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    Myanmar’s ‘smiling’ Irrawaddy dolphins on brink of extinction

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    January 19, 2017
    Author
    Agence France-Presse (AFP)
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    MB20170119_B-8
    Excerpt
    Tears fill Maung Lay’s eyes as he describes losing the dolphin he knew since his childhood, the latest casualty of a battle against pollution and electrofishing that may see the species disappear in Myanmar. Loved for generations for corralling the catch into fishermen’s nets, the ‘smiling’ Irrawaddy dolphins are being killed in record numbers by rogue gangs who use car batteries to stun aquatic life. The illegal technique now threatens to wipe out the dolphins and the tourist bonanza they promise.
    Citation
    Myanmar’s ‘smiling’ Irrawaddy dolphins on brink of extinction. (2017, January 19). Manila Bulletin, p. B-8.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/2226
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    Aquatic mammals; Water pollution; Electric fishing; Carcasses; Surveys; Fishers; Animal welfare; Ecotourism; World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF); Lay, Maung; Thar, Gyi Ma; Thein, San Min; Thant, Zin
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