10 Rare Mekong River Dolphins Recorded Dead In Cambodia In 2022: Conservationist Group

Published date24 December 2022
Publication titleASEAN Tribune

24 December 2022 (NAM NEWS NETWORK) PHNOM PENH, Ten critically endangered Mekong River dolphins were recorded dead in Cambodia in 2022, a conservationist group said.

The latest death was an adult female of 193 cm long, aged between seven and 10 years old, weighing about 85 kg, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Cambodia said, in a press release yesterday, adding that, the Irrawaddy dolphin's carcass was discovered floating in the Mekong River, in Kratie province on Thursday by a local citizen.

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