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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 4, 1 November 1991, Unnumbered Page

(Hector's Dolphin. Endangered species "Cephalorynchus hectori") 0 U R C 0 M M ! T M E N T IS T 0 H E L P P R 0 T E C T T H E H E C T0 R ' $ D 0 L P H | N The dolphin species you see entanglement in fishing nets. Reckitt & Colman, makers here is found only in New Zealand The result is their mortality rate is of Down To Earth, are sponsoring coastal waters higher than their birth rate this project. Our commitment is It's one of the world's small- to help preserve this endangered est, reaching just 1.4 metres in EARIH species, and you'II be supporting Diteap4 DiaH NASHEG Ex Exi length. The total population is ould uS in this whenever you use 755 #B # 88 Remover Daiergh 1012izy similarly small: 3,000 to 4,000 Down To Earth products_ As you might expect, such limited If this continues they will Together we can take action numbers are vulnerable to man's eventually become extinct: to help save the Hector's Dolphin activities: Research has shown But thankfully their plight is for future generations: If you would that they are prone to the pollu not being ignored_ Dr Stephen like to know more about Hector's tion flushed into the ocean from Dawson and Dr Elizabeth Slooten Dolphins, contact 'Save the Hector's nearby rivers_ of Otago University are DQWN Dolphin Project', Private But there are other hazards_ researching ways to pro- Bag, Symonds Street, 2 TO In recent years many Hector's tect and save the Auckland_ Telephone EARTH 1 Dolphins have perished from Hector's Dolphin. .a cleaner bome and a cleaner world. (09) 358 3022_ * PCBIDDT