The Bhitarkanika national park, a designated Ramsar wetland site, in Odisha’s Kendrapara district has re-established itself as an ideal habitation corridor for estuarine crocodiles with their population maintaining an upward graph as per the findings of the latest census of these reptiles.
In a bid to arrest human- crocodile conflict in villages, lying in the vicinity of Bhitarkanika National Park, the Odisha forest department has undertaken a massive awareness campaign to sensitise the people not to venture into croc-infested water bodies.
The victim identified as Ajambar Nayak, a native of Ichhapur village under Aul block, was preyed on by a crocodile while he was trying to ford a creek with a herd of buffaloes.
A crocodile dragged away a minor boy from the banks of a river near his home. The incident occurred in Gobardhanpur, Patharpratima in South 24-Parganas.
Candidates in the fray for the simultaneous twin polls in coastal patches of Odisha’s Kendrapara district are contending with altogether a different humanitarian issue as they are on campaign trail to seek votes.
The population of Gharials is alarmingly dwindling in Odisha despite the conservation initiatives launched over the years in their habitats.
Bhitarkanika is said to house 70% of India’s estuarine crocodile or saltwater crocodiles, conservation of which was started way back in 1975.
The animal is accorded ‘protected’ status under wildlife legal provisions.
People returning to their flood-battered homes in Kerala from relief camps were are being greeted by snakes and other reptiles and insects.
Park rangers in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) have caught one of the region's biggest crocodiles after a decade-long hunt.
