PHNOM PENH, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Another newborn Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin has been recorded, bringing the number of newborn dolphins in Cambodia to two so far this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Friday.
The two-day-old calf was sighted on Thursday at the Kampi dolphin pool in northeast Kratie province's Chetr Borei district by a research team of the Fisheries Administration and the World Wide Fund for Nature.
"This new calf was healthy and seen swimming alongside a pod of seven adult dolphins," the ministry said in a news release. "It is the second baby dolphin born in 2026."
The first one was spotted at the same pool last month.
The Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins have been listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species since 2004.
According to the news release, to date, there are about 114 Irrawaddy dolphins living along a 120-kilometer main channel of the Mekong River in northeast Kratie and Stung Treng provinces. ■
