Bhitarakanika sanctuary in Orissa has faulty conservation policy

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Bhitarakanika sanctuary in Orissa has faulty conservation policy [1]

Hardly a week passes without a report on attacks on livestock and humans by crocodiles from the Bhitarakanika sanctuary in Orissa. Saltwater crocodiles in the breeding centre in Bhitarakanika often move to freshwater bodies such as the Brahmani, Kani and Kharashrota rivers

Publication Date:

14/09/2006

Author(s): P Mohanty-hejmadi [2]

Source: Down to Earth [3]

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