IN MEMORY OF THE YANGTZE RIVER DOLPHIN: To commemorate the world’s loss of the Baiji or Yangtze River dolphin—believed to be functionally extinct—today’s Endangered All-Star is another freshwater dolphin in great peril: The Ganges River dolphin. The blind creature plies the waters of the some of the most heavily used Read More
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TIGER CONTINUES RAPID SLIDE INTO EXTINCTION
July 16, 2009
Panna National Park in north central India had 24 tigers as recently as three years ago. Now it has none. According to the BBC, Panna has become the second tiger reserve in India, following Sariska National Park, to lose every one of its tigers to poaching. And another, Sanjay National Park, may be the third.
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