Gandhinagar:  The Indian Coast Guard would join forces with the marine police and customs to act as wildlife wardens, for combatting dolphin poaching along the state's coast, the Gujarat government informed the state assembly on Tuesday. As per the Gujarat forest department, there are around 200 dolphins in the Marine National Park and the dolphin tourism zone. In response to a motion tabled by several MLAs to inquire about the steps taken by the government to safeguard sharks and dolphin...Read More

Porbandar: The police found a satellite phone on the boat seized in the dolphin hunting case in Porbandar. In a joint operation with the Indian Coast guard, the forest department on Thursday arrested ten fishermen with 22 dead dolphins in a boat 12 nautical miles off Porbandar Coast. The court approved a 2-day remand of the accused found on the ship. The investigation was led by the Special Operation Group (SOG). They discovered that one of the accused, Anthony Barla, was the owner of the ...Read More

Porbandar: The forest department of Gujarat has busted a gang of Dolphin poachers off the Porbandar coast in the Saurashtra region. This is the first of its kind of operation. In a joint operation with the Indian Coast guard, the forest department arrested 10 fishermen with 24 dead dolphins in a boat off Porbandar Coast. The boat's name is Dayana's - 2. According to the preliminary investigation, the boat had left Kochi on 26 February. The forest department has reported that the ten indivi...Read More