Tag: Estuarine Crocodile

Kendrapara: The Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district reopened for tourists on Thursday. The park was closed from January 3 in view of the conduct of annual census of estuarine crocodiles and head count of migratory birds. Rajnagar Divisional Forest Officer Bimal Prasanna Acharya said,” Compared to previous year, the headcount of both estuarine crocodiles […]

Kendrapara: Just days after Bhitarkanika National Park was thrown open for tourists following three months of ban in view of the breeding season of Estuarine Crocodiles, thousands of hatchlings loitering aimlessly before hopping into the water bodies in and around the park is a pleasant sight for visitors. A record number of 80 nesting sites […]

Kendrapara: A group of fishermen have allegedly hacked to death a 7-feet-long estuarine crocodile in the Bagapatia village under Mahakalpada police station jurisdiction of Odisha’s Kendrapara district. Forest officials spotted the carcass of the slain crocodile near a water body in the village yesterday. The carcass bore multiple injury marks and it was probably caught […]

Paradip: Local fishermen caught a 5-feet long estuarine crocodile from Jatadhari river mouth today and handed it over to the Forest department today. According to reports, a local fisherman, Shankar Behera, was fishing in the river mouth early this morning when an estuarine crocodile got stuck in his fishing net. Apprehending that the crocodile might […]

Kendrapara: A 55-year-old woman was injured when an estuarine crocodile pounced upon her at a bathing ghat at Kharinasi village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, triggering fresh bout of man-crocodile conflict. Gitarani Das is undergoing treatment at the district headquarters hospital here with multiple wounds. However, she is stated to be out of danger, forest officials […]