30 January 2008

Fishermen 'beat dolphin to death'

Fishermen in Bangladesh beat a rare river dolphin to death because they had not seen "this kind of creature before," according to local news accounts. The fishermen then tried to sell the body of the Ganges River dolphin as a rare fish. When they failed, the men gave up and dumped it outside a museum -- where a large crowd tried to catch a peek.

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Score 1 for ignorance. 0 for mother nature.

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