Colombia: Two pink river dolphins, a mother and her calf, were rescued from a Colombian river, the navy said.
In a video released by the navy, several officers were seen carrying the dolphins in a makeshift hammock, others checking the mammals’ condition and spraying them with water.
Experts moved the dolphins out of the river, quickly checked their condition on the riverbank, and released them into deeper water within 17 minutes, said Erika Gomez of the Omacha Foundation, which took part in the rescue.
The freshwater mammals — whose scientific name is Inia geoffrensis — live mainly in the Amazon and Orinoco river systems. Their habitat includes parts of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
The pink river dolphin, which can weigh up to 220 kilograms (485 pounds), has been classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature since 2018.
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