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Dolphin Tagging Initiative – Assam

December 28 , 2024 12 hrs 0 min 63 0

A team of wildlife conservationists tagged the almost-blind Ganges River dolphin for the first time.
It was executed by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in collaboration with the Assam Forest Department and biodiversity conservation group Aaranyak.
It aims to help understand the dolphin’s seasonal and migratory patterns, range, distribution, and habitat utilisation.
Around 90% of the species’ population is in India, historically distributed across the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli river systems.