Scoop Images: Hector’s Dolphins Caught In Set Nets

Images of two Hector’s Dolphins found dead in Manakau Harbour today.

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Conservation Minister Sandra Lee and Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson today expressed extreme dismay at reports of two more deaths of endangered North Island Hector’s dolphins from set netting. See... Ministers dismayed at Hector’s dolphin deaths

Forest and Bird is calling for emergency action to ban set nets on the West Coast of the North Island to protect Hector's dolphin after two were killed in a week by set nets. See... Dolphin Deaths Alarming - Emergency Action Needed

WWF calls on the government to take decisive, urgent action to protect the critically endangered North Island Hector’s dolphin, after the discovery of two dead dolphins in the past two days. Both dolphins were clearly caught in set nets. See... 2 dolphin deaths in 2 days - drastic action needed

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