Very distressing news. An oil spill from a crashed tanker in Bangladesh is threatening endangered dolphins and other wildlife in the vast Sundarbans delta. The tanker was carrying an estimated 357,000 litres of oil when it sank in the Sundarbans Shela river, home to rare Irrawaddy and Ganges dolphins, after colliding with another vessel on Tuesday. Rescue vessels have now salvaged the tanker, but officials said the damage had already been done as the slick had spread to a second river and a network of canals in the Sundarbans, the worlds largest mangrove forest, which straddles India and Bangladesh. Its a catastrophe for the delicate ecology of the Sundarbans, the areas chief forest official Amir Hossain told AFP. Read more: 3news.co.nz/world/crashed-oil-tanker-puts-dolphins-at-risk-2014121211#ixzz3LwePAHKO
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 06:23:41 +0000
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