Protection 'insufficient' for Yangtze finless porpoise

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21261583



Protection for highly threatened Yangtze finless porpoises in China is "insufficient", researchers say.

The mammals have suffered a dramatic decline and are now threatened with extinction.

Researchers carried out a survey to the establish how the animals are distributed in the Yangtze river.

They found current protected sections of the Yangtze do not cover all the areas where most porpoises were found.