Bind dolphins of indus valley

Made by: Abdul Muqeet and Myir

INTRODUCTION

Indus river dolphin is world's rarest animal that is an endangered species of Dolphins found in a small area of Indus river.

The river Indus is getting dirtier and the

water is being distributed into canals.

INDUS VALLEY DOLPHINS

The Indus River harbours the rare species of nearly blind dolphin. The dolphin

lacks eye lenses and the eye openings are no bigger than

a pinhole..The Indus Dolphin has a long

beak, a small, low hump, wide flippers and an adult can weigh 70- 90 kg. They

are slow swimmers, but can move in rapid spurts. They breathe through their slit - like blowholes with a loud sound that is similar to a sneeze, and can be heard

from quite a distance.

WHY BLIND DOLPHINS ARE RARE

SPECIES?

• There are less than 600 dolphins left of this species.

• These kind of unique dolphins are threatened by fishing nets and commercial killing.

• Other species in danger is the black or Chilean dolphin, which lives off the coast of Chile in the Pacific ocean.

• There are other dolphin species which are becoming threatened too, but not as those above. 

 WHY ARE DOLPHIN’S

ENDANGERED ANIMALS?

The death of 24 endangered dolphins in the river Indus, Pakistan last year has led to

recommendations for a complete ban on fishing in

their reserve.

Officials from the Sindh Wildlife Department have

become concerned at the use of chemicals by local

fishermen within the reserve, which are being blamed for

the majority of reported river dolphin mortalities.

HOW TO PROTECT BLIND DOLPHINS?

It is estimated that about 100 dolphins are killed annually in

Ganges and Brahmaputra. The oil of dolphins is used as medicine for

rheumatism and for the preparation of bait for the catfishes, Clupisoma garua (Garuah fish or Neria). Bihari and Bangladesh fishermen carry out

the fishery in Brahmaputra. It has been recently found that the fish oils can be used in the place of

dolphin oil for the preparation of bait. Popularisation of the fish oil as

bait may reduce the poaching of dolphins for its oil. Crude shark liver oil was distributed to the fishermen

of South Salmara, Dhubri and Goalpara and the results were very

encouraging.

The death of 24 endangered dolphins in the river Indus, Pakistan last year has led to

recommendations for a complete ban on fishing in their reserve.

Officials from the Sindh Wildlife Department have become concerned

at the use of chemicals by local fishermen within the reserve, which are being blamed for the majority of

reported river dolphin mortalities.

The 210km long reserve was established in 1974 between the

Guddu and Sukkur barrages in an effort to protect the endangered Indus blind dolphin, Platanista

gangetica ssp. minor, the population of which was thought to be as low as

150 at the time.

NEW PROTECTION OF INDUS DOLPHINS

THANK YOUTHE END