China to Establish Reserve for Rare White Dolphin

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China to Establish Reserve for Rare White Dolphin

 

April 10, 2006 — By Reuters

BEIJING — China plans to set up its first reserve for the endangered white

dolphin off the coast of the southern city of Zhuhai in the southern Guangdong

province, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

 

The city has allocated 460 sq km (178 square miles) for the reserve, to be

located near Qiao Island in the Pearl River estuary, Xinhua quoted Chen Jialin,

director of the reserve, as saying.

 

Construction on the reserve will begin this year and will focus first on

establishing an emergency rescue centre for the dolphins, Chen said.

 

Xinhua quoted him as saying the dolphins, unique to China, number only 2,000,

more than half of which live in the Pearl River estuary.

 

Chen said pollution from paper mills, chemical plants and plating factories

along the river had been destroying the dolphins' habitat, leading to the deaths

of nearly 20 dolphins in the past three years.

 

Source: Reuters

 

 

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