Big achievement as Cambodia registers eight newborn rare freshwater dolphins this year

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia has recorded eight newborn Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin calves with two deaths this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said in a news release to the media.

A newborn calf was sighted on Wednesday morning at the Kampi dolphin pool in Kratie province's Chetr Borei district by a team of researchers from the Fisheries Administration and the World Wide Fund for Nature.