• The Chinesesriver dolphin, also known as baiji, is one of the most rare and endangered cetaceans (pronounced si–TAY–shuns; the order of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises).

• Australia is home to wide range of marine species including whales, dolphins, turtles and sharks

• Japan alone reported harvesting almost 70,000 whales in the North Pacific, largely blue, fin, humpback, sei, ...