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An endangered Hector's Dolphin. Photo: Gary Webber/ 123rf
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A international marine expert who reviewed a plan to save Māui and Hector's dolphins says she tried to help and claims she was ignored...The plan - which is in its final stages - has been the subject of scientific squabbling with its claim that toxoplasmosis - a disease caused by cat poo - kills more of the endangered dolphins than fishing boats. California-based marine biologist Dr Barbara Taylor was part of an expert panel tasked at reviewing the government's plan before the public was asked to weigh in, but now feels the process was a box-ticking exercise.

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