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One Man’s Quest to Protect Pink River Dolphins in Colombia

Inside Climate News · By Teresa Tomassoni · last updated
Marine biologist Fernando Trujillo has spent a lifetime working with the endangered creatures, which offer a window into the health of the rivers in which they swim.

By Teresa Tomassoni

VICHADA, Colombia—From the bow of a canoe-shaped motor boat called a bongo, marine biologist Fernando Trujillo aimed his zoom lens toward a stretch of muddied river water flowing past an ochre-colored sandbank and dense riparian forest where jaguars, wild boar and anacondas roam.