China Drives White-Fin Dolphin to Extinction

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:04 pm

Very sad:

For 20 million years, the white-fin dolphin, or baiji, swam China's longest river, the Yangtze. But a few years of breakneck development, overfishing and a massive increase in shipping have reduced sightings of this shy, graceful creature to zero.

A recent expedition failed to spot a single Lipotes vexillifer, and now conservationists fear the almost-blind, long-beaked animal is gone for good, the first big aquatic mammal to become extinct due to human activity.

DiverDown · Post by **DiverDown** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:09 pm

What a shame, I have been seeing this around the web lately. And it is tragic that these things still happen in the world today, Very Sad..

jeff98208 · Post by **jeff98208** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:21 am

very sad, and disturbing. first time i have ever heard about this.

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:55 am

Way to go China! Up next on the agenda ... completely screwing up our ozone.

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:54 am

Sergeant Pepper wrote:completely screwing up our ozone.

No, that's our job!