We are sure you all must have seen cute dolphin videos on your feed while scrolling through Instagram, Facebook, or even Twitter. The videos might have brought a smile to your face looking at their cute antics. But one video of a dolphin that went viral on the internet shook people. Four fishermen from UP caught a dolphin from the Yamuna River, cooked it, and ate it. A case has been registered against them.
UP Fishermen Ate Dolphin After Accidentally Catching It From Yamuna
This is the very reason why our dolphin rescue effort is important! This is a photo of a female animal which was trapped and carried by local fishermen from Yamuna in Kaushambi district. Great to hear that the UP forest department took swift action against the accused. PC pic.twitter.com/tYH6CkyoIZ
— Shailendra Singh PhD (@Rivertiger85) July 24, 2023
Four fishermen are accused of accidentally catching and eating a dolphin from the Yamuna River, according to the police, who stated that a complaint has been filed against them.
In his police complaint, Ravindra Kumar, a forest ranger in the Chail forest area, claimed that on July 22, early in the morning, fishermen Ranjit, Sanjay, Deewan, Babaji, and Gendalal were fishing in the Yamuna when a Gangetic dolphin became entangled in their net.
After the authorities learned about a video of the event that went viral on social media on Sunday, they claimed, one of the fishermen was arrested. The arrested fisherman is identified as Ranjit Kumar.
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Dwindling Population Of These Creatures
Ranjit Kumar is charged with killing a Gangetic dolphin that strayed into the Yamuna on the banks of Nasirpur village in the Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh.
A video of a dolphin being taken away by a gang of fishermen while weighing about one quintal went viral on social media.
The Ganga, the Brahmaputra, and their tributaries were originally entirely inhabited by Gangetic dolphins. However, a sharp drop in their population has been caused by fast industrialization, increased use of pesticides, fertilisers, and other chemicals, as well as other factors.
The population of the river and its tributaries decreased from over 10,000 in the late 19th century to about 3,526 in 2014, according to a 2018 National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) report. These mammals are listed as “endangered” on the IUCN Red List. According to a recent World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) report, there are less than 2,000 of them. (As per Wionews)
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