“The Baiji (a unique freshwater dolphin) only recently went extinct on the Yangtze River,” Jonathan Baillie, Director of Conservation Programs at the Zoological Society of London says. The downgrade follows a survey last year that counted only 1,000 animals, a 50 percent decline from 2006. 7 July 2013 () – The newest update to the IUCN Red List has downgraded the status of the Yangtze finless porpoise ( Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) from Endangered to Critically Endangered, reflecting the deteriorating state of arguably the world’s most degraded river system.
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