Carcass of a seven foot Gangetic dolphin in North Dinajpur

The carcass of a seven feet Gangetic dolphin was found on the banks of river Nagor at Karandighi in North Dinajpur and, from all appearances, it looks to be a case of poaching. Foresters are waiting for the postmortem report but, in the opinion of conservationists, the injuries on its head indicate that it was killed by the locals.
The Gangetic dolphin is the national aquatic animal and is considered 'endangered' by the IUCN and, it is presumed that the animal somehow slipped through a channel of the Mahananda and came to Nagor.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 8 January 2016.

The Gangetic dolphinIt is primarily found in the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers and their tributaries in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. It is protected under Schedule I of Wildlife Protection Act and enjoys the same protection status as accorded to the Bengal tiger. The dolphins are found in India in seven states namely, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand and Bengal.
The animal lovers are shocked that first a deer and now a gangetic dolphin has become a victim of human cruelty. The discovery of the carcass of the dolphin has angered animal lovers. Incidentally on the same day another deer was found dead at Adina Deer Park of Malda. This was the second deer killed within a span of three days and, this death spree of animals has been on since December - it began with the death of a gharial.

(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

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