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Call goes out to save the Ganges Dolphin [1]

The Ganges River Dolphin was declared the national aquatic animal last month, but is still in urgent need of being saved from extinction, experts on the subject said. There are only about 2,000 left, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2010
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [2]
Tags:
Water Pollution [3], River Pollution [4], Ganga [5], Aquatic Animals [6], Dolphin [7], Endangered Species [8], Wildlife [9], Bihar [10], Patna (D) [11]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ganga
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aquatic-animals
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dolphin
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/patna-d