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Activists Urge Brazil to Stop Killing of Amazon Dolphins.

Authors :
Newsroom
Source :
Brazzil; Sep2014, p1-1, 1p, 1 Color Photograph
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

The article reports that activists from the Friends of the Manatee Association (Ampa) has asked Brazilian government to stop killing of Amazon dolphins. It informs Ampa has placed a 12-meter-tall inflatable dolphin dummy outside the National Congress for showing protest against fishing of piracatinga in the Amazon Rainforest as part of their campaign Red Alert. It also mentions that according to researcher Vera da Silva, 4 thousand animals are killed every year.

Subjects

Subjects :
ACTIVISTS
DOLPHIN hunting

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15244997
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Brazzil
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
98361661