[Arneldo]

The Chinese River Dolphin declared functionally extinct, the first extinction of a large mammal in recent decades.

The Chinese River Dolphin decleared endangered in 1979 and in 1983 hunting of the dolphin was decleared illegal. despite this in a suvey in 1997 only 7 dolphins were found.

Now in 2006, 0 dolphins have been found and they have been declared functionally extinct.

[Lauren]

Aaawww.

[Corkie]

Awww what a disgrace, that is just so displeasing

[MarkWaldorf]

[Tanser_Man]

Pathetic what some people would do to make a few extra pounds.

Hope they get shot by dolphins when they finally pop there clogs.

[Chrizzle]

Originally posted by Tanser_Man
Pathetic what some people would do to make a few extra pounds.

Hope they get shot by dolphins when they finally pop there clogs.

Shot by dolphins?
been watching The Simpsons by any chance..

[Tanser_Man]

Originally posted by Chrizzle

Shot by dolphins?
been watching The Simpsons by any chance..

Indeed, them two dimensianal charactors run riot on my mind!!

On a serious note, i seriously hope the dolphins come back to life but with arms and a built in bone crusher, covered by a sheet of skin that is as thick and strong as metal.... they would think twice about trying to kill the poor buggers then!

[Sophii3x]

Oh no
I love dolphins
Are they the pinky ones that live in the amazon rivers?

[Bells]

No it's a different type of dolphin.

I'm really sad about it, it's horrible when you hear about the extinction of species especially in this day and age when the culprits are humans.

[Tanser_Man]

Only pic i could find of it, it's a shame but it's life.

[~Kizwiz~]

Things like this makes me mad. why do people still hunt endangered animals? Its sad to think that mankind thinks of itself as the highest in the food chain so therefore he has a right to take what he likes! The animals on this planet are here for a reason. Its a whole ecosystem and once we start to make it unbalanced the planet will suffer.

Sorry... rant over!!!!

[andybigbro]

[Z]

Whilst I'm a believer in "if we don't eat them, they'd eat us." argument, I'm not arrogant enough (hmm.. or amI?) to believe we should be hunting endangered species. We eat beef, hence we produce more cattle, etc. That's how we should have gone about it, and now we've lost another species.