Celebrating World Crocodile Day with 86 Gharial Hatchlings
Valmikinagar, Bihar, June 16 2020: In some great news shared by Wildlife Trust of India’s field biologist this World Crocodile Day, 86 newly hatched gharial were released into the Gandak river. These hatchlings emerged after successful incubation of 65-70 days from nests protected by community watchers deployed in the project. […] Read more »
Gharial released in Nepal travels all the way down to Hooghly.
New Delhi, 20 May 2020: A Gharial caught in fishing nets in the Hooghly near Rani Nagar Ghat of Nadia District in West Bengal sparked quite an interest among the fishermen and conservation biologists. Gharials are critically endangered with only about 650 adult individuals found in the wild in sparse […] Read more »
Community Watchers Save Critically Endangered Gharial Nests
Valmikinagar, Bihar, April 24 2020 : Restrictions on movement during lockdown imposed due to Covid-19 have not affected WTI’s zeal and commitment to conservation action. When the biologist could not travel, mobile communication and local communities came to the rescue in our Gandak Gharial project, that resulted in saving 94 […] Read more »
Gharials bless the Gandak river with gen next
Valmikinagar 22 nd June 2018. Gharial - the fish-eating long-snouted crocodilian is bolstering its population in the Gandak River flowing through the plains of the northern state of Bihar. Encouraging news coming in from the field where the team of WTI biologist, local villagers Read more »
