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Bodies of at least half a dozen endangered Ganges river dolphins have been found near a railway track at Hathidah in Bihar's Patna district. The dolphins had been cut into pieces and stuffed into eight sacks. The incident is seen here as a major setback to the ongoing conservation of the endangered Ganges river dolphin. 'Bodies of dolphins were found cut into pieces in eight sacks Sunday morning. But we are yet to find out how many dolphins were killed and packed,' a police source said. The sacks were noticed by the villagers near a railway track and the police were informed. 'The evidence suggests that the consignment was being taken to Kolkata or northeastern states by train. And something must have forced the smugglers to throw them out of the train,' a police official said. Dolphins are locally called sons of the Ganges river, but pollution and rampant fishing have threatened their existence...