The Largest Habitat of Endangered Estuarine Crocodiles
The Bhitarkanika National Park has become the largest habitat of endangered estuarine crocodiles in the country with a record number of their nesting sites spotted, a recent survey done by the Odisha’s Forest Department has revealed.
Reasons for This Increase in Numbers
- The increase in population was primarily due to the far-sighted measures of the government.
- In 1975, the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, had started a crocodile breeding and rearing project in Dangamala within the Bhitarkanika Park. Thanks to the success of the project, the crocodile population started increasing in ....
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