Protecting Amazon river dolphins: join 130,000 people calling for action
Thousands of Amazon pink river dolphins (Botos) are slaughtered illegally every year. It’s time for the Colombian government to follow Brazil’s lead and take action to protect them.In the Brazilian Amazon many thousands of rare and iconic Boto dolphins are illegally hunted every year. Botos, the largest of only 3 dolphin species found in the world’s rivers, endure gruelling hunts as they are rounded up as bait for the Piracatinga catfish. During hunts the dolphins are harpooned, tied by their tail flukes to submerged trees and left wounded, only for fishermen to return and kill them