Another newborn Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin has been recorded, bringing the number of newborn dolphins in the country to two this year, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said.
The two-day-old calf was sighted on Thursday at the Kampi dolphin pool in northeast Kratie province’s Chetr Borei district by a research team of the Fisheries Administration and the World Wide Fund for Nature.
“This new calf was healthy and seen swimming alongside a pod of seven adult dolphins,” the ministry said in a news release on Friday. “It is the second baby dolphin born in 2026.”
The first one was spotted at the same pool last month.
The Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins have been listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species since 2004.
According to the news release, to date, there are about 114 Irrawaddy dolphins living along a 120km main channel of the Mekong River in northeast Kratie and Stung Treng provinces. — Xinhua
