These friendly, sensitive, mammals with a brain capacity 40% larger than that of humans, who have lived in harmony with the people of the Amazon and its tributaries for centuries, now face extinction in some tributaries. The pink dolphin has faced many threats that almost led to their extinction like, commercialized rape of the amazonian basina and the destruction of the South American tropical rainforest. Its numbers in Peru have increased from 8 dophins 18 years ago to 35-45 dolphins today. The struggle to save these treasured beings as an important link in an ecosystem -- currently being encroached upon by industrialized forces -- is being spear-headed by the non-profit International Society for the Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest (ISPTR), whose first globally known project PARD, the Preservation of the Amazonian River Dolphin. A way to help save the strugglr for these creatures is the International Society for the Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest (ISPTR) an American and Peruvian non-profit organization which is comprised of a dedicated team of volunteer naturalists. One of our international projects is the Preservation of the Amazonian River Dolphin (PARD).
