The pink dolphin, which inhabits Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, has been classified as an endangered animal.
A pink dolphin that had been trapped due to the low level of the Arauca River and was at risk of death, was assisted by personnel of the Colombian Navy, who transferred it aboard a river unit, together with members of the Regional Autonomous Corporation of the Orinoquia (Corporinoquia) and the National University of Colombia, to an area of the river with a higher flow.
The dolphin remained stranded in a sector near the Barrancones settlement of the municipality of Arauca, in which the flow levels have decreased more than normal due to the dry season. The people informed units of the Colombian Navy and Corporinoquia who moved to the place, accompanied by of officials of the National University of Colombia.
In the place, they carried out the assessment of the animal finding it in a good state of health, for which they proceeded to transfer it aboard a boat of the Navy Infantry River Battalion No.52 of the Colombian Navy, with all the necessary measures and care to safeguard its life, to a fenced place of the Monserrate settlement of the municipality of Arauca, where he was successfully released.
This mammal animal is known scientifically as Inia geoffrensis or Tonina, in the east of the country, and lives not only in Colombia, but in the same way in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed it as endangered.
This is the second animal rescued this year in similar risk. The other dolphin was successfully released into the waters of the Meta River.
Source: Press - Navy of Colombia
