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Yangtze river dolphin is almost certainly extinct - Aug 8, 2007 New ScientistThe Yangtze River dolphin is no more - the first cetacean to disappear as a result of human activity. After a fruitless search lasting six weeks, ... Study: Yangtze River Dolphin May Have Gone Extinct - Dec 13, 2006 FOXNewsA Yangtze River dolphin in captivity in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in a 2002 file photo. BEIJING — An expedition searching for a rare Yangtze River ... Yangtze river dolphin driven to extinction - Jun 25, 2009 The GuardianThe Yangtze river dolphin, until recently one of the most endangered species on the planet, has been declared officially extinct following an intensive ... Rare river dolphin 'spotted' in China - Aug 30, 2007 New ScientistBut scientists fear that even if the sighting of the Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin, is confirmed it may be too late to bring the species back from the ... Yangtze river dolphin is 'probably extinct' - Aug 11, 2007 New ScientistTHE Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, is the first cetacean to disappear as a result of human activities. On 12 September the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ... Yangtze River dolphin one step from extinction - Nov 10, 2008 ä¸å›½æ—¥æŠ¥The Yangtze River dolphin, the Christmas Island shrew and the Venezuelan skunk frog are all victims in an alarming flood of extinctions, ... Rare Yangtze River dolphin probably extinct-study - Aug 7, 2007 Reuters AlertNetBy Michael Kahn. LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The long-threatened Yangtze River dolphin in China is probably extinct, according to an international team of ... Pollution leaves beloved Yangtze river dolphin 'functionally extinct . - Dec 15, 2006 Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News ArchiveBy Edward Cody . It's possible that there are two or three left that we missed somehow, but functionally they are extinct. This is very, very sad. ... The baiji: So long and thanks for all the fish - Sep 12, 2007 New ScientistTHE FIRST time I went in search of the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, ... The Yangtze river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer, is the first cetacean to be ... Yangtze River dolphin - Dec 14, 2006 $2.95 - Kansas City Star - NewsBankAuthor: HAO TONGQIAN; AP. Specialists prepare to examine Qi Qi, a Yangtze River dolphin in captivity, in an aquarium in Wuhan, capital city of China's Hubei ... How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin - Dec 14, 2008 OhmyNews InternationalNews of the extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, sent shockwaves around the world last year. The revelation had all the more impact because ... Witness to Extinction: How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River... - Feb 1, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Geographical - HighBeam ResearchWitness to Extinction: How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin.(Brief article)(Book review) ... find Geographical articles. River Dolphin Thought to be Extinct Spotted Again in China - Sep 2, 2007 ScienceModeIt was only a few months ago that the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, was declared extinct. Now, a sighting of the rare species in China's largest river, ... Measuring extinction, species by species - Nov 6, 2008 Reuters UKOSLO (Reuters) - The Yangtze River dolphin, the Christmas Island shrew and the Venezuelan skunk frog are all victims in an alarming flood of extinctions, ... Yangtze River dolphin extinct; wetlands replacements really aren't;... - Dec 19, 2006 nwsource.comWow, that storm that blew through Seattle Thursday night had lingering effects, one of which is that thousands of folks are still without power around here. ... Article: Beware of Falling Ice; Asia's glaciers are melting at an... - Jun 6, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Newsweek International - HighBeam ResearchHow We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin BySAMUELTURVEY Oxford ... The story of the baiji, or Yangtze River dolphin - believed by many Chinese . ... Rare Yangtze River Dolphin in Peril - Nov 16, 2006 Discovery NewsNov. 16, 2006 — A research expedition underway this week on China's mighty but polluted and traffic-choked Yangtze River is racing against time to save one ... Back from the brink? Yangtze River dolphin sighted - Sep 5, 2007 Ars TechnicaNew sightings of the Yangtze River dolphin suggest that there might yet be time to save this cetacean. By Jonathan M. Gitlin | Last updated September 5, ... Article: Soldiers raid Iraq city for insurgents; success cloudy. -... - Jun 7, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - HighBeam ResearchU.S. Newswire; August 31, 2007 ; 700+ words ... ... reported sighting of a Yangtze River dolphin, or Baiji, means there is still a chance for people . ... Pollution leaves beloved Yangtze river dolphin 'functionally extinct . - Dec 14, 2006 Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News ArchiveBy Edward Cody . It's possible that there are two or three left