Marine wildlife conservation: A tale of New Zealand and Nigeria
15 February 2017 |
3:44 pm
While hundreds of Kiwis stormed the beach in New Zealand to rescue whales stranded on the shores a few days back, the case was different in Nigeria when residents of Brass Local Government, Bayelsa State found a dolphin.
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