{"id":102242,"date":"2026-02-26T12:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=102242"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:25:47","slug":"indus-river-dolphins-survey-kp-confirms-135-dolphins-in-dera-ismail-khan-stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/indus-river-dolphins-survey-kp-confirms-135-dolphins-in-dera-ismail-khan-stretch\/","title":{"rendered":"Indus River Dolphins Survey KP confirms 135 dolphins in Dera Ismail Khan stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"817\">The <strong data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"558\">Indus River Dolphins Survey KP<\/strong> has confirmed 135 dolphins in the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Indus River<\/span><\/span> near <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dera Ismail Khan<\/span><\/span>. This survey shows positive progress in protecting this rare species. Officials say the results are important for future conservation planning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"1082\">The survey was conducted from February 18 to 24, 2026. It covered the river area from <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Chashma Barrage<\/span><\/span> to Ramak within <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-cm-meeting-highlights-security-tirah-displacement-concerns\/\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa<\/span><\/span><\/a>. Wildlife experts used modern GIS technology to monitor and record dolphin locations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1226\">Teams also studied habitats, family groups, and movement routes. This helped them understand how dolphins live and move in this river section.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1378\">Officials said the new data will help improve protection efforts. It will also support better habitat management and regular monitoring in the future.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1380\" data-end=\"1568\">Experts believe this increase shows that conservation steps are working. The <strong data-start=\"1457\" data-end=\"1491\">Indus River Dolphins Survey KP<\/strong> will help authorities make stronger plans to protect this endangered animal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indus River Dolphins Survey KP has confirmed 135 dolphins in the Indus River near Dera Ismail Khan. This survey shows positive progress in protecting this rare species. Officials say the results are important for future conservation planning. The survey was conducted from February 18 to 24, 2026. It covered the river area from Chashma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":102246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[36562,36565,36560,36566,36564,36561,36563],"class_list":["post-102242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dera-ismail-khan-dolphins","tag-dolphin-population-pakistan","tag-indus-river-dolphin","tag-indus-river-dolphins-survey-kp","tag-indus-river-survey","tag-kp-wildlife-survey","tag-pakistan-wildlife-conservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102247,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102242\/revisions\/102247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}