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A 2018 IUCN workshop on the potential for ex-situ activities to conserve cetaceans has just been published. The workshop has focused on seven small, threatened species from freshwater and coastal environments, namely the Inia species complex (South American river dolphins), South Asian river dolphins, Irrawaddy dolphins, tuxuci, franciscana and both Atlantic and Indian Ocean humpback dolphins.
During the workshop, four projects were rated as having a high priority:
1) Expanding the capture/tag/release programme for franciscanas and collecting both biological data and information about the species response to capture, handling and transport in order to inform the development of a future action plan.
2) Assemble an expert panel to review the Yangtze finless porpoise integrated conservation project within the framework of the IUCN One Plan approach.
3) Build capacity in veterinary and husbandry care for Indus dolphins rescued from irrigation canals by establishing collaborations with WWF and other groups and individuals in Pakistan.
4) Design and conduct an interview survey to fill knowledge gaps in distribution, abundance and threats to African humpback dolphins, also investigating potential sites for tagging and/or photo identification research.
The report has lots of interesting information about the species, their history in captivity and their conservation. I have included it below:
https://portals.iucn.org/library/si...SjLOUXmRRATy1pMN0d1eiiYVjJVma_nYtxya34hDw95XA
A 2018 IUCN workshop on the potential for ex-situ activities to conserve cetaceans has just been published. The workshop has focused on seven small, threatened species from freshwater and coastal environments, namely the Inia species complex (South American river dolphins), South Asian river dolphins, Irrawaddy dolphins, tuxuci, franciscana and both Atlantic and Indian Ocean humpback dolphins.
During the workshop, four projects were rated as having a high priority:
1) Expanding the capture/tag/release programme for franciscanas and collecting both biological data and information about the species response to capture, handling and transport in order to inform the development of a future action plan.
2) Assemble an expert panel to review the Yangtze finless porpoise integrated conservation project within the framework of the IUCN One Plan approach.
3) Build capacity in veterinary and husbandry care for Indus dolphins rescued from irrigation canals by establishing collaborations with WWF and other groups and individuals in Pakistan.
4) Design and conduct an interview survey to fill knowledge gaps in distribution, abundance and threats to African humpback dolphins, also investigating potential sites for tagging and/or photo identification research.
The report has lots of interesting information about the species, their history in captivity and their conservation. I have included it below:
https://portals.iucn.org/library/si...SjLOUXmRRATy1pMN0d1eiiYVjJVma_nYtxya34hDw95XA
