Evidence for the continued use of river dolphin oil for bait fishing and traditional medicine: implications for conservation

Populations of the Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) are endangered, with ~3500 individuals estimated worldwide. Threats to this precarious population is exacerbated by accidental entanglement and illegal hunting for oil, which is used in bait fisheries and traditional medicine....

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Main Authors: Vishnupriya Kolipakam, Shweta Singh, Shovana Ray, Leela Prasad, Kanad Roy, Abdul Wakid, Qamar Qureshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
DNA
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020315334