Five newborn rare dolphins recorded so far this year, two deaths

THE kingdom has registered five newborn Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin calves with two deaths so far this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced in a news release.

A newborn calf was spotted on Friday at a dolphin pool in Stung Treng province’s Siem Bouk district by a team of researchers from the Fisheries Administration and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).