Deaths of three endangered dolphins in Cambodia spark alarm

Three endangered Irrawaddy or Mekong River dolphins have died within 10 days of each other in Cambodia, alarming conservationists (Heng Sinith/AP)

Three endangered freshwater dolphins have died within 10 days of each other in Cambodia, alarming conservationists.

The death of a third healthy dolphin in such a brief period indicates “an increasingly alarming situation and the need for intensive law enforcement to be urgently conducted in the dolphin habitats”, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said on Monday.