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Oct 9, 2015
India’s first Dolphin Community Reserve to come up in West Bengal
India’s first Dolphin Community Reserve will be established in West Bengal to protect the endangered mammal, Gangetic river dolphins.
Decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the State Wildlife Board chaired by state Chief Wildlife Warden Azam Zaidi.
The reserve would be set up in the Hooghly River between Malda and Sundarbans as per provisions of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
State Forest department also has announced that it would also conduct a census to estimate the population of dolphins.
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