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	WDCS Australia
		WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, is today calling for a total ban on Dolphin Assisted Therapy (DAT), stating that the therapy provided is ineffective and potentially harmful to both people and animals.
		On the 10th anniversary of their capture, WDCS is asking people to remember the 10 orcas (killer whales) that were trapped and removed from the wild near the coastal town of Taiji, Japan, and for the Japanese authorities to refuse permission for further orca captures in Japanese waters.
		Over 2,000 small whales and dolphins are taken in these cruel hunts that cause extreme suffering to entire pods of dolphins that are corralled into shore and butchered for meat, or taken alive for the aquarium industry.
	www.wdcs.org.au (1624 words)

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		The baiji, traditionally thought by the Chinese to be a river god, used to live along China's longest river, but development, overfishing and shipping have proved lethal.
		Chinese view the baiji as the reincarnation of a princess who refused to marry a man she did not love and was drowned by her father for shaming the family.
		Protesters shout slogans at a rally against the Chinese government's deportation of North Korean defectors to North Korea in front of the Chinese embassy in Seoul January 23, 2007.
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/PEK307754.htm (503 words)

	ireland.com - Breaking News - Only 50 extant River Dolphin left
		Scientists who spent nearly a month in a fruitless search for a Chinese river dolphin that is more endangered than the Giant Panda say there may be no more than 50 left alive, the Xinhua news agency said today.
		Yangtze River Dolphin: on the verge of extinction
		China has set up a conservation base for the dolphin in a lake in central Hubei province, but as no dolphins have been caught in recent years hopes of using a breeding programme to build up the population are fading.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/breaking/2006/1202/breaking11.htm (277 words)

	Baiijia River Dolphin presented in Strange World section
		It is believed that about 20 million years ago the baiji Chinese river dolphin left the ocean and made its home in the Yangtze River in China.
		The baiji is sometimes erroneously called the “white-flag” dolphin in English, because “flag” and “fin” are both pronounced the same in Chinese, so foreigners may translate its name either as “white-fin” dolphin or as “white-flag” dolphin.
		It occurs in freshwater rivers and lakes and prefers large counter-currents such as are found below meanders, channel convergences, and areas in a river with structure (such as sandbars and areas adjacent to islands).
	www.newsfinder.org /site/more/baiijia_river_dolphin (827 words)

	Dolphin (aquatic mammal) - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Bottlenose dolphins are grayish in color and reach a length of 4 m (13 ft) and a weight of 650 kg (1,430 lb).
		Many river dolphin populations are threatened by a number of human activities, including collisions with boats, deliberate and accidental killing by fishermen and hunters, and water pollution due to runoff from irrigation and other agricultural practices.
		This dolphin was once found in central eastern China in the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), Dongting and Poyang lakes, and the Qiantang River near the mouth of the Yangtze.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761552786___9/Dolphin_(aquatic_mammal).html (2053 words)

	riverdolphins
		River dolphins live in ancient and major waterways that gave that species plenty of time and opportunity to evolve within their limited areas almost making it imperative to learn the history of a river system in order to study the species.
		It is the largest of the river dolphins reaching a maximum length of 8ft 4in and 353 pounds in males and 6ft 3in and 213 pounds in females (May 1990).
		The epthalmic rete is responsible for stabilizing the temperature of the retina and optic nerve in deep-diving mammals.
	kingfish.coastal.edu /marine/375/riverdolphins.html (2065 words)

	Dolphin - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dolphins are often regarded as one of Earth's most intelligent species, though it is hard to say just how intelligent dolphins are as straightforward comparisons of species' relative intelligence are complicated by differences in sensory apparatus, response modes, and nature of cognition.
		Dolphins are common in Greek mythology and there are many coins from the time that feature a man or boy riding on the back of a dolphin.
		In Hindu mythology, the Ganges River Dolphin is associated with Ganga, the deity of the Ganges river.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Dolphin (0 words)

	Wikinfo \| Chinese River Dolphin
		It is nicknamed "the Goddess of the Yangtze River" (長江女神) in China.
		The dolphins are described during the Han Dynasty in a biological encyclopedia, Erya (《爾雅》).
		In 1978, the Chinese Academy of Sciences established the Freshwater Dolphin Research Centre (淡水海豚研究中心) as a branch of the Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology (武汉水生生物研究所).
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Chinese_River_Dolphin (0 words)

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		Dolphins are mainly endangered because of a fishing method devised in the 1950s.
		All dolphins have teeth and belong to the family of toothed whales.
		The smallest dolphin species is the Heaviside's dolphin, and the largest is the orca, or killer whale.
	library.thinkquest.org /25014/profiles/dolphinchinese/index.html (347 words)

