Hector’s dolphins and their close relative the Maui’s dolphin live only in New Zealand and are both the smallest and rarest marine dolphins on earth. Entanglement in gill and trawl nets has devastated Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins to near extinction. Unless things change, Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins will become extinct. Like the Kiwi, of which there are some 70,000, Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins are a national treasure, which New Zealand safeguards on behalf of the world. China's Yangtze River dolphin was officially declared extinct in 2007. It was the first dolphin species to be driven from our planet by human activity. Now, New Zealand, a country that lives by its unspoiled environmental reputation, is on course to let the first marine cetacean die out. NABU International Foundation for Nature works together with marine biologists and conservationists in New Zealand in order to secure the future for Maui dolphins. The Foundation seeks to influence policy and the fisheries industry, by taking action and educating the public about the problem. Achieving protection for the rarest marine dolphin species in the world is one of the most urgent tasks for conservation today. Only 42 Maui's dolphins in New Zealand! Living off the coast of New Zealand, the Hector's dolphins are endangered and Maui dolphins are critically endangered, threatened with extinction. NABU International is committed to the survival of the endangered marine mammals. #hectorsdolphins#mauisdolphins#racingextinction#smallestdolphin🐬🙏💕💔
