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Bhitarkanika off-limits to tourists [1]

KENDRAPARA: The Forest Department has banned tourists and visitors from venturing into Bhitarkanika National Park from May 15 to July 31 during mating and breeding of salt-water crocodiles. The department will also renovate five ponds at the Crocodile Breeding Centre at Dangamala within the park, said Prasanna Kumar Behera, DFO, Bhitarkanika National Park.

Publication Date: 
15/05/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) [2]
Tags:
Animal Breeding [3], Bhitarkanika [4], Wildlife [5], Crocodiles [6], Bhitarkanika NP [7], Wildlife Tourism [8], Orissa (Odisha) [9], Kendrapara (D) [10], New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) [2]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-breeding
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhitarkanika
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crocodiles
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhitarkanika-np
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-tourism
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kendrapara-d