Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Deaths of Rare Crocodile in India Stir Alarm

Three decades after it was brought back from the brink of extinction, the rare Indian crocodile known as the gharial is turning up dead by the dozens on the banks of a river called the Chambal. Forest officials are at a loss to explain why. Since mid-December, the National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary has confirmed 76 deaths along the river, which begins in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and runs through Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Other species that inhabit the Chambal River ecosystem, including dozens of fish species on which the gharials feed, appear to be healthy. Sourge: NY Times Photo: Tim Dwight(Wildldife Web)

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