Kendrapara: Three Irrawaddy dolphins that washed ashore Pentha beach within Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary on Saturday were found to be dead.
Ranger of Rajnagar forest Range Surjit Sahu informed that two among them were female and another was a hatchling.
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Forest personnel later seized the carcasses and sent them for autopsy.
A forest official said that veterinary surgeons are examining the carcasses to ascertain the exact cause of marine animals’ death. The carcasses bore external injury marks. and might have perished after being hit by propellers of fishing trawlers, the official told PTI.