that we missed somehow, but functionally they are extinct. This Is very, very sad. ... Sometimes, There's Life After Extinction - Sep 21, 2007 NPRJust months after being declared extinct, a Yangtze River dolphin may have been ... JOHN NIELSEN: The Yangtze River dolphin has long been one of the most ... Article: Pollution Leaves Beloved Dolphin Of Yangtze 'Functionally'... - Dec 14, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchU.S. Newswire; August 31, 2007 ; 700+ words ... ... reported sighting of a Yangtze River dolphin, or Baiji, means there is still ... Sciences. ... Tide is turning for endangered Ganges River Dolphin - Sep 30, 2009 Times Online...the Yangtze River Dolphin, or Baiji, which became the first aquatic mammal to disappear in half a century when it was declared extinct in 2007. ... river dolphin | Definition of river dolphin | HighBeam.com: Online … - Jul 12, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Oxford American College Dictionary - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Yangtze River Dolphin Spends 17th Birth Anniversary ... Wang Ding, Director of the Yangtze River dolphin Section at the institute, said when . ... Article: Fed: Dolphin extinction bad news for humans - AAP General... - Sep 3, 2007 Pay-Per-View - AAP General News - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Yangtze River dolphin to be reclassified as ... ... 8 -- The Yangtze River dolphin, also known as Baiji ... find a single Yangtze River dolphin ... Yangtze River Dolphin, RIP - Aug 16, 2007 Utne Reader OnlineA new name was added to the extinction list last week: the Yangtze river dolphin. According to the Guardian, the Yangtze dolphin 'is the first large ... Group urges locals to protect the Ganga dolphin - Jul 20, 2009 The HinduA fourth type, the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, was declared functionally extinct in 2006. The Ganges river dolphin has an elongated snout and is almost ... LEAD: Yangtze River dolphins disappearing, environmental group warns. - Mar 21, 2005 $4.95 - Asian Economic News - ECNextSince 2001, governments and scientists have scrambled to set up Yangtze River dolphin protection areas, but Bai said the efforts have failed. ... Land mammals in peril - Oct 8, 2008 HinduExperts believe 29 others may already have become extinct, including the Yangtze river dolphin, and the little earth hutia, a small rodent endemic to ... YOUNG FINLESS PORPOISE HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF RARE … - Nov 3, 2005 Pay-Per-View - China Daily - Factiva, from Dow JonesBaiji, also known as the Yangtze River dolphin, is the rarest and most endangered cetacean in the world. It's been considered the "Goddess of the Yangtze. ... New export to China: Alligators - Jul 14, 2009 Times of IndiaThe high levels of development along the river have become a challenge for native wildlife; in 2006, a comprehensive search for the Yangtze River dolphin, ... Dolphins endangered by China dam - Jan 5, 2006 BBC NewsThe Yangtze River dolphin - the most endangered dolphin in the world - is only found in this particular river. The Yangtze River porpoise is only found in ... The downside to China's runaway growth - Jan 24, 2006 BBC NewsAnd with them are also going two of the rarest mammals in the world - the Yangtze river dolphin and the Yangtze river porpoise. ... Giant fish 'verges on extinction' - Sep 29, 2009 BBC NewsThe concern for the Chinese paddlefish is that its fate will parallel that of the Yangtze river dolphin, a large mammal species that was once abundant in ... Last-ditch effort to save 10 species from extinction - Jan 17, 2007 People's Daily OnlineAt the top of the list is China's Yangtze River dolphin. ... Baillie said the top creature on the agenda, the Yangtze River dolphin, may already have ... Last gasp for Yangtze dolphins doomed by industrial revolution - Oct 26, 2005 Times OnlineTHE Yangtze River dolphin enjoys a rare and unwanted distinction. The grey-white, long-beaked animal looks likely to become the world's first cetacean — the ... Global Warming Hits China - Jan 6, 2008 ForbesThe finless porpoises residing in the water source are already feared to be going the way of the baiji--the Yangtze River dolphin--which was declared ... Humans blamed for dolphin's demise - Jan 16, 2010 Reuters UKExperts say the Yangtze River Dolphin has been killed off due to it being getting caught up in the nets of fishing boats in Eastern China where it lived. ... "Weirdest" Animals to Get Conservation Attention - Jan 24, 2010 National GeographicYangtze River dolphin: Also known as the baiji, this pale, blue-gray freshwater dolphin with tiny eyes lives in one of the world's busiest and most degraded ... Look after what's left.