WWF-Pakistan & SWD rescue a stranded Indus River Dolphin
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Channel: WWF - Pakistan · 2016 · People & Blogs
A joint rescue team of WWF-Pakistan and Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD), rescued a stranded Indus River dolphin from the Salar Tributary of Kirthar Canal located 170 km off from Sukkur. This specific dolphin was being monitored since June 1. It moved from the main river to the small tributaries. This tributary which has a narrow channel and extremely low water level. The female Indus River dolphin was carefully captured, then transported in a specially designed sound proof ambulance. Additionally, the mammal was constantly kept moist, until its release in the Indus River at Sukkur Barrage upstream. The Indus River dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor), an endangered freshwater cetacean, is a WWF priority species. Pakistan is home to approximately 1,452 Indus river dolphins, distributed between Chashma and Kotri barrages. The Indus River dolphin population is highly fragmented due to the construction of water regulatory barrages with the largest population concentrated between Guddu and Sukkur barrages, a legally protected area known as the Indus Dolphin Game Reserve.
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