Article Summary:

The online version of the UK daily newspaper, the Daily Mail, has featured images by Mark Cawardine of the Amazon River dolphin or “boto”. The images were shot in the Negros River and the article highlights that river dolphin populations throughout the world are at threat due to pollution, habitat loss and over fishing. There are three other species of river dolphin, Franciscana from southeastern South America, the Ganges river dolphin from India, and the Indus river dolphin from Pakistan.