January 3, 2007
RIP: Baiji Dolphin
Green Buckeye's focus is optimistic and local. My hope and plan is to share the good news of organizations and individuals in Central Ohio who are doing big and small things to make our little corner of the world greener.Sometimes, though, bad news from around the globe needs to be shared so that we can remember why we're making these efforts.
A few weeks ago, the primary organization working to save the white-fin dolphin (baiji) declared the animal "functionally extinct." Six weeks of searching the baiji's Yangtze River home in China yielded not one sighting.
Think of it - a mammal that survived on this planet for 20 million years, with no natural enemies other than humans, is most likely gone for good. This is not our proudest moment as a species.
How many times does the alarm have to ring before we wake up to our responsibility to this planet and its inhabitants - whatever species they might be?
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