{"id":144720,"date":"2021-11-02T19:12:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=144720"},"modified":"2021-11-02T19:12:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:42:58","slug":"rescue-guide-launched-for-ganges-river-dolphin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rescue-guide-launched-for-ganges-river-dolphin\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue guide launched for Ganges river dolphin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Jal Shakti has <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released a document for the safe rescue and release of stranded Ganges river dolphins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Who has prepared the document for the Ganges river dolphins?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Prepared by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-biologist-wins-global-award-in-turtle-conservation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turtle Survival Alliance <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department (EFCCD) of the Uttar Pradesh Government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Based on<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Years of experience of rescuing 25 Ganges river dolphins stranded in irrigation canals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About Gangetic River Dolphin<\/b><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144721\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-144721 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ganges_dolphin_32235.jpg?resize=300%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ganges_dolphin_32235.jpg?resize=300%2C265&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ganges_dolphin_32235.jpg?w=304&amp;ssl=1 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: WWF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ganges river dolphin (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platanista gangetica <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gangetica<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was officially discovered in 1801.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is found <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">throughout the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems of Nepal, India and Bangladesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Population<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The global population is estimated at 4,000 and is mostly found in the Indian subcontinent.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gangetic-river-dolphin-beaten-to-death-in-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read more about the Gangetic River Dolphin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cRescue guide launched for Ganges river dolphin\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on <b>2nd November 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The Ministry of Jal Shakti has released a document for the safe rescue and release of stranded Ganges river dolphins.\u00a0 Who has prepared the document for the Ganges river dolphins? Prepared by: Turtle Survival Alliance and the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department (EFCCD) of the Uttar Pradesh Government.\u00a0 Based on:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rescue-guide-launched-for-ganges-river-dolphin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rescue guide launched for Ganges river dolphin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704837314},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}