(MAIL bag)(Letter to the editor) | Article... - Mar 1, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Geographical - HighBeam ResearchWITNESS TO EXTINCTION: How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin by Samuel Turvey OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, HB, 16.99 [pounds sterling] [ILLUSTRATION ... Forum ponders Yangtze protection - Apr 21, 2005 ä¸å›½æ—¥æŠ¥ - ä¸å›½æ—¥æŠ¥...the habitat of the critically endangered giant panda and other precious animals, such as the Siberian crane, leopard, and the Yangtze River dolphin. ... Rare Dolphin's "Extinction" A Red Flag for Biodiversity Loss - Dec 28, 2006 Worldwatch InstituteThe international expedition that recently declared the Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, “functionally extinctâ€? has called the disappearance of the species ... The Three Gorges Reservoir: A Series Overview - Jan 2, 2008 NPROne of the most noted casualties is the Yangtze River dolphin, which is on the verge of extinction, if not already extinct. ... Extreme weather forecast for Yangtze over next 50 years - Nov 10, 2009 ä¸å›½æ—¥æŠ¥The basin is also home to many rare and endangered species, including the giant panda, Yangtze River dolphin, and the Yangtze sturgeon. ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Jan 12, 2010 Daily TimesThe Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), hit by pollution, fishing, river traffic and habitat destruction. ... Taiwan's largest airline to buy stake in Chinese cargo carrier |... - Sep 5, 2005 Pay-Per-View - AP Worldstream - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Only highly endangered Yangtze River dolphin in . ... Dateline: SHANGHAI, China The only Yangtze River dolphin in captivity has died of old ... s ... New Yangtze dam may be death sentence for rare fish - Jun 19, 2009 Reuters UKChinese as "the long river", is rich with unique species including the Yangtze sturgeon, the Baiji or Yangtze river dolphin, and the Chinese paddlefish. ... China releases endangered sturgeons implanted with microchips in … - Sep 20, 2005 Pay-Per-View - AP Worldstream - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Only highly endangered Yangtze River dolphin in ... ... Dateline: SHANGHAI, China The only Yangtze River dolphin in captivity ... half of central ... Video shows brutal whale torture - Feb 7, 2008 NEWS.com.au...and also the first one in this list among cetaceans, is the Baiji (also known as the Yangtze River Dolphin). The Baiji population declined drastically ... 6,000 Rare, Large River Dolphins Found in Bangladesh - Jan 21, 2010 National GeographicLikewise, the Yangtze River dolphin, which is thought to be nearly extinct, is a "potent reminder" of how humans can impact dolphins. ... Extinction fears for pink dolphin - Jun 16, 2007 The Guardian...but environmentalists in the Amazon now believe the dolphin could face the same fate as the Yangtze river dolphin, which was recently declared ... Last chance to save rare dolphin - Jun 28, 2006 BBC NewsThe Yangtze river dolphin is only distantly related to other dolphins and it's thought that there are fewer than 50 of them left. ... Article: Freshwater Dolphins In Yangtze River Are Threatened To... - Mar 21, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... AROUND THE WORLD..: Yangtze hit by drought.(News) | Article from The … - Jan 18, 2008 Pay-Per-View - The Mirror - HighBeam ResearchThe future of the Yangtze river dolphin also looks extremely bleak: 30 remain. In the seas the situation is just as gloomy. Numbers of the bottom-dwelling . ... World Conservation Union adds to its list of species in peril - Sep 13, 2007 New York TimesElectrocuted, killed in explosions or ripped apart by boat propellers, the Yangtze River dolphin in China is now "possibly extinct. ... Rare dolphin in river rescue - Oct 1, 2009 The Australian...the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, which became the first aquatic mammal to disappear in half a century when it was declared extinct in 2007. ... Rare dolphin driven to extinction by human activities: Scientists - Sep 13, 2007 Hindu...has reported in an online scientific journal that it had failed to find a single Yangtze River dolphin or 'baiji', during a six-week survey in China. ... Save these mammals - Oct 9, 2008 ANTARABut conservation efforts have not succeeded in removing the Yangtze River dolphin from the critically endangered category. A six-week scientific survey in ... 'Extinct' call too early for river dolphin – WWF - Aug 14, 2007 Green Consumer GuideConservation group WWF has claimed that reports last week suggesting China's Yangtze River Dolphin had become extinct were premature, and that although the ... City Introduction of Anhui, China: Tongling - Apr 10, 2009 Alibaba News ChannelRiver Dolphin Nature Reserve is famous for the Baiji Dolphin (also known as Yangtze River Dolphin). In addition to the dolphins, there are also giant ... Search for rare dolphin ends in failure - Nov 8, 2006 msnbc.comBEIJING - An expedition searching for a rare Yangtze River dolphin ended Wednesday without a single sighting and with the team's leader saying one of the ... Quarter of world's whales and dolphins face extinction - Aug 12, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukThe Yangtze River dolphin or baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) was classified as Critically Endangered, Possibly Extinct on last year's IUCN Red List and it is ... China's Yangtze River less polluted than feared, Swiss scientists - Nov 2, 2007 DigitalJournal.comWater samples were taken in 2006 during an expedition searching for