Mekong River Dolphin on the verge of extinction | Breaking Tweets

Mekong River Dolphin on the verge of extinction

Posted by Britni Day on 6/20/09 • Categorized as Asia, Environment

Per BBC, World Wildlife Fund announced that pollution has pushed the Irrawaddy dolphin living in the Mekong River to the brink of extinction. The Mekong River flows from China, through Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. Toxic levels of pesticides such as DDT, high levels of mercury and other pollutants have been found in dead dolphin calves since 2003, says the BBC. Researchers from WWF believe that high levels of pollution will also be harmful to the human population that lives around the river and shares the same water and fish as the dolphin.

The Twitterverse replied with a mixture of sadness, concern and anger:

  1. b_huang (Singapore) Stop killing them dolphins! Pollution bad! Mekong river dolphin nearing extinction because of pollution. #news http://bit.ly/Rtg1d 18 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
  2. onepowlow (Las Piñas City, Philippines) http://tinyurl.com/ladtp8 – Mekong river dolphin near extinct—WWF – wtf!!! 18 Jun 2009 from web
  3. edd_hind (Galway, Ireland) Looks like the end for the Mekong Dolphin… http://tinyurl.com/mueeus :o ( 18 Jun 2009 from web
  4. Maggmando (Spain) SAVE the Mekong Dolphins (Irrawaddy Dolphin)! There are just 76! We are killing them and they are nearly to be exterminated! 18 Jun 2009 from web
  5. Amanda Beals
    AmandaGBeals (New York, N.Y.) NOOOO!!!!! Mekong River Dolphin Nearly Extinct http://tinyurl.com/mprumc via @markclayson 18 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
  6. Cassandra Nicholson
    adurableheart (Boston, Mass.) RT @MarkClayson Mekong River Dolphin Nearly Extinct http://tinyurl.com/mprumc. AHHHH Humans we are better than this. 18 Jun 2009 from web
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