NEWS & EVENTS
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MASS DEATHS OF RARE CROC IN INDIA At least 21 endangered crocodile-like gharials have been found dead over the past three days in a river in northern India, wildlife officials say. Reported by BBC News
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GHARIAL FACES EXTINCTION Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary (Madhya Pradesh): The Indian gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) - a species of crocodile - is today as endangered as the tiger, maybe 20 times more so.
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CHASING CROCODILES IN DACOIT LAND It's the land of the dacoits. This is Chambal- a landscape made famous by Bollywood film Sholay. My mission is different. I am here to investigate why the Indian gharial the top water predator of the river Chambal is facing extinction.
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GHARIAL ON THE BRINK The gharial population has been at its lowest since the 1970s. What went wrong and what can we do? Fishermen chop the snouts or kill gharials deliberately when they become helplessly entangled in their nets.
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NEWSLETTER OF THE GHARIAL MULTI-TASK FORCE Web site link for published Gharial Multi-Task Force Newsletter.
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