Three men arrested for killing Dolphin in a brutal attack

A dolphin has been killed by a group of men who used sticks and sticks to beat the helpless animal in a brutal attack in India.

The disturbing incident, which took place on December 31, was filmed in Uttar Pradesh in the far north of the country.

The footage shows at least three men hitting the critically endangered freshwater Ganges river dolphin while one man pinned the animal.

The dolphin struggles to free himself, but is powerless against the group of men as blood flows from his body.

By the end of the 30-second clip, the dolphin shows few signs of life from the brutal attack.

“You attack it for no reason,” according to NDTV, can be heard from one man.

A forest department official who responded to a call reportedly found the animal lying lifeless along the Sharda Sahayak canal.

The officer said the dolphin sustained multiple injuries, including ax wounds. Villagers were apparently not prepared to explain how it died.

According to the Pratapgarh police station, three men have since been arrested after the video went viral on social media.

In November, the depleted carcass of an endangered freshwater dolphin was found in a river reserve in Bangladesh, prompting wildlife officials to express fears of an increase in poaching during the country’s shutdown of the coronavirus.

Residents in the city of Raojan spotted the body of the Ganges dolphin on the banks of the Halda River, AFP reported. It contains a deep incision from the neck to the tail.

Poachers appear to have removed the 62-centimeter-long animal and removed layers of body fat – a product used in local traditional medicine – Abdullah al Mamun, an official of the Bangladeshi fisheries, told AFP.

The Ganges dolphin is critically endangered. According to the World Wildlife Fund, it is estimated that between 1,200 and 1,800 Ganges dolphins live in the wild in Nepal, Bangladesh and India.

Concerns over poaching during the closure of the coronavirus have been raised by wildlife officials in countries around the world.

Poaching efforts have intensified in the Kaziranga National Park in India, home to the world’s largest population of unicorn rhinos, during the country’s exclusion, AFP reported.

There is also an increase in the killing of other animals in India, with poachers targeting the endangered Indian gazelles, peacocks and other species, according to The Hindu Times.