Dolphin that strayed into busy waterway is moved to sanctuary in Pakistan

An endangered grey dolphin twitches its flippers weakly as it lies in a truck speeding towards a sanctuary in Pakistan, while rescuers sprinkle water on the animal to keep its skin moist and save it from dying.

LARKANA (Pakistan) • An endangered grey dolphin twitches its flippers weakly as it lies in a truck speeding towards a sanctuary in Pakistan, while rescuers sprinkle water on the animal to keep its skin moist and save it from dying.

Blind, with a snout equipped with two rows of sharp teeth, the Indus River dolphin had strayed from its freshwater home into a busy waterway and had to be lifted out by rescue workers in the south-eastern province of Sindh after they trapped it in nets.

Now, they must keep it alive as they race to the sanctuary 82km away where they can free it.