the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji. The Swiss researchers are the first scientists from ... Article: Freshwater Dolphins In Yangtze River Are Threatened To... - Mar 21, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchThe habitat of many endangered species of the Yangtze River, including the Finless Porpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has been damaged by the development ... HSBC Program To Help Rare Dolphin In Yangtze River - Sep 4, 2007 ChinaCSR.com - ChinaCSR.comWWF says the reported sighting of a Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, means there is still a chance to protect cetaceans in the Yangtze from extinction ... Taiwan's largest container shipping company plans stake in logistics ... - Mar 30, 2006 Pay-Per-View - AP Worldstream - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Only highly endangered Yangtze River dolphin in . ... Dateline: SHANGHAI, China The only Yangtze River dolphin in captivity has died of old ... s ... Three Gorges Dam Area Farmers Should Avoid Fertilizer - Oct 28, 2008 BloombergDamming Asia's longest river has led as well to the extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin as scientists foresee further ecological fallout. ... Study Finds Bangladesh Largest Hotspot For Rare Freshwater Dolphins - Apr 3, 2009 AHNThe recent likely extinction of the Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, is a potent reminder of how vulnerable freshwater dolphins are to human impacts on the ... Forum ponders Yangtze protection - Apr 2, 2007 è?†æ¥šç½‘...the habitat of the critically endangered giant panda and other precious animals, such as the Siberian crane, leopard, and the Yangtze River dolphin. ... Dolphin Species Extinct . - Jun 13, 2007 Original Irregular - Google News ArchiveNow under our watch, it is not the dodo that humans wiped out, but a small, dolphin, know as the Yangtze River dolphin. Although nearly blind, the dolphin ... Pandas take centre stage on Olympics-eve - Aug 7, 2008 HinduSaving pandas has been a priority for the government, and no costs have been spared — while animals such as the Yangtze river dolphin have died out. ... Viral epidemic strikes Spain's Mediterranean dolphins - Aug 30, 2007 RegisterIn China, meanwhile, the authorities have cheeringly announced the sighting of an endangered Yangtze River dolphin, aka "baiji". ... Planet Of No Apes? Experts Warn It's Close - Sep 12, 2007 CBS NewsElectrocuted, killed in explosions or ripped apart by boat propellors, the Yangtze River Dolphin is now "possibly extinct." There have been no documented ... Dying dolphins warn Asian rivers must improve - Apr 1, 2005 Environmental Data InteractiveThe most threatened of all is the Yangtze River dolphin, with only 13 individuals left in China's biggest river. Further studies have shown that there are ... Endemic dolphin “extinctionâ€? mirrors Yangtze health decline - Jan 23, 2007 红网21 (Xinhua) -- An international expedition that recently declared the Yangtze River dolphin, or 'baiji' (literally translated as 'white fin') "functionally ... Water Species Disappearing Forever? - Sep 25, 2007 Islam Online - Islam Online...cavalier and harmful fishing practices, and political indifference has led to the probable extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin in China. ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Jan 11, 2010 Daily Times...are cited as root causes of the problem and Baillie said the top creature on the agenda, the Yangtze River dolphin, may already have disappeared. ... Article: Pakistani river dolphin population increases, but still... - Jun 7, 2006 Pay-Per-View - AP Worldstream - HighBeam ResearchThe Ganges river dolphin is one of only three ... found in Pakistan's Indus River, and the boto, which ... type, the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, ... Reintroduced Chinese Alligators Now Multiplying In The Wild In China - Jul 18, 2009 sciencedaily.comThe high levels of development along the river have become a challenge for native wildlife; in 2006, a comprehensive search for the Yangtze River dolphin, ... Pandas have one powerful card to play... - Aug 23, 2008 Times OnlineThe baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin, is almost certainly gone. One was spotted last year, but such sightings are so rare that the creature is said to be ... Chinese experts warn of Three Gorges Dam 'catastrophe' - Sep 26, 2007 NEWS.com.auThe impact of the dam on the region's wildlife is also issue, with some arguing it could contribute to the final extinction of the rare Yangtze river dolphin. Rare Chinese white dolphin declared extinct - Dec 14, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Wichita Eagle - Factiva, from Dow JonesBEIJING -- An expedition searching for a rare Yangtze River dolphin ended Wednesday without a single sighting and with the team's leader saying one of the ... Chinese residents jump into the Yangtze river to cool off from... |... - Jul 20, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam Research...habitat of many endangered species of the Yangtze River, including the Finless Porpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has