The endangered Indus River blind dolphin, a freshwater species found only in Pakistan, continues to face threats to its ...
Assam, India - December 18, 2024 A significant milestone in conservation as a 40-member team, assisted by trained fishermen and veterinarians, captures a healthy male Ganges river dolphin and ...
The Indian government has invested in cleaning it up and have had some success. Recent years have seen the return of the Ganges river dolphin, an endangered species. In one sense, said Sen, this ...
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) conducted the first-ever Ganges River Dolphin tagging in Assam on Wednesday. This initiative, implemented by the Wildlife Institute of ...
(Relevance: The Ganges River dolphin is important for the UPSC CSE as it is the national aquatic animal of India. Additionally, UPSC has previously asked questions about it.) 1. The tagging exercise ...
in your answers. — The Ganges River Dolphin was formally discovered in 1801. Ganges river dolphins were once found in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems of Nepal, India, ...
For years, the survival of river dolphins, particularly the Ganges and Indus species, has been threatened by a range of human activities. From habitat destruction due to dam construction and pollution ...