Less Than Happy News…
Well, it’s official. The most endangered species of marine animal in the world, the Chinese River Dolphin, is extinct.



A species found only in the Yangtze River, the dolphin has long been critically endangered. Despite the adamant statements by the Chinese government that they would do everything they could to protect them, apparently the construction of the Three Gorges Dam (the largest dam in the world, some 5 times the size of the Hoover Dam, and the less-than-successful answer to Shanghai’s ever increasing power problems) was considered more important. This seems to be the final straw for the nearly blind dolphin, who’s population ten years ago was estimated at only 50 animals. There are no living specimens in captivity. The world is a lesser place for this loss.