so, makeke your math-- that's 5,000, 15,000 dolphins per year,r, depending on how mamany, uh, shihipping trips you're-- yoyou're countnting. >> the kililling of dolphins in peru has also caught the attention of scientists throughout the world. in recent decades, studies have tried to track the dolphin deaths, both accidental and deliberate. >> there are 15, 20,000 dolphins and porpoises being killed per year in peru, which is a globally significant----it's a huge number of dolphins and d porpoises, along thee coat of peru, still dying, and th--that's what we believe is happening to this day. we're talking serious impact on dolphins and porpoises. >> the dolphin that was killed in your footage is a dusky dolphin. that's an offshore population. these are dolphins that live in groups. they can travel in groups of 3, and they can travel in groups of a thousand or more animals. and they travel all the time behind the big fish swarms, and they hunt on the fish. they're very fast swimmers. and, according to science, their population is threatened. >> how do you feel, knowing that these dolphins