{"id":439170,"date":"2025-04-16T17:58:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=439170"},"modified":"2025-04-16T17:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:58:33","slug":"rare-dolphin-found-dead-in-filthy-indus-river-sums-up-how-little-we-care-about-endangered-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/rare-dolphin-found-dead-in-filthy-indus-river-sums-up-how-little-we-care-about-endangered-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Dolphin Found Dead in Filthy Indus River Sums Up How Little We Care About Endangered Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine a river so choked with trash and plastic waste that it looks more like a landfill than a waterway. Now, picture <a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/2025\/04\/16\/rare-blind-dolphin-found-dead-in-sindh-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a rare and endangered dolphin<\/a>, its lifeless body floating in this disgusting mess.<\/p>\n<p>This is the grim reality captured in a viral video from the Sukkur Barrage on the Indus River in Sindh.\u00a0The death of this Indus River dolphin isn\u2019t just a tragedy\u2014it\u2019s a screaming alarm bell we can\u2019t ignore.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/meet-pakicetus-the-worlds-first-whale-that-roamed-pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Pakicetus: The World\u2019s First &#8216;Whale&#8217; That Roamed Pakistan<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>Experts say the dolphin in the video likely died because of low water levels. Locals spotted this dead dolphin hours ago and called the authorities, but as of now, the wildlife department hasn\u2019t even shown up to claim the body. Hours! This isn\u2019t just incompetence\u2014it\u2019s a glaring sign of how little priority these endangered animals get.<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"html5\" id=\"arve-html5-\" style=\"max-width:640px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"arve-embed\">\n\t\t\t<video class=\"arve-video fitvidsignore\" controls controlslist=\"\" data-arve=\"arve-html5-\" onloadstart=\"this.volume=1\" preload=\"metadata\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dolphin.mp4#t=0.1\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>Conservation isn\u2019t just about writing laws; it\u2019s about acting fast when it counts. Right now, it feels like no one\u2019s even trying.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the video\u2019s gone viral, and people are pissed. Environmentalists, animal lovers, and regular folks are raising hell online, and that\u2019s a good thing. This outrage could finally force the powers that be to do something\u2014clean up the river, protect the dolphins, enforce some damn rules.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/nadia-hussain-confesses-to-receiving-funds-from-husband-in-multi-million-fraud-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nadia Hussain Confesses to Receiving Funds From Husband in Multi-Million Fraud Case<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>This dolphin\u2019s death is heartbreaking, but it\u2019s also a chance to wake up. We can\u2019t keep treating the Indus River like a dumping ground and expect its wildlife\u2014or us\u2014to survive. Demand action. Push for tougher protection for these dolphins and a serious cleanup of the river. This isn\u2019t just about saving a species; it\u2019s about saving ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine a river so choked with trash and plastic waste that it looks more like a landfill than a waterway. Now, picture a rare and endangered dolphin, its lifeless body floating in this disgusting mess. This is the grim reality captured in a viral video from the Sukkur Barrage on the Indus River in Sindh.\u00a0The death of this Indus River [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/rare-dolphin-found-dead-in-filthy-indus-river-sums-up-how-little-we-care-about-endangered-species\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":439172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2581,2544,2503,2199,2530],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-439170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agony","8":"category-animals","9":"category-exclusive","10":"category-featured","11":"category-social-issue-cause"},"wps_subtitle":"Conservation isn\u2019t just about writing laws; it\u2019s about acting fast when it counts.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/blind-dolphin-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/blind-dolphin.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/blind-dolphin.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Agony","Animals","Exclusive","Featured","Social Issue\/Cause"],"title_text":"Rare Dolphin Found Dead in Filthy Indus River Sums Up How Little We Care About Endangered Species","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2581,2544,2503,2199,2530&exclude=439170","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439170"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=439170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}