UNB, Chattogram :
A dead dolphin was found in Halda River of Chattogram on Tuesday night.
Locals spotted the partially decomposed and 48 inch long dolphin at 8 pm and buried it, said Gujra UP Chairman Lion Sahabuddin Arif in Raozan.
It had injury marks on its body and fishing net was tangled with its tail, he said, suspecting that the dolphin was hit by an engine-run boat after being trapped in a fishing net.
In the past two and half years, a total of 27 dolphins have died in Halda River, he said.
A dead dolphin was found in Halda River of Chattogram on Tuesday night.
Locals spotted the partially decomposed and 48 inch long dolphin at 8 pm and buried it, said Gujra UP Chairman Lion Sahabuddin Arif in Raozan.
It had injury marks on its body and fishing net was tangled with its tail, he said, suspecting that the dolphin was hit by an engine-run boat after being trapped in a fishing net.
In the past two and half years, a total of 27 dolphins have died in Halda River, he said.
