Why are the Baiji Dolphins being killed?

Answer 1

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Reasons why the Baiji Dolphins are being killed:

The Yangtze river Dolphin is the most endangered species on the planet and almost extinct.

• Unsustainable fishing and mass shipping. China industrialised and transformed the Yangtze into a crowded artery of mass shipping, fishing and power generation.
• Indiscriminate and illegal fishing practices. The Chinese would use large nets, then hit long pipes to confuse the Dolphins radar and gaff them into their boats. Dolphins are extremely human like in thought and useful not only to the American Navy, but to children with disabilities yet China did not see these Dolphins as much importance (having stripped it of its sacred status in Chinese culture during Mao's Great Leap Forward) until the 70's.
• Pollution and degradation of its habitat.
  
• Low employment in the 1980s - 1990s caused a rise in unskilled fishing.

The Chinese government worked with scientists and many others trying to save the Dolphins but it was probably too late, and the last confirmed sighting was in 2004.

Answer 2

The Baiji dolphin population has declined primarily due to habitat destruction, pollution, and accidental entanglement in fishing gear. Their habitat in the Yangtze River in China has been severely degraded, making survival difficult for the species. Efforts to protect and conserve the Baiji dolphins have not been successful, leading to their critically endangered status and likely extinction.