River guards battle to save Cambodia’s freshwater dolphins from extinction


Kratié (Cambodia) (AFP) – Bulging grey heads break the turbid waters of the Mekong River in Cambodia as a pod of rare Irrawaddy dolphins surfaces to breathe. The thrilling sight may soon be no more than a memory, as numbers of the endangered mammals dwindle despite efforts to preserve them.

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