been damaged by the development . ... Article: People walk along the dried riverbed of the Yangtze River... - Jan 6, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... World's tallest man saves dolphins - Dec 16, 2006 NEWS.com.auA Yangtze River dolphin in captivity. Source: AP. Xi Shun, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living man at 2 m 36 cm (7 ft 9 in), ... Search for rare Yangtze dolphin ends in failure . - Dec 13, 2006 Kentucky New Era - Google News ArchiveBEIJING — An expedition searching for a rare Yangtze River dolphin ended today without a single sighting and with the team's leader saying one of the ... High drama at Evesham, but the Yangtze Dolphin puts it all in... - Aug 9, 2007 RegisterAlthough it's not strictly or even loosely IT-based, we couldn't go without referring to the sad news that the Yangtze river dolphin has been declared ... Bangladesh dolphins 'back from dead' - Apr 10, 2009 BBC NewsThat is one of the primary lessons of the probable extinction of the Baiji or Yangtze River dolphin [in China]," he says. ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Face Higher Risk Of Drought - Getty... - Feb 27, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Face Higher Risk Of Drought - Getty... - Feb 27, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Faces Drought - Getty Images | HighBeam ... - Mar 2, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Face Higher Risk Of Drought - Getty... - Feb 26, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Face Higher Risk Of Drought - Getty... - Mar 1, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Report States Yangtze River Is Critically Polluted - Getty... - Apr 20, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Face Higher Risk Of Drought - Getty... - Feb 25, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Face Higher Risk Of Drought - Getty... - Feb 25, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Report States Yangtze River Is Critically Polluted - Getty... - Apr 20, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Face Higher Risk Of Drought - Getty... - Feb 26, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Faces Drought - Getty Images | HighBeam ... - Mar 2, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Article: Yangtze River Areas Face Higher Risk Of Drought - Getty... - Feb 25, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchPorpoise and Yangtze River Dolphin, has ... less than 100 Yangtze River Dolphins left ... China Photos/Getty Images) Dateline ... ... Welcome! 15 Baby Chinese Alligators… - Jul 14, 2009 Mother JonesThree Gorges Dam—that killer (in part) of the near-extinct Yangtze river dolphin and destroyer of habitat of the critically endangered Siberian Crane. The Complete Guide To: Whale & dolphin watching - Jul 17, 2009 IndependentBut in August 2007 China's Yangtze river dolphin, also known as the baiji, was declared extinct. Scientists cited human activities, from electrofishing to New Creatures in an Age of Extinctions - Jul 25, 2009 New York Times...like the Yangtze river dolphin, declared functionally extinct two years ago, or the dusky seaside sparrow, which tweeted its last in 1987. Group urges locals to protect the Ganga dolphin - Jul 19, 2009 HinduA fourth type, the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, was declared functionally extinct in 2006. The Ganges river dolphin has an elongated snout and is almost 'Eating wildlife is a part of Chinese culture' - Jul 22, 2009 New ScientistBut if you take the Yangtze river dolphin, which was declared functionally extinct in 2006, then no, it isn't. The critical point is to make conservation Fry has whale of a time - Jul 16, 2009 WanderlustSadly one animal has become extinct in the time between the two series – the Yangtze river dolphin. A more pleasant surprise was the number of local people Overpopulation America's Greatest Calamity In 21st Century - Mar 13, 2009 OfficialWireThe Yangtze River dolphin, Atlantic gray whale, West African black rhino, Merriam's elk, California grizzly bear, silver trout, blue pike and dusky seaside The Yangtze River Dolphin - Feb 20, 2009 OUPblog,The baiji, the Yangtze River Dolphin, was a beautiful slender creature and despite the fact that everyone knew it was at risk for extinction, urgent appeals Measuring extinction, species by species - Nov 5, 2008 ReutersBy Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - The Yangtze River dolphin, the Christmas Island shrew and the Venezuelan skunk frog are all Three Gorges Dam Farmers Should Shun Fertilizer, Scientists Say - Oct 29, 2008 BloombergDamming Asia's longest river has led too to the extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin as scientists foresee further ecological fallout. Humans ‘drive biggest mass extinction since dinosaurs’ - Oct 25, 2008 Times Online,Among the best known is the Yangtze river dolphin, which last year became the first large vertebrate declared extinct in more than 50 years. SCU academic voices fears for whales, dolphins - Sep 26, 2008 Lismore Northern Star,By EMMA O'NEILL EXTINCTION looms for the Yangtze River dolphin, and 14 species of the world's cetaceans are now also