Endangered species: Baby dolphin found dead near Rohri

Body of a baby dolphin was found on the bank of River Indus near Rohri making the total death toll 25.

SUKKUR: The body of a baby dolphin was found on the bank of River Indus near Rohri on Sunday, making the total death toll 25. According to the deputy conservator of Sukkur wildlife department, Ghulam Mohammad Gadani, there were marks on its body which indicated that it died after getting stuck in a fishing net. The kid dolphin was two-years-old, was male, measured 3.5 feet and weighed 20 kilogrammes, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 31^st,  2011.