Cash-strapped state game agencies take note: Authorities in India have deployed nearly 60 captively bred crocodiles around wildlife areas to discourage trespassing and tree-poaching. "We are pressing into service these reptiles for forest conservation. Once crocodiles are firmly ensconced in the water inlets, human intrusion would be greatly curtained," says Golakh Rout with the Rajnagar Mangrove Forest Division. Reported by Press India.
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July 22, 2008
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