listed as threatened, researchers at Canadian researchers get rare pink dolphins added to endangered list - Sep 2, 2008 Canada.com,Only quick action will prevent these dolphins from going the way of the Yangtze River dolphin, which was declared effectively extinct after a six-week Humpback Whales Extinction Threat Eases as Dolphins Risk Grows - Aug 11, 2008 BloombergThe Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, was listed as ``possibly extinct'' last year, and the vaquita, a porpoise that lives in Mexico's Gulf of California, Pandas take centre stage on Olympics-eve - Aug 6, 2008 Hindu,Saving pandas has been a priority for the government, and no costs have been spared — while animals such as the Yangtze river dolphin have died out. New expedition seeks evidence for survival of the 'extinct' Baiji - Apr 15, 2008 Mongabay.comThe Baiji, also known as the Yangtze River Dolphin, suffered from a large number of human-related threats, including over-fishing, pollution, increased boat We have a ‘moral obligation’ to save giant panda - Apr 3, 2008 ic Wales,...and had himself published a controversial paper in 2006 about the Yangtze river dolphin in which he suggested conservation efforts for the dolphin may Survey: World's rarest ape numbers doubled - Feb 1, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,We didn't want the Cao Vit gibbon to go the way of the Yangtze river dolphin, which was declared extinct last year." Gibbons are apes, like chimps, Earth faces its sixth extinction - Jan 28, 2008 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),...the verge of extinction, such as the Yangtze River dolphin, or, like the African black rhinoceros, confined to small, inadequately supportive habitats. China's Yangtze River less polluted than feared, Swiss scientists - Nov 2, 2007 Earthtimes,Water samples were taken in 2006 during an expedition searching for the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji. The Swiss researchers are the first scientists from Tracking threatened species - Nov 24, 2007 Boston Globe,Fishing, boat traffic, and pollution appear to have driven the Yangtze River dolphin to extinction, although scientists have not officially confirmed it. Conservation priorities: What to let go - Nov 7, 2007 Nature.com (subscription),...live to study their conservation — are the Yangtze River dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer), the long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) of New Guinea, China's Yangtze River less polluted than feared, Swiss scientists - 02 Nov 2007 Earthtimes,Water samples were taken in 2006 during an expedition searching for the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji. The Swiss researchers are the first scientists from Canadian scientists race to save Taiwan's rare pink dolphins - Oct 10, 2007 Canada.com,The Trent group believes only quick action will prevent these dolphins from going the way of the Yangtze River dolphin, which was declared effectively The World’s Most Endangered Animals - Oct 11, 2007 The Van Der Galiën Gazette,Among them are, George of course, but also the Vancouver Island Marmot, the Yangtze River Dolphin, and the Red Wolf. Take a look at the list, at the photos. Keep DMZ a Place Of Peace - Oct 18, 2007 Korea Times,Most recently, we lost the Yangtze river dolphin, also known as the baiji. Dams, pollution, boat propellers, fishing nets, dynamite and loss of habitat More Species Than Ever Threatened With Extinction, Report Says - Oct 15, 2007 Voice of AmericaOne animal in extreme danger is the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji. Threats to its survival include fishing and pollution. IUCN officials said the baiji Half Of Nepal's Vulture Species In Danger - Oct 11, 2007 Gorkhapatra,In China, the Yangtze River Dolphin or Baiji has been listed as critically endangered. As the intensive search to trace the species has turned fruitless, Holidaymakers Urged to Resist Wildlife Souvenirs - 20 Aug 2007 Travel Connect,Earlier this month, scientists claimed that the Yangtze river dolphin is "likely to be extinct" due to a range of human-related activities. Farewell to the Yangtze River Dolphin - Aug 10, 2007 TIMEThe Yangtze River dolphin, one of the world's rarest mammals, is no more, a victim of China's breakneck economic growth and competition for food with one of Yangtze river dolphin declared extinct - Aug 8, 2007 Science Daily (press release)Site Of Human-dolphin Partnership Becomes Protected Area (June 23, 2006) -- The government of Myanmar has established a protected area for, of all things, Yangtze river dolphin driven to extinction - Aug 8, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,The Yangtze river dolphin, until recently one of the most endangered species on the planet, has been declared officially extinct following an intensive Yangtze River Dolphin, RIP - Aug 15, 2007 Utne Reader OnlineA new name was added to the extinction list last week: the Yangtze river dolphin. According to the Guardian, the Yangtze dolphin "is the first large Rescue comes too late as Yangtze River dolphin declared extinct - Aug 7, 2007 Scotsman,One British zoologist yesterday described the loss of the