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The gharial in Bangladesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Simon Wakefield
Simon Wakefield
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14 Wheatsheaf Close, Wimblehurst Park, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 4TH, UK.
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By 1975 the gharial Gavialis gangeticus was nearly extinct due to the combined effects of habitat alteration, hunting and fishing operations and it was made a priority species for the Government of India/FAO/UNDP Crocodile Breeding and Management Project initiated that year. Successful artificial incubation and release schemes in India and Nepal have generated optimism for its future in these two countries but the situation in Bangladesh is not so promising; in 1979 the gharial was believed extinct there. In 1983 the author visited a recently reported breeding site and reports on present conditions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 1984 , pp. 163 - 164
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1984

References

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