Hector's Dolphin conservation by

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Habitat

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Hector's dolphins are native to the coast of
New Zealand. They are found in shallow coastal waters, almost always within about 15 km of shore and <100 m deep,

Threat Status

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Hector's Dolphins are endangered according to the IUCN redlist. This means that there are less than 8,000 Hector's Dolphins worldwide.

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Maui's Dolphins

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Maui's Dolphins are a subspecies of Hector's Dolphins. Of these there is a population estimated around 80. 55 of these are adult dolphins they are critically endangered.

Threats

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Hector's Dolphins and Maui's Dolphins suffer from what most dolphins suffer from.
This includes poaching.

One of the reasons why Hector's Dolphins and Maui's Dolphins are so endangered more so than other Dolphins is because they are very limited to where they live. They can only live off the coast of New Zealand because of the water temperature, and depth. This means that they suffer from starvation as there are other as animals that predate on their fish.

Conservation Efforts

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Some of the ways in which we are trying to conserve these dolphins include

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