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Beached dolphin dies

By Our Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM, MARCH 11. A six-foot long dolphin was found on the beach, opposite the Municipal Corporation swimming pool, here on Friday.

The bottlenose dolphin, a highly endangered species, is believed to have been caught in a fishing net and later freed. But it drowned and was washed ashore. On receipt of this information, the Head of the Zoology Department of Andhra University, Bharata Lakshmi, the Deputy Director of the Academic Staff College, N.A. Varaprasada Reddy, the Conservation of Forests, Forest Development Corporation, Trinadha Rao, and the Principal of the Visakha Valley School, Sharada Reddy, visited the beach and examined the dolphin.

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