The Baiji, is or maybe, WAS, a fresh water dolphin found only in Yangtze River in China. Nicknamed " Goddess of the Yangtze ", the dolphin was classified as critically endangered species, and acknowledges the species is possibly extinct.
The Baiji population declined drastically in recent decades as China industrialized and made heavy use of the river for fishing, transportation, and hydroelectricity. Efforts were made to conserve the species, but a late 2006 expedition failed to find any Baiji in the river. Organizers then classified them as functionally extinct. In August 2007, Zeng Yujiang reportedly videotaped a large white animal swimming in the Yangtze.
Although, it has been tentatively confirmed
that the animal on the video is probably a baiji, the presence of only one or a few animals, particularly of advanced age, is not enough to save a functionally extinct
species from true extinction. The last uncontested sighting of a baiji was in 2002.
Further readings on Baiji, please refer to
hereI was very sad when I read about this article. Because of humans' activities, this cute animal has sacrificed, and extinct. You can no longer see this animal anymore, only through the internet. Conservation effort was too little and too late when people realised the need to protect them.
Next, the Abingdon Island Tortoise. "Lonesome George" is the last known individual of the Pinta Island Tortoise (Abingdon Island Tortoise). He has been labelled as the rarest creature in the world. Attempts at mating Lonesome George were unsuccessful for several decades, possibly due to the lack of a female of his own subspecies, and prompted researchers at the Darwin Station to offer a $10,000 reward for a suitable mate.
The only living individual of its' species. Just imagine if you are the only living human when the rest of human being extinct. It's extremely unfair to them. They did nothing wrong, do they deserve to be alone, or even extinct? We humans have laws to protect ourselves, and our own population keep increasing, but no actions were taken to protect the animals. And the increase in population has threaten their survival, but unfortunately not many people cares bout it. Instead we keep increasing and carry out our own activities, and slowly killing them. Now, they are gone, wiped off the world. I can say nothing, it's too late.
Yongjie: "Bye bye, Baiji.... I'm sorry."
