In September 2012, Bolivian President Evo Morales enacted a law to protect the dolphin and declared it a national treasure.

[11] French naturalist and palaeontologist Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny explored South America from 1826 to 1833, including a stay in Bolivia from 1831 to 1833.

He returned to France in 1834 and started to describe his scientific explorations, including the new Bolivian cetacean species "Inia boliviensis".

[2] Necropsies have shown the Bolivian river dolphin diet includes a variety of different species of fish, as well as crabs.

However, in April 2022, three ecologists published photographs of Bolivian river dolphins play with a large (presumably dead) Beni Anaconda snake.

The dams can also cause a change to the fish community structure, and therefore altering the diet of Bolivian river dolphins.

[16] Conservation efforts to prevent further population decline of freshwater dolphins can begin with protecting areas from human influence.

Limiting or removing boat traffic, creating better marine animal passageways through dams, and working with fisheries to live alongside wildlife instead of fighting against it are all important steps.

[17] In August 2021, a research team observed two sexually aroused juvenile male dolphins near the Tijamuchi River playing with a Beni anaconda (Eunectes beniensis).