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Rare Mekong River dolphin dies of longline fishing hook in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — A critically endangered Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin has been found dead after getting caught in a longline fishing hook in northeastern Cambodia’s Kratie province, bringing the total number of dead dolphins to 11 so far this year, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Cambodia said in a news release on Sunday.

The latest dead dolphin was an adult female of 196 cm long, aged between 7 and 1