saltwater crocodiles

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Gujarat’s Plan to Move Crocs to Protect Tourists Is Cosmetic and Short-Sighted

Neha Sinha 31/01/2019

The translocation is also straight-up illegal.

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The Wire’s Top 10 Science Stories of 2018

The Wire Staff 30/12/2018

The following 10 articles were SciWi's most read in...

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, animal migration, Avni tigress, crocodiles, culling, endangered species, IUCN Red List, marginalised communities, saltwater crocodiles, territorial animals, nilgai, wild boar, culling, macaques,

For Conservation to Work, We Need to Rescue Crocodiles From Animal Rights

Kartik Shanker and M. Muralidharan 11/11/2018

We can't base decisions on the ideology of a...

saltwater crocodiles, crocodiles, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, culling, Avni tigress, IUCN Red List, endangered species, marginalised communities, territorial animals, animal migration,

Crocodiles Need Management, Not PR

M. Muralidharan and Kartik Shanker 10/11/2018

Undue focus on some species that are probably not...

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, animal migration, Avni tigress, crocodiles, culling, endangered species, IUCN Red List, marginalised communities, saltwater crocodiles, territorial animals, nilgai, wild boar, culling, macaques,

Saltwater Crocodiles in the Andaman and Nicobar Have a PR Problem

Tarun Nair 14/08/2018

The proposal to delist saltwater crocodiles, seemingly to facilitate...