Kendrapada: Kendrapada Odisha emerged as the only district in the country which was home to all three crocodile species after forest officials found Gharia babies in the river system on Sunday.
Thus, Kendrapada now has Gharia (Gangetic Gangeticus), Mugger (Crocodylus Palustris) and saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus).
Bhitarkanika National Park in this district is home to saltwater crocodiles.
“On October 25, 2016, we have saved a 12-foot robbery from the fishnet on the Luna River, and on August 29 this year, a Gharean baby was arrested on the Paika River,” said Jd Pati, the division forest officer) Bhitaranika National Park.
“Before Sunday, Gharia lived, a very endangered species, was never seen in the river system in this district.
The nine-foot Ghariah carcass was found in the Luna River near the village of Jamapada in the district on August 22 last year, added Pati.” Odisha is one only countries that have all three crocodile species, “added forest officers.
According to Pati, cruising people are threatened in India because of indiscriminate murder for commercial purposes and also lose habitat until the enactment of the Wild Life Law (Protection), 1972 .
the three species of crocodiles are on the verge of extinction in the seventies.
efforts to gradually created from the sixties onwards to save crocodiles.
Expert FAO DR H Bustard, which are engaged by the UNDP / FAO and the government, studying the prospects of rehabilitation crocodile, and based The report and guidance of “crocodile conservation projects” were launched in 1975 in various countries.
Gharia and S Conservation Programs Altwater was first implemented in Odisha in early 1975 and then, the Mugger conservation program began.
The funds and technical support for the project come from UNDP / FAO through the government.
“The Ramatirtha Center, intended for the Mugger Crocodile in Similipal, initially began with eggs and aunties obtained from Tamil Nadu.
Since 1984, robbers have been bred and young people are released into the wild in similipal.
So far, more than 600 crocodiles have been Released, “added the forest officer.
A Gharia project began in the mat from Angul district in 1975 with the aim of increasing their population because they were not considered dangerous like other crocodiles.
“In 1975, the Ministry of Forest and the Environment in collaboration with the UNDP had started a crocodile breeding and maintenance project in Dangamala in the Bhitaranya Park The amount in Bhitarkanika from around 96 in 1974 was 1,768 in January, “added forest officers.