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Thanks to sustained conservation efforts, sightings of finless porpoises along the Yangtze river have grown increasingly ...
“Without urgent efforts such as this translocation, the Yangtze finless porpoise could be extinct in the next ... head of the Research Group on Conservation Biology of Aquatic Animals of the Institute ...
The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives of dolphins and whales) that live in fresh water. Its small size and cute 'smile' make it much loved in China and ...
Four Yangtze finless porpoises were released into their new home today Jianli ... With the species swiftly disappearing, the MOA launched a new conservation plan for the finless porpoise last October, ...
Some of these threatened species are so unique and distinct from all other animals that losing them could be considered a ...
[7] Yangtze finless porpoises are one of the few remaining ... endangered”, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. About half of the population lives in Poyang Lake ...