Yangtze River dolphin as a "shocking tragedy". It is the first extinction of a large vertebrate Rare Yangtze River dolphin probably extinct: study - Aug 7, 2007 ReutersBy Michael Kahn LONDON (Reuters) - The long-threatened Yangtze River dolphin in China is probably extinct, according to an international team of researchers Yangtze river dolphin is an ex-cetacean - Aug 8, 2007 Register,By Chris Williams → More by this author Scientists have today declared the Yangtze river dolphin extinct after an intensive survey failed to find evidence Baiji River Dolphin May or May Not Be Extinct - Aug 11, 2007 Slashdot...ozmanjusri writes "Major news outlets are reporting that after 20 million years, Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin) are now officially extinct. Yangtzse River dolphin 'now extinct' - Aug 7, 2007 Telegraph.co.uk,The Yangtze River dolphin was a remarkable mammal that separated from all other species over 20m years ago. "This extinction represents the disappearance of World Wildlife Says Yangtze River Dolphins May Not Be Extinct - Aug 14, 2007 AHNNicknamed "Goddess of the Yangtze" in China, the dolphin was also called Chinese River Dolphin, Yangtze River Dolphin, Beiji, Whitefin Dolphin and Yangtze Rare river dolphin 'now extinct' - Aug 7, 2007 BBC News,..."The Yangtze river dolphin was a remarkable mammal that separated from all other species over 20 million years ago," Dr Turvey explained. Dolphin Species Goes Extinct Due to Humans - Aug 10, 2007 FOX NewsBy Charles Q. Choi The Yangtze River dolphin is now almost certainly extinct, making it the first dolphin that humans drove to extinction, scientists have ‘Extinct’ call too early for river dolphin – WWF - Aug 14, 2007 Green Consumer Guide,Conservation group WWF has claimed that reports last week suggesting China’s Yangtze River Dolphin had become extinct were premature, and that although the Extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin is confirmed - Aug 8, 2007 Mongabay.comAfter an extensive six-week search scientists have confirmed the probable extinction of the baiji or Yangtze river dolphin. Rare river dolphin likely extinct, scientists conclude - Aug 13, 2007 The California Aggie Online,..."The Yangtze river dolphin was a remarkable mammal that separated from all other species over 20 million years ago," said paper co-author Sam Turvey of the Yangtze River dolphin to be reclassified as ‘possibly extinct - Aug 7, 2007 Zee News,London, Aug 08: The Yangtze River dolphin, also known as Baiji, is no more, and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) will soon reclassify it as ‘possibly Yangtze River Dolphin Declared Extinct - Aug 8, 2007 Post Chronicle...by Staff Scientists declared China's Yangtze river dolphin extinct Wednesday after weeks of searching failed to locate even one in 1000 miles of the busy China's 'national treasure' lost as Yangtze River Dolphin declared ... - Aug 8, 2007 Daily Mail,But today, the unique Yangtze River Dolphin, with its long snout and tiny eyes is officially dead. And with the extinction of the species we have lost Goodbye to Yangtze river dolphin as species is driven to extinction - Aug 8, 2007 Hippy Shopper,Just over a year ago, Zoologists made a last ditch attempt to save the Yangtze river dolphin (or 'Baiji', which was native to the Yangtze River in China. Yangtze River dolphin 'extinct' - Aug 8, 2007 InTheNews.co.uk,Human activity has driven the Yangtze river dolphin to extinction, an international team of scientists has concluded. It is the first time in 50 years that China dolphin extinction - Aug 8, 2007 BBC News,The long-threatened Yangtze river dolphin in China is probably extinct, according to an international team of researchers. They say this marks the first River dolphin is wiped out - Aug 7, 2007 Times Online,A six-week survey of the entire habitat range of the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, which is found only in the great Chinese river system, Should we worry about extinctions, or are they just a part of ... - Aug 9, 2007 Belfast Telegraph,Does the loss of a species such as the Yangtze river dolphin matter? Why is there not one in a zoo? Jeremy Laurance asks The Big Question Yesterday, Tragedy as Chinese river dolphin declared extinct - Aug 13, 2007 Legalbrief (subscription),After more than 20m years on the planet, the Yangtze river dolphin has been officially declared extinct, the first species of cetacean to be driven from Yangtze dolphin 'functionally extinct': Researchers - Aug 10, 2007 China Daily,The long-threatened Yangtze River dolphin has been declared "functionally extinct" after an expedition late last year failed to find any, China’s river of life - Aug 8, 2007 Spiked,This morning’s newspapers report that the Yangtze river dolphin – a freshwater marine mammal found only in the Yangtze river that snakes 6300 kilometres Outlook Poor for Chinese River Dolphin - Aug 8, 2007 TheCelebrityCafe.com,The outlook is grim for the Yangtze river dolphin. An international team of researchers combed 1500 km of the river in 2006 without spotting even one CHINA: Rare dolphin species likely to be extinct - 10/08/2007 - Aug 10, 2007 Radio Australia,The