	Chinese River Dolphin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fossil records indicate that the dolphins migrated from the Pacific to the Yangtze River 20,000 years ago.
		The dolphins are described in the Han Dynasty dictionary Erya.
		In 1978, the Chinese Academy of Sciences established the Freshwater Dolphin Research Centre (淡水海豚研究中心) as a branch of the Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_River_Dolphin (504 words)

	River dolphin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		River dolphins are four species of dolphin which reside in freshwater rivers and estuaries.
		However it is scientifically classed in the river dolphin family rather than the oceanic dolphin family.
		River dolphins are some of the most endangered of all the world's cetaceans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_dolphin (0 words)

	AquaNetwork Marine Mammal Project: River Dolphins
		Leading Chinese researcher Wang Ding has witnessed a sharp decline in the Chinese River Dolphin population over the past few decades, though he is still unwilling to call the species extinct.
		River dolphins are four species of dolphin, which can be found in freshwater rivers and estuaries.
		River dolphins are some of the most endangered of all the world's cetaceans; due to habitat loss, hunting by humans, and naturally low numbers.
	www.aquaticmammals.org /dolphins/index.html (615 words)

	Chinese River Dolphins to be extinct - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		' /> Chinese River Dolphins to be extinct, 白鱀
		The Yangtze River area is one of the world's most populated places on the planet, with 12% of the world's population living along it.
		The dolphin, once plentiful in the Yangtze, now number fewer than 2,000, and their population is declining at an average rate of 7.3 percent a year, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=2791 (0 words)

	Dolphins of Monkey Mia - Shark Bay (WA) Research Foundation - Questions
		Three superfamilies are referred to as "dolphins" --two superfamilies of river dolphins (Platanistoidea and "incertae sedis") which include four families and species (Susu, India river dolphin or the Ganges susu [Platanista gangetica]; La Plata dolphin [Pontoporia blainvillei]; Boto or Amazon River Dolphin [Inia geofirensis]; and Baiji or Chinese river dolphin [Lipotes vexillifer]).
		Dolphins are sexually active all year round, but have a peak breeding season in the spring/summer.
		Occasionally, large numbers of dolphins are stranded on beaches where they die from over-exposure to the sun and the weight of their internal organs on land.
	www.monkeymiadolphins.org /questions.htm (0 words)

	China Post - Asia Pacific News,亞洲新聞,太平洋新聞 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A rare freshwater dolphin unique to China's Yangtze River is almost certainly extinct, a Swiss conservationist said after failing to spot a single animal on an expedition which ended on Wednesday.
		The baiji, traditionally thought by the Chinese to be a river god, used to live along China's longest river, but development, overfishing and shipping have proved lethal.
		Chinese view the baiji as the reincarnation of a princess who refused to marry a man she did not love and was drowned by her father for shaming the family.
	www.chinapost.com.tw /news/archives/asiapacific/20061214/97524.htm (388 words)

	Yangtze River at AllExperts
		The river is the sole habitat of the critically endangered Chinese River Dolphin and Chinese paddlefish.
		The river is a major transportation artery for China connecting the interior with the coast.
		River cruises of several days duration especially through the beautiful and scenic Three Gorges area are becoming popular as a tourism industry grows in China.
	en.allexperts.com /e/y/ya/Yangtze_River.htm (829 words)

	River dolphin Summary
		In 1996, the IUCN considered Amazon river dolphins to be vulnerable to population decreases because of increased dam building along the Amazon River.
		However it is scientifically classed in the river dolphin family rather than the oceanic dolphin family.
		River dolphins are some of the most endangered of all the world's cetaceans.
	www.bookrags.com /River_dolphin (1526 words)

	ABC News: Rare White Dolphin Declared As Extinct
		Specialists prepare to examine Qi Qi, a Yangtze River dolphin in captivity, in an aquarium in Wuhan, capital city of China's Hubei province, in this June 13, 2002 file photo.
		An international expedition to search for a rare Chinese river dolphin has ended without a single sighting, and researchers said Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006 that the aquatic mammal is facing imminent extinction.
		Chinese called it the "goddess of the Yangtze." For China, its disappearance symbolizes how unbridled economic growth is changing the country's environment irreparably, some environmentalists say.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=2722463 (426 words)

	+DoLpHiN fRiEnDs ++ENDANGERED:BAIJI(5 left only!)
		Bottlenose dolphins live in all the world's seas except the icy cold oceans at the top and the bottom of the earth.
		Dolphins often leap t go faster since it's less effort to fly through the air than to swim in the water.
		Dolphin skin break easily, but because they live in water, their wounds can't dry into dry,crusty scabs like humasn's do.
	www.freewebs.com /dolphin_friends/dolphins.htm (0 words)

