Catch and release: Baby dolphin rescued from Salar Wah
After rescuing the mammal, it was released in the Indus River near the Dolphin Conservation Centre, Sukkur
SUKKUR:
A baby dolphin was rescued from Salar Wah, Jacobabad and released on Thursday evening in the Indus River near the Dolphin Conservation Centre in Sukkur. According to the World Wildlife Fund - Pakistan’s (WWF-P) senior project officer Imran Malik, the baby dolphin was first spotted by local residents. “Today a joint team of the wildlife department and WWF-P went to the site and rescued the baby dolphin from the Salar Wah near Jacobabad,” he said. The baby dolphin was a two-year-old male, weighing around 18 kilogrammes and was three-and-half feet long, said Malik. After rescuing the mammal, it was released in the Indus River near the Dolphin Conservation Centre, Sukkur, he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 5th, 2016.
A baby dolphin was rescued from Salar Wah, Jacobabad and released on Thursday evening in the Indus River near the Dolphin Conservation Centre in Sukkur. According to the World Wildlife Fund - Pakistan’s (WWF-P) senior project officer Imran Malik, the baby dolphin was first spotted by local residents. “Today a joint team of the wildlife department and WWF-P went to the site and rescued the baby dolphin from the Salar Wah near Jacobabad,” he said. The baby dolphin was a two-year-old male, weighing around 18 kilogrammes and was three-and-half feet long, said Malik. After rescuing the mammal, it was released in the Indus River near the Dolphin Conservation Centre, Sukkur, he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 5th, 2016.