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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 07:36 AM Sep 2012

Bolivia enacts law to protect Amazon pink dolphins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19642422


The pink dolphin, known locally as bufeo, is Bolivia's only freshwater mammal species


Bolivian President Evo Morales has enacted a law aimed at protecting a unique species of dolphins that live in the country's Amazon rivers.

The new legislation bans fishing freshwater pink dolphins and declares the species a national treasure.

At a ceremony along the shores of the Ibare river, President Morales called on the armed forces to protect the habitats of the pink dolphins
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