Taiwanese white dolphin in critical danger of extinction: threats to habitat increasing

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment dolphin, endangered species, marine conservation, marine ecology, Taiwanese white dolphin

Marine conservationists sounded a warning that the Taiwanese white dolphin is seriously threatened with extinction during a press conference held by environmental protection groups at the Legislative Yuan following the discovery of a dead dolphin on Taiwan’s west coast last week. Experts in the field of marine biology pointed out that there were only about 60 individuals left of the only subspecies of dolphin endemic to Taiwan (Sousa chinensis taiwanensis). After being first described in 2002, the Taiwanese white dolphin was

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October 27, 2020October 28, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment birdwatching, endangered species, Kaohsiung City, oriental stork

Birdwatchers in southern Taiwan were over the moon earlier this month when a rare oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana) appeared for the first time in nine years, however, the bird was found dead this morning, October 27, of apparent electrocution. The stork was first spotted in Yong’an Wetlands, Kaohsiung City in mid-October, when it was noted that the bird was tagged with the number “E37,” and fitted with a satellite transmitter. The bird was found to have been bred by researchers