The Chinese white dolphin is in danger. The iconic pink-coloured sea mammal, selected as the symbol of Hong Kong’s handover to the mainland exactly 20 years ago, has dropped in numbers in Hong ...

According to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department’s statistics for 2016, there are 47 pink dolphins left in the seas around Lantau Island. That is 70 per cent lower than in 2003.

BUT RIVER DOLPHINS ARE AT RISK There are only six extant species of river dolphins left in the world today and they are all endangered or critically endangered. This is because pollution, dams, ...

there are at least 3,000 cetaceans - the group of "toothed whales" that dolphins belong to - in captivity in 50 countries around the world. Dr Clegg estimates that there could be as many as 5,000 ...

Although it sounds incredible, the pink dolphin has been swimming in these waters for about two million years. These animals are descendants of the dolphins that inhabited the inland sea of South ...