disappearance of the Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, is the first human-driven extinction of a large vertebrae for more than fifty years. RIP, Yangtze River (and certain pigs too) - Aug 13, 2007 Shanghaiist,The baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin, was only the latest victim: according to the first report, in the 1980s there were 126 forms of life in the river, Yangtze Dolphin Declared Extinct - Aug 8, 2007 eFluxMedia (press release)...by John Wolper The unique Yangtze dolphin, only found in China’s largest river, has now been declared officially extinct, after six weeks intensive search Survival of the hitlist - Aug 8, 2007 The Northern Echo,The experts were forced to concede that the Yangtze River dolphin was now extinct. Its demise - the heavy river traffic deafened its sonar increasing its Chinese dolphin declared extinct due to human activity - Aug 8, 2007 Belfast Telegraph,Experts say the Yangtze River dolphin was killed off by human activity. Its disappearance is the first official extinction of its kind for more than 50 China's white dolphin likely extinct - Aug 8, 2007 Raw Story,..."The Yangtze River dolphin was a remarkable mammal that separated from all other species over 20 million years ago." International environmental group WWF Yangtze dolphin extinct - Aug 8, 2007 CBC.ca,An intensive six-week hunt for the Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, in late 2006, covering the complete historical range of the dolphin in the main Yangtze Animals on death row: 10 most endangered - Aug 9, 2007 Mirror.co.uk,Man has made the Yangtze River Dolphin extinct .. many other species are on the edge By Ros Wynne-Jones 09/08/2007 This week the Yangtze River Dolphin was Dinosaurs, Dodos, Now Dolphins. . . What's Next? - Aug 10, 2007 Christian Broadcasting Network,While the dinosaurs have long been extinct, this year, China's Yangtze River dolphin, known as the baiji dolphin, has just joined their ranks. Tragic reminder of the challenge ahead - Aug 7, 2007 Scoop.co.nz,Scientists' conclusion that the Yangtze River dolphin or Baiji is functionally extinct is a cautionary reminder to New Zealanders that several of our rare First human-caused dolphin extinction reported - Aug 11, 2007 World Science,The freshwater Yangtze River dolphin, also known as baiji, seems to be no more, researchers said. The animal inhabited the middle and lower Yangtze River Freshwater dolphin declared extinct - Aug 8, 2007 TV3 News,The disappearance of the Yangtze River dolphin, or Baiji, represents the first human-driven extinction of a large vertebrae for more than fifty years. Chinese Dolphin Declared Extinct - Aug 8, 2007 Local6.com,Researchers in the Hubei Province said they blamed human activity -- unregulated fishing -- for the disappearance of the Baiji, or Yangtze River dolphin. Wake up! The bees are on their knees - Aug 9, 2007 Times Online,The extinction of the Yangtze River dolphin is mourned extravagantly because in its round, intelligent eyes we saw ourselves, before we killed it off. Shock as dolphin declared extinct - Aug 7, 2007 CBBC Newsround,The Yangtze River dolphin was worshipped in ancient times because some people thought it was a goddess. But it's feared that there aren't any more of the National Geographic, China launch study of critically endangered ... - Aug 1, 2007 Pravda,...construction on the Yangtze, blamed for decimating commercial fisheries all along the river and killing off species such as the Yangtze River dolphin. Desperate EFFORT TO SAVE 6 MINERS - Aug 7, 2007 Mirror.co.uk,The Yangtze River dolphin was wiped out by human exploitation of the river. The daughter of Republican US presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani has backed In the latest episode of Science Weekly... - Aug 13, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,As well as that, we have conservation biologist Sam Turvey as our guest in the studio, discussing the plight of the Yangtze river dolphin which was declared Science Weekly for August 13 - Aug 13, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,...the plight of the Yangtze river dolphin, which last week became the first large vertebrate to be declared officially extinct in over half a century. Papers probe foot-and-mouth cause - Aug 7, 2007 BBC News,The Independent leads with the story of China's Yangtze river dolphin which has been declared extinct. After 20 million years of existence, "it was driven Politics this week - Aug 9, 2007 Economist,Zoologists failed to find a Yangtze River dolphin during a survey of the creature's historic range, the first likely extinction of a large vertebrate in 50 Sutter: My, how far we’ve come - Jul 25, 2007 Vail Daily News,The Yangtze River dolphin, paradise parrot and hula painted frog may also suggest that future consideration be given to what remains of the natural world Rare Yangtze River Dolphin in Perile Nov 16, 2006 Nov. 16, 2006 — A research expedition underway this week on China's mighty but polluted and traffic-choked Yangtze River is racing ... - Discovery Channel [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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