Another dead dolphin was found floating in the Halda river in Chattogram on Thursday morning. The decomposed body of the seven feet long dolphin weighing 60 kg was recovered from near Ajimer Ghat area in Raozan upazila, said Abdus Samad Shikder, Raozan Upazila Nirbahi officer With this, three dead dolphins have been recovered from Halda in a week, he said. Also read: Dead dolphin, loads of fish wash ashore at Cox’s Bazar beach Earlier on Wednesday noon, another dead dolphin came floating near the same area with a part of it head injured. On July 14, another eight feet long dolphin carcass weighing 120 kgs was recovered from Burisorta canal connected with the Halda River. “From September, 2017, a total of 38 dead dolphins have been recovered from Halda river till date. Along with the two recovered from Karnaphuli River the total number stands at 40,” said Dr Manjurul Kibria,  Professor of Zoology department in Chattogram University and coordinator of Halda Research Center. Also read: Two dolphin carcasses found in Turag River He said according to a research conducted in 2020, there were 127 dolphins in the country. “If effective steps are not taken to conserve them soon there will be no Dolphin in Halda  in future,” he added.

A dead dolphin washed ashore at Patuartek beach in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday just after a day of loads of dead fish found at Darianagar point of the beach. The dolphin carcass washed ashore with high tide around 10 am and got stuck on the sand, said the local fishermen. Earlier on Saturday evening hundreds of small fish, locally known as Chamila fish, floated ashore near Darianagar point of Cox’s Bazar sea beach. Also read: Two dolphin carcasses found in Turag River

Another dolphin was found dead in the Halda River in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram district on Monday. Naval police members recovered the dolphin carcass from Ramdas Munshirhat in the upazila. Professor Manjurul Kibria, co-ordinator of the Halda River Research Laboratory of Chittagong University, said local people spotted the dead dolphin in the morning and informed it to river police. Also read: Another dead dolphin found in Halda River A team of river police buried it near the river. On September 30, local people found another dead dolphin in the same area. So far, local people have recovered 31 carcases of dolphins from Halda River since 2017 and all the carcasses bore several injury marks. Also read: Dead dolphin washes ashore on Kuakata beach

A carcass of a Ganges species dolphin washed ashore on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali on Thursday. Locals spotted the carcass, seven feet long, around late afternoon, reported our local correspondent. Witnesses told UNB that there were bruises on its face and they suspected the dolphin died after being hit by fishing net. Kalapara upazila senior Fisheries Officer Apu Saha said that the carcass belonged to Ganges river species (Platanista gangetica) of dolphins . Dolphins of this species usually survive by eating fish. As a result, it may die by getting trapped in fishing nets. Read: Another dead dolphin found on Kuakata sea beach He also didn’t rule out the possibility of natural death due to age.. Earlier on Sep 2, a 12-foot dolphin washed ashore in  Kuakata beach of Patuakhali. Before that, as many as 12 dead dolphins were found on the beach this year over a period of nine months. Among them, nine were recovered in August alone. In 2020, around seven dead dolphins were found on the Kuakata coast.

Local fishermen found a dead dolphin on Kuakata sea beach in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district on Saturday. Local people said, the dolphin, about 6-7 feet long, had injury marks on its mouth and they suspected that the dolphin might have died after being hit by fishing nets. Read:Another dead dolphin found floating in a canal in Chattogram Apu Shaha, Fisheries and Livestock official of Kalapara upazila, said, “The dolphin belongs to the Ganges river dolphin specie which live on eating fish. It might have died after being hit by fishing nets.”

A dead dolphin was found in Halda River of Chattogram on Tuesday night.