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Nature and EnvironmentKenya

Trying to stop declining dolphin numbers

Wacera Ngunjiri | Wolf Gebhardt
April 21, 2022

Dolphin researchers in Kenya are helping to better protect endangered mammals along the coast where they face an uncertain future due to climate change, overfishing, habitat loss and unregulated tourism.

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