	Stop The Extinction (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Indus River Dolphins have been on the earth for 20 million years, but they may not be able to hold out much longer.
		The Indus River dolphins are rare now and are being quickly killed off due to hunters, irregularity of rain and dams being built in their habitats.
		The Indus River Dolphin eats about 100 pounds of food everyday of fish that are swimming or fish that are dwelling on the bottom of the river.
	web2k.wsfcs.k12.nc.us /jeffms/lennon/5/5/protection_page.htm (0 words)

	Dolphin Fun Facts @ RainbowDolphin.com
		Dolphins have colonized all oceans and seas of the planet, from polar to tropical regions, true mammals they must get oxygen from air and not from water such as fish, their infants are born underwater and must be brought up to the surface immediately to survive.
		Pollution of rivers, seas, and oceans by man activities is also a great danger for many species of dolphins, at the end of the food chain this mammal will concentrate all the poisons and chemicals man does release in its habitat.
		Dolphin respiration is not a reflex such as with human being, it is a voluntary act.
	www.rainbowdolphin.com /dolphins/facts.shtml (2763 words)

	Dolphins -- Kids' Planet -- Defenders of Wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Chinese River dolphin and Indus River dolphin are classified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
		Dolphins often hunt together, surrounding a school of fish, trapping the fish, and taking turns swimming through the school and catching fish.
		Dolphins are well known for their agility and playful behavior, making them a favorite of wildlife watchers.
	www.kidsplanet.org /factsheets/dolphins.html (332 words)

	Chinese Baiji River Dolphin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This river dolphin is marked by a long, narrow and slightly upcurved snout.
		It is not as social as ocean dolphins, such as the Bottlenose, and is usually not found in groups larger than two to six, except for when feeding.
		Heavy river traffic poses two threats; baiji can get caught up in boat propellors and the additional river noise can interfere with echolocation, endangering dolphin lives and limiting their ability to find food.
	www2.newpaltz.edu /~rowe22 (775 words)

	Pollution Leaves Beloved Dolphin Of Yangtze 'Functionally' Extinct - washingtonpost.com
		The endearing creature, which the Chinese call baiji, was the stuff of legend, a goddess to some, and the delight of fishermen who occasionally saw one break the water's surface.
		Chinese officials suggested capturing as many as possible and moving them to a 15-mile-long offshoot of the Yangtze that would be protected from contamination.
		Chinese scientists estimated in 1993 that 2,700 finless porpoises lived in the river.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR2006121302039.html?nav=rss_world (1084 words)

	A Dolphin World - Newsletter
		The amazon river dolphins or botos are born grey and become pinker with age They have a long powerful beak, small eyes and are slow swimmers.
		The chinese river dolphins or baiji (meaning white dolphin) are one of the most severely endangered dolphin species with less than 300 individuals in the Yangtze River, the only place they are found.
		The ganges river dolphin, located in the rivers of India and Bangladesh and the indus river dolphin, found in the Indus River system of Pakistan are virtually sightless and are also endangered.
	www.dolphinworld.org /old_newsletter/newsletter_dec02.htm (2699 words)

	Dolphin Fishing Part 1
		River dolphins are not the same dolphins that you would see in the ocean.
		River dolphins are also the most endangered of all the world's cetaceans.
		The five species of river dolphins are the Amazon River dolphin, the Franciscana dolphin, the Indus River dolphin, the Ganges River dolphin, and the Yangtze River dolphin.
	www.human-dolphin.org /Dolphin_Fishing.html (272 words)

	Yangtze River Dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer at MarineBio.org
		Unlike the Amazon river dolphin, Yangtze river dolphins lack hairs on their beak and their blowhole is oval.
		The Yangtze river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer, primarily feeds on river fish.
		Yangtze river dolphins, Lipotes vexillifer, are one of the most highly endangered species in the cetacean family with an estimated population between 60-250 animals though recent surveys have not found a single individual.
	www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=338 (938 words)

	CSI Whales Alive! Vol. XVI No. 1 Eyewitness to Extinction
		The remaining three species are the Ganges and Indus River Dolphins (the "Susu"), in India, Pakistan, and Nepal; the Amazon River Dolphin (the "Boto"), in Brazil and Peru; and the LaPlata River Dolphin (the "Franciscana"), in Argentina and Brazil.
		The other river dolphin populations, while increasingly threatened, seem to be holding their own.
		Among the playthings placed in the tank with the dolphin from time to time was a round, floating inner tube which sometimes the dolphin, of its own accord, picked up with its small, triangular dorsal fin and pulled around the pool.
	www.csiwhalesalive.org /csi07101.html (1231 words)

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