Blind dolphin survey reveals 55% increase in population
Sindh Wildlife Department's latest survey discovers 500 new Indus River dolphinsKARACHI: A four-day survey of the Indus River dolphin has revealed a 55 per cent increase in population of the endangered species. The conservation census was a continuation of the last survey conducted seven years ago to keep a population record of the ‘blind dolphin’. “Today we see that no river water reaches downstream of the Kotli barrage… dolphin population is now surviving only in fragmented pockets such as the protected area of Indus Dolphin Reserve,” he said. “China has already lost their species (Yangtze river dolphin), there is one that dwells in Amazon river, Brazil (Amazon river dolphin). Besides the Ganges dolphin living in India, the Indus River dolphin is endemic to Pakistan, (i.e.
Source: The Express Tribune April 15, 2019 13:18 UTC
