Rare River Dolphin... Extinct

I didn't see this posted anywhere, so in case you missed it

The rare white-flag dolphin, called baiji, has seemingly disappeared from the Yangtze River, its only habitat. If true, the estimated three-million-year-old species is now extinct.

Bai-ji (literally "white porpoise" in Chinese) is nicknamed "The Goddess of Yangtze", a cruel metaphor that the death of a goddess should accompany the rapid industrialization of the Yangtze region. This is not to say that the people should remain impoverished, but extinction is forever.