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WWF to train locals as ‘Dolphin Mitras’ along river Ganga
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Bhaskar Live | 06/10/2021 08:12 AM | Click to read full article
On the anniversary of the announcement of Gangetic Dolphin as the ‘National Aquatic Animal of India’, the World Wide Fund – India (WWF-India) on Tuesday announced to launch a ‘Dolphin Mitra’ programme for the conservation of Dolphins in the upper stretches of Ganga in Uttar Pradesh.
Dolphins are recognised as ‘highly endangered’ species in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act (1972).