The year 2007 has been declared as International Year of the Dolphin by the United Nations and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The UN Convention on Migratory Species, together with its specialized agreements on dolphin conservation ACCOBAMS and ASCOBANS and the WDCS (Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society) have proposed 2007 as the "Year of the Dolphin" ('YOD')) Image:Tursiops truncatus head1.jpg