from early August this year had stated that the Baiji Dolphin, a freshwater creature found only in China, had been classed as likely to be extinct' when none had been found after researchers had completed an in-depth 6 week study of the Yangtze River. Had the Baiji's been deemed to have vanished, it would have been the first extinction of a large vertebrate in more than 50 years. Photo Benchilada But the World Wildlife Fund informs us of new hope with a reported sighting of a Yangtze River Dolphin. A man from Tongling City in east China's Anhui Province recorded a big white animal' with his video camera last month on August 19th. It was confirmed to be the Baiji Dolphin by Professor Wang Ding, a renowned scientist in Baiji study at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This was the first reported spotting of the Baiji Dolphin in the Yangtze River since the scientific expedition last year. This sighting presents a last hope

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