Activists campaign against killing of Amazon dolphins

Activists from the Friends of the Manatee Association (“Ampa”) have placed a 12-meter-tall inflatable dolphin dummy outside the National Congress. The act was staged as part of a campaign entitled Red Alert, which aims to urge the Ministry of Environment to take action and bring into effect earlier the ban on the fishing of piracatinga (Calophysus macropterus) in the Amazon Rainforest—an activity that entails the use of the dolphin as bait.