Where were gharials bred artificially?
Gharials were artificially bred in a zoo in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district. The West Bengal State Forest Department successfully bred 42 baby gharials for the first time.
They did this by taking gharial eggs and putting them in a temperature-controlled artificial environment at the Rasikbeel mini-zoo in Cooch Behar district. Some of the gharials were recently released into the wild.
Where have the gharials been released?
The gharials have a new home now. The forest department released 37 of them near a village called Tiktikipara. The gharials were released after the fishermen were told they wouldn't eat up all the fish.
The gharials have been tagged with microchips for future identification. A World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) team will track them for the next two weeks.
The forest department has been planning to release the gharials since last year. But they needed to find a good place. They were looking for a spot that was just right to release the endangered species. Gharials like to live in fresh, fast-moving water with lots of fish to eat and sandbanks for laying eggs.
The biggest threats to gharials are habitat loss and fragmentation of water bodies. Hopefully, their population can increase with the help of various forest departments.
What did we learn from this article?
We can learn that many organisations are working to save many species, including gharials, from extinction. We should save all animals because Earth is their home, too. We must also avoid doing anything that destroys the habitats of wildlife species.
