Pink dolphin mother and baby found dead on river banks in Amapá

The Environmental Battalion team was called after alerts on social media and information provided by Iepa about the animals seen at the location. "Through social media, we received the information. An agent was sent to the location together with Iepa and there it was found that the two animals were dead: a female and her calf, which had just been born", explained Captain Araújo, from the PM's Environmental Battalion. Mother and baby pink dolphin are found dead on the banks of the Amazon River, in Amapá Environmental Battalion/Disclosure READ MORE: 'Only loss', says entrepreneur after merchandise is wet by rain in the center of Macapá President of the Court of Justice takes office as acting governor of Amapá Researchers map illegal mining in AP through the presence of heavy metals in shrimp According to the official, the teams found no signs of physical violence or signs of accidental capture in the mammals. "Initially, there was no evidence that the animals had been killed [by human action], but rather that the cause of death was natural. They were collected, taken to Ciosp and later collected by Iepa for further evaluation", added the captain. The bodies were delivered to the Iepa Mammal Laboratory, where they will undergo necropsy and technical analysis to confirm what caused the death of both animals. Pink river dolphin mother and baby are found dead on the banks of the Amazon River, in Amapá. Environmental Battalion/Disclosure VIDEOS with news from Amapá: d