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(Stueng Treng): Steung Treng authority plans to make a Thbong Khla dolphins Irrawaddy resort to attract tourists.

Mr. Kong Vong, Ohmoreah committee, confirmed that the project of the Thbong Klar Irrawaddy Dolphin Resort is in the planning stage. The authority looking for a business partner to develop tourism while providing local jobs and protecting the dolphins in Seim Bouk district.

Mr. Horn Porsoen, director of the ministry of tourism in Stueng Treng, said he supported the project and is prepared to help set up the Thbong Klar dolphins Irrawaddy resort.
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Death of a Dolphin
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Kratie, Cambodia News: There is one less Irrawaddy dolphin in the Kampei dolphin pod, at Sambor, Kratie.
On 9 May 2019, the body of an adult female dolphin, over 2 meters long and weighing 191 kilograms, was found floating in the Mekong yesterday afternoon by local people, who reported the find to the authorities.

There is no sign of injury and the cause of death is being investigated.
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5 Dead Dolphins This Year So Far
Kratie, Cambodia News: Another rare freshwater dolphin died yesterday in the Mekong, close to Kakat Village, Sambok Commune, Kratie Province.This is the 5th dolphin that has been found dead since January 2019 to date, with 9 dolphins born during the same period.

The dolphin is an adult, weighing 104 kilograms with a total length of 1.98 meters and within an age range of 15-18 years.

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The WWF says that the restrictions placed on allocating conservation areas is the main cause of death of the dolphins in the Mekong River. They call for more Protected Areas to protect the Mekong River Dolphins from illegal fishing. The Mekong dolphins are a part of Cambodia's natural heritage.
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And now for some good news... another newborn dolphin in Kratie !

Kratie officials welcome 11th dolphin calf found in the province this year
Khouth Sophak Chakrya | Publication date 31 October 2019 | 23:52 ICT

Dolphin conservation officials said on Wednesday that a newly born calf was found among a pod of seven dolphins in Prek Kam Pi Resort area in Kam Pi village, Sambok commune, Chitr Borei district, in Kratie province.

Kratie provincial Fisheries Administration deputy chief and head of the Irrawaddy dolphin conservation group told The Post on Thursday that tourist police had been told of an Irrawaddy dolphin calf discovered at Prek Kam Pi.

It was seen swimming in the water among the adult dolphins on Monday. The Kratie provincial Fisheries Administration went there immediately to monitor.

“Our team is very happy to see it. Our team tried to take pictures of the newborn while it was swimming with its mother,” he said.

“The newborn is the eleventh which our team has discovered and recorded this year from January to October,” he said.

Ponlok said Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River in Cambodia are currently estimated to be about 110, with the number having increased by about 30 compared to that found in 2015 when only 80 were counted.
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RIP dolphin.
[Note that the dolphin's face has been pixeled by Khmer news to protect its identity.]
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Cambodia News (Kratie): The Ministry of Tourism reported that on November 12, 2019, the river guard found a female dolphin dead (2,27 meters long and 110 kg), in Angkong Preah zone, Sambok village, Chet Borey district, Kratie. The dolphin was rotten and had the intestines falling out.
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The ministry of tourism said the female dolphin died after being caught in a fishing net. The authority has requested a halt to all illegal fishing in the dolphin zone and asks local people to help to protect them in order to increase the tourists to the site.
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Another baby dolphin born in the Mekong ! Congratulations to the happy parents.

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Stung Treng, Cambodia News: After Stung Treng Mekong river rangers reported that a baby dolphin was sighted on 17 November 2019, the WWF team from Kratie and Stung Treng Fisheries Research Team visited the area and discovered a newborn dolphin, about five days old, in theTbong Kla dolphin pool near Koh Chroem village, Stung Treng province.

This is encouraging news for the survival of the Mekong dolphin pods; this is the twelfth report of a dolphin birth this year.
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Another new born dolphin has been reported at Kampi in Kratie. Lucky number 13 !

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Cambodia News (Kratie): On December 10, 2019, a newborn baby dolphin was found in the Mekong near Kampi village, Chet Borey district, Kratie. The WWF team and the forestry administration of Kratie and Steung Treng went to check the place where the baby dolphin was born. Mother and baby were both doing well. The baby dolphin was aged about one day old when it was sighted and recorded.

This is the 13th baby dolphin that has been recorded in the Cambodia waters of the Mekong river in 2019. So far, there have been six dolphin births recorded in Stueng Treng, and the other seven baby dolphins were recorded in Kratie.

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Baby Dolphin Found Dead at Kratie
Cambodia News(Kratie): According to the page of WWF, on December 22, 2019, an 11-day-old dolphin was discovered dead, floating about 7 kilometers away from Kampi deep pool, north of Kratie town. The local people immediately report the incident to the river guards and the local police. WWF team went to visit the site promptly and collected the animal for examination.

WWF requested the river guard team, the local police, the provincial forestry administration, and other relevant authorities to pay attention and inspect any boats that are illegally fishing along the Mekong River, especially in the protected areas where the Irrawaddy dolphins breed and feed.
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While the number of Irrawaddy dolphins living in the Mekong close to Kratie are rising slowly, further up the river near the Laos border, dolphin numbers have been dwindling since the construction of the Don Sahong dam.

January 22, 2020
Losing dolphins for more hydropower
The construction of the Don Sahong hydropower dam in Laos has affected the habitats of Mekong River dolphins, causing their numbers to dwindle in Stung Treng province. The dwindling numbers are causing a decline in tourists who wish to see them, resulting in loss of income for villagers.

Stung Treng​ province – Pa Phen gazes wistfully at the Mekong river in Stung Treng province, remembering a time when there were many Irrawaddy dolphins swimming in it before numbers drastically dwindled after Laos started construction of its Don Sahong hydropower dam.

“Before 2016, when there was no dam, there were more than 10 Irrawaddy dolphins in my area, but in recent years they have disappeared and only three remain now,” the 55-year-old says. “If these three also disappear then my people will have no extra income to support their families from tourists who come to watch the mammals.”

Ms Phen is a member of the Preah Rumkel Community-Based Ecotourism Site in Borei O’Svay Senchey district’s Preah Rumkel commune.

The Preah Rumkel Community-Based Ecotourism Site is about 60 kilometers from Stung Treng city which borders Lao’s Champasak province where the dam is located.

Ms Phen says dolphins are an important natural resource and have helped to greatly improve the lives of the people in the area through tourism.

“If there are many dolphins, more tourists will visit here and the people also can earn a lot of income by selling food, fish, vegetables, fruits and souvenirs,” she says. “Before, there were about 10 to 20 carloads of tourists visiting the area daily and our villagers could also earn between about $49 and more than $244 each.

Ms Phen adds that there are now very few visitors who come to the eco-tourism site to view dolphins each day and on some days there are none at all because there are only three dolphins.

Hay Maly, a 54-year-old farmer, says she sells food to tourists at the site in order to earn extra money to support her family.

However, she says that after the Don Sahong hydropower dam was built the number of dolphins decreased and the number of tourists also declined.

“The tourists come to visit here because they want to see the dolphins, so if there are no dolphins, then there are no tourists,” she adds.

Ms Maly also expresses concern over the negative impact on the dolphins due to the Don Sahong hydropower dam which was built close to their usual habitat.

The Irrawaddy dolphin has been listed in the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as one of the critically endangered species in the world.
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Breed, little dolphins, breed! By the way, they are called “psaot